What Is Creatine?

What Is Creatine?

Update: 2025-11-04
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Episode 53: What Is Creatine? – features one of the world’s most published creatine researchers Dr. Richard B. Kreider as he breaks down how creatine actually works, what the research shows, and who benefits most.

Episode Summary: This episode of The Simple Questions Podcast features a conversation with Dr. Richard B. Kreider, a leading authority in exercise and sport nutrition with 300+ peer-reviewed studies and 29,000+ citations.

Listen as Dr. Kreider breaks down what creatine really is, how it works in the body, the research-backed benefits across age groups, and the biggest myths surrounding one of the most studied supplements in the world.

In this episode we discuss:

  • 00:27 - Introducing Dr. Richard B. Kreider
  • 08:26 - Where is Creatine found?
  • 10:20 - Advice on Creatine Products
  • 15:41 - Creatine Onboarding
  • 22:13 - Creatine Benefits
  • 25:51 - People New to Creatine
  • 30:01 - Creatine Side Effects
  • 32:44 - Addressing Misconceptions
  • 44:00 - What can we still learn?
  • 48:36 - Advice for Curious Listeners

Resources:

This episode includes the track 'RSPN' by Blank & Kytt. The song is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. You can find more of Blank & Kytt's music ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here.


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What Is Creatine?

What Is Creatine?

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