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Creatine improves physical function and body composition in older adults

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Re: Creatine improves physical function and body composition in older adults

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Post by riversflow »

anigbrowl wrote: post #4

Conclusion: Creatine supplementation improves sit-to-stand performance, muscle function, and lean tissue mass. It is crucial to conduct high-quality prospective RCTs to confirm these hypotheses (PROSPERO number, CRD42023354929). 'Give us funding pls' I use creatine myself and think it helps build muscle, but this is a pretty weak result. I do think it's worth researching because it's a cheap supplement and could help…

I mean, I think it makes sense and deserves funding. Creatine has a mountain of evidence in sports nutrition, as you are likely aware, so much that it’s kinda mind boggling to me that there hasn’t been more research into treating it more like a Vitamin for the general population. The evidence is clear that your body simply can’t produce as much creatine as it can utilize. As an adamant vegetarian I admit that this is extremely good evidence that being vegetarian is unideal for our species.

In athletics, creatine is basically the first thing after protein that gets recommended to supplement. As you get older muscle mass and strength become very critical indicators of vitality and independence. It also becomes harder to build and maintain muscle as you get older. The data is clear on this. During this stage of life, giving your body everything it needs is a no brainer.

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anigbrowl wrote: post #4

Conclusion: Creatine supplementation improves sit-to-stand performance, muscle function, and lean tissue mass. It is crucial to conduct high-quality prospective RCTs to confirm these hypotheses (PROSPERO number, CRD42023354929). 'Give us funding pls' I use creatine myself and think it helps build muscle, but this is a pretty weak result. I do think it's worth researching because it's a cheap supplement and could help…

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Re: Creatine improves physical function and body composition in older adults

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Post by bamboozled »

mgarfias wrote: post #6
ekanes wrote: post #3

Creatine seems acknowledged as working in the fitness community by both the bro-science and the science-based crowds. For me, it worked very well, but I noticed I was losing hair in the shower (eep!) and stopped using it. Seems that's a thing for people with male pattern baldness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Im losing it without the creatine so why not get the benefits.

Correlation is not causation…

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Post by yoyohello13 »

m463 wrote: post #10
ekanes wrote: post #3

Creatine seems acknowledged as working in the fitness community by both the bro-science and the science-based crowds. For me, it worked very well, but I noticed I was losing hair in the shower (eep!) and stopped using it. Seems that's a thing for people with male pattern baldness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Years ago I started lifting weights quite a bit. And my hairline started receeding sort of in the corners of my forehead. Stopped lifting and it stopped. I suspect the testosterone boost from strength training.

I lost my hair at 23 without exercising at all so damned if you do, damned if you don’t I guess.

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Post by pcthrowaway »

eggy wrote: post #8
ekanes wrote: post #3

Creatine seems acknowledged as working in the fitness community by both the bro-science and the science-based crowds. For me, it worked very well, but I noticed I was losing hair in the shower (eep!) and stopped using it. Seems that's a thing for people with male pattern baldness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I only use it when training hard, otherwise, you might as well flush it. Anecdotally, I feel I can squeeze out a bit more and I am not as fuzzy during the activity. I can't speak too much about how I feel during recovery or muscle growth. I do body weight, boxing, and range of motion and coordination drills with kettle bells and medicine balls.

> I only use it when training hard, otherwise, you might as well flush it

Creatine has benefits for brain function as well, people who weight train are not the only people who benefit from it.

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Post by xhrpost »

m463 wrote: post #10
ekanes wrote: post #3

Creatine seems acknowledged as working in the fitness community by both the bro-science and the science-based crowds. For me, it worked very well, but I noticed I was losing hair in the shower (eep!) and stopped using it. Seems that's a thing for people with male pattern baldness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Years ago I started lifting weights quite a bit. And my hairline started receeding sort of in the corners of my forehead. Stopped lifting and it stopped. I suspect the testosterone boost from strength training.

Curious, why does higher T cause hair loss if T is naturally higher in adolescence where there is less hair loss.

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Post by bena »

xhrpost wrote: post #17
m463 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Years ago I started lifting weights quite a bit. And my hairline started receeding sort of in the corners of my forehead. Stopped lifting and it stopped. I suspect the testosterone boost from strength training.

Curious, why does higher T cause hair loss if T is naturally higher in adolescence where there is less hair loss.

I don’t remember exactly, but it’s not testosterone itself that causes the hair loss, but what your body converts the testosterone into.

And that process can ramp up as you get older depending on your genetics.

So more testosterone, more byproducts, more hair loss.

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Post by OutOfHere »

ekanes wrote: post #3

Creatine seems acknowledged as working in the fitness community by both the bro-science and the science-based crowds. For me, it worked very well, but I noticed I was losing hair in the shower (eep!) and stopped using it. Seems that's a thing for people with male pattern baldness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I think you can add supps that lower T to DHT conversion. I have just started on this journey.

Re: Creatine improves physical function and body composition in older adults

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Post by radar »

ekanes wrote: post #3

Creatine seems acknowledged as working in the fitness community by both the bro-science and the science-based crowds. For me, it worked very well, but I noticed I was losing hair in the shower (eep!) and stopped using it. Seems that's a thing for people with male pattern baldness. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Just be sure to cycle your creatine and be aware you need to have more water when you're taking it.
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