02/19/2025
Creatine is mostly found in animal proteins like red meat, fish, and lean meat. A vital energy carrier, creatine ensures ATP availability during high-intensity, intermittent anaerobic or dynamic exercise. Between workouts and on rest days, creatine helps muscles synthesize new protein, facilitating gains in muscle strength, power and size.
Supplementing can be beneficial for some people but it’s certainly not required to build muscle and/or get stronger. It’s a tool in the arsenal along with diet and weight training.
Choose Creatine Monohydrate with a strong allergen panel (dairy/milk free, gluten free, soy free, non gmo) and preferably NSF rated. The cleaner the fuel the better the burn in my opinion.
Fun fact: No hard science yet but research investigating the potential for creatine supplementation to improve cognitive processing, especially in conditions characterized by brain creatine deficits, which could be induced by acute stressors (e.g., exercise, sleep deprivation) or chronic, pathologic conditions (e.g., creatine synthesis enzyme deficiencies, mild traumatic brain injury, aging, Alzheimer’s disease, depression) is ongoing.
