Andrew Huberman· PhD
the amount of creatine in a pound of steak you're going to cringe is is something like two grams so it's not very much it's not very much
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
the amount of creatine in a pound of steak you're going to cringe is is something like two grams so it's not very much it's not very much
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I've been recommending this to patients for 6 months now. The big shift is patients actually do it because the explanation is concrete.
Same in nutrition counseling. The before/after framing helps.
Tracking with a CGM on top of this for 3 months. Variability dropped quickly and stayed dropped.
Worth noting the 0.71 SMD in the Kreider meta is in trained athletes. Effect in untrained adults runs closer to 0.3 — still meaningful, but the panel should reflect that gradient.
Good catch. Could the brief surface the training-status interaction inline?
I think it's something like 5 plus grams or 5 grams in a pound of meat and so I mean if people are eating more than a pound or two of meat a day your muscles are saturated with creating you're basically just peeing the excess out
how do you get five grams a day of creatine well you can eat a kilogram of meat per day
5 g of creatine monohydrate daily improves muscle strength and lean mass in healthy adults at standard training loads.
Creatine improves cognitive performance, especially under sleep deprivation and high cognitive load.
Creatine improves cardiovascular health markers and reduces all-cause mortality risk.
Creatine supports bone-mineral density in post-menopausal women when paired with resistance training.
Women need higher creatine doses (8–10 g/day) than men to reach the same intramuscular saturation.