Creatine: What Are the Benefits and How Much Should I Take?
Update: 2025-10-02
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Creatine is everywhere right now. While the supplement has been popular for years among gym rats, the benefits of taking creatine now far surpass gaining muscle strength—and especially for women. What are those benefits? How much creatine should you be taking? When should you take it? And will it make you gain weight? We answer all of these questions in today’s episode.
Some of the studies mentioned in the episode:
Single dose creatine improves cognitive performance and induces changes in cerebral high energy phosphates during sleep deprivation
Creatine monohydrate pilot in Alzheimer's: Feasibility, brain creatine, and cognition
Creatine Supplementation Combined with Exercise in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Effects on Insulin Resistance and Sarcopenia
Creatine Supplementation in Women’s Health: A Lifespan Perspective
Some of the studies mentioned in the episode:
Single dose creatine improves cognitive performance and induces changes in cerebral high energy phosphates during sleep deprivation
Creatine monohydrate pilot in Alzheimer's: Feasibility, brain creatine, and cognition
Creatine Supplementation Combined with Exercise in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: Effects on Insulin Resistance and Sarcopenia
Creatine Supplementation in Women’s Health: A Lifespan Perspective
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