Gil Carvalho on Creatine

“Creatine helps increase strength, an effect seen even in older adults and even in individuals with muscle conditions like muscle dystrophies.”

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“Evidence indicates creatine can improve short-term memory, reasoning, attention, and information processing speed by providing energy to neurons in the form of ATP molecules.”

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“Creatine helps you build muscle and lose fat, with studies showing it increases fat-free mass by an average of 0.8 kilos while reducing body fat percentage by roughly 0.28%.”

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“Creatine may help control blood sugar, as a randomized trial found diabetics supplementing with it lowered their glycated hemoglobin (A1C) and post-meal blood sugar levels.”

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“Creatine helps you perform and recover faster by activating special cells in muscle tissue that help heal micro tears and accelerate recovery.”

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“The regime was five grams of creatine a day for 3 months. That was the duration of the trial.”

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“The regime was 25 grams a day for the first week, so that's called a loading phase, and then another two weeks of 5 grams a day, so that's called the maintenance phase.”

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“Creatine supplementation can artificially raise blood creatinine levels, which may be misinterpreted as a sign of kidney dysfunction during medical testing.”

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“Individuals with pre-existing kidney conditions, such as polycystic kidney disease (PKD), should be cautious as there is a lack of safety data for this specific population.”

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“Dihydrotestosterone or DHT for short was elevated by 56% after the first week of creatine loading, and after the 3 weeks, it was still elevated by 40%.”

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