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if you're worried about Alzheimers why do you take Marijuana? that would be the first thing to do in prevention
Why would it be? There's no known link at all.
(That's not technically Alzheimer's, but it's believable someone worrying about one might worry about the other)
Not something to worry for the general population, but persons with genetic likelihood of getting Parkinsons should be wary of taking both Creatine and Coffee together. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4573899/
Wow I have been mixing 5g of creatine in my morning for the past several months, this is terrifying.
Usual espresso from 42mm puck is 18g of coffee beans in, something around 40g of total coffee out. This has 90…150 mg of caffeine. The study focused on people having more than 300 mg daily.
So don’t drink more than 2 cups per day and you’ll be fine.
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n=1 here, I noticed considerable shedding and thinning when taking creatine. I've taken it alone for 3 months and noticed thinning and shedding. I took it with Minoxidil and Finasteride for six months and noticed reduced shedding. At one point I stopped Mino and Fin, but kept the creatine and the shedding increased rapidly. I am now on Minoxidil and Finasteride, with no creatine, and no longer have shedding.
TBH this sounds like it could be entirely unrelated to creatine. It just sounds like you have shedding and thinning without Minoxidil and Finasteride, and it stops when you start taking them again. > At one point I stopped Mino and Fin, but kept the creatine and the shedding increased rapidly. I think it's a common for shedding to accelerate after stopping Minoxidil.
I just want to raise my voice that, in my experience, yes, I had hair loss issues on creatine. Every time I respond to a comment on reddit, youtube, twitter, here, there is always a sea of "Nope, sorry" comments that I must be mistaken. My hair line disagrees. The extra rep isn't worth it.
100% correct on shedding after mino stoppage however.
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High dosage is not for your daily intake It’s called a loading phase to quickly saturate the tissues i.e for a week or so for someone who never took the creatine. You can absolutely skip this. I wouldn’t go higher than 10g daily on a regular basis. I personally take 7.5g for the last couple of years.
The entire point is that >10G is justified if you're going for cognitive effects. For muscles you don't need to go above 5G. For brain, >15G.
The only ones are for sleep deprived.
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Why would it be? There's no known link at all.
Studies are suggesting cognitive impairment for long-term users: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/cognitive-effects-of-lon... ? (That's not technically Alzheimer's, but it's believable someone worrying about one might worry about the other)
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Wow I have been mixing 5g of creatine in my morning for the past several months, this is terrifying.
You don’t have Parkinson and you probably don’t take that much coffee Usual espresso from 42mm puck is 18g of coffee beans in, something around 40g of total coffee out. This has 90…150 mg of caffeine. The study focused on people having more than 300 mg daily. So don’t drink more than 2 cups per day and you’ll be fine.
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This is a myth, its not bad for your kidneys. The reason this gets spread is because you will have higher levels of creatine in your urine if your Doctor tests your urine for kidney function, which indicates kidney disease. However, If you reveal to that doctor that you're supplementing Creatine it will not be concern them.
My dad's GP didn't know about this, and despite my dad saying "it's fine, I'm taking creatine", sent him for a kidney check-up. Then they found an unrelated tumor on the ultrasound. Seems to be benign and hopefully all will be well. If so, creatine saved his life ;)
Or more correctly, the myth saved his life.
Perhaps sometimes we should listen to conspiracy theorists. /s