Optimum Nutrition Micronised Creatine Powder, 100% Pure Creatine Monohydrate Powder for Performance and Muscle Power, Unflavoured Shake, 93 Servings, 317 g

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Some people wrongly claim that creatine is an anabolic steroid, that it’s unsuitable for women or teenagers, or that it should be used only by professional athletes or bodybuilders ( 1). Studies lasting as long as 3 years have found no negative effects of creatine in children ( 15, 27). Summary The majority of available evidence does not support a link between creatine supplementation and hair loss / baldness. Farshidfar F, Pinder MA, Myrie SB. Creatine Supplementation and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism for Building Muscle Mass- Review of the Potential Mechanisms of Action. Curr. Protein Pept. Sci. 2017;18:1273–87. Don't worry, though: "You should feel good about your creatine supplementation," says Michael Roussell, Ph.D. "Take 5 grams of creatine monohydrate with your workout shake to help you get bigger and stronger."

Creatine contains no calories, and has no impact on your fat metabolism," he says. "So taking creatine and not working out is just going to lead to nothing." The symptoms of type 1 diabetes may develop suddenly, but the symptoms of type 2 diabetes tend to present more gradually.I’m not saying people don’t experience cramps, but I don’t believe it can be very common," Greenhaff says. "If there were any major adverse side effects, we would have seen them by now." Creatine has been linked to beneficial effects in mice with Parkinson’s, preventing 90% of the typical drop in dopamine levels. However, there is no evidence that it has the same effect in humans ( 29). Creatine supplementation appears to be generally safe and potentially beneficial for children and adolescents. In one study of a 6-week training regimen, participants who used creatine added 4.4 pounds (2 kg) more muscle mass, on average, than the control group ( 23).

Since this case study was reported in 1998, experimental and controlled research trials investigating the effects of creatine supplementation on kidney/renal function has substantially increased [ 50, 56, 57, 58]. Overall, in healthy individuals, there appears to be no adverse effects from consuming recommended doses of creatine supplements on kidney/renal function [ 50, 56, 57, 58]. Interestingly, Gualano et al. [ 58] reviewed a small number of case studies which reported renal dysfunction in individuals who were supplementing with creatine. Similar to the case report by Pritchard and Kalra [ 51], these additional case reports were confounded by medications, pre-existing kidney disease, concomitant supplement ingestion, inappropriate creatine dosages (e.g., 100 X recommended dose), and anabolic androgenic steroid use. Cognition and brain health. Creatine supplementation might improve performance during cognitive tasks, especially in older adults. A key factor in several neurological diseases is a reduction of phosphocreatine in your brain ( 29). Some people think that if they take creatine and don’t work out, they’ll put on fat—but Roussell says it isn’t true.Creatine is an endogenous amino acid derivative produced by vertebrate animals and occurring primarily in muscle cells, according to the National Institutes of Health. In people with diabetes, blood sugar levels can become too high, leading to health problems, including kidney disease.