Andrew Huberman· PhD
Turns out it's safe for your kidneys.
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The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
Turns out it's safe for your kidneys.
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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?
And what we know about five for long amounts of time, super safe in terms of kidneys and hair loss and all these things.
It's not bad for my reneion, my kidneys, right? And I said, "No, no, there's no evidence."
So creatine incredibly beneficial for humans, safe, does not cause hair loss, not going to damage your kidneys, very affordable supplement, and you're probably not taking enough.
Why creatine won’t damage your kidneys
there appear to be very few side effects it's very safe and all of the myths I think Stu was talking about some of the myths uh regarding hair loss or Kidney Health and L even said mentioned some of those and none of those really appear to be valid
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.