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Nobody Told You This About Creatine
You might think creatine is a bodybuilder's steroid you have to cycle, load, and fear for your kidneys, but it's a compound your own body already makes from three amino acids, with one of the deepest safety records in all of nutrition science. The problem isn't the creatine; it's the noise around it.
In this solo episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon discusses:
Why the bump creatine causes in your creatinine lab value is a metabolic artifact, not a sign of kidney damage in healthy people
Where the hair-loss fear came from. A single unreplicated study in one rugby player showing a 56% DHT rise, and why…
The skinny
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