Creatine for brain function on top of muscle mass?
Anyone here got any experience using creatine for enhancing brain function? heard about it on a podcast that it helps with brain fog but I only find the regular info about enhancing muscle mass. Appreciate it if anyone can share their experience or any tips on how to take creatine more effectively. Cheers

Creatine for brain function on top of muscle mass? Anyone here got any experience using creatine for enhancing brain function? heard about it on a podcast that it helps with brain fog but I only find the regular info about enhancing muscle mass. Appreciate it if anyone can share their experience or any tips on how to take creatine more effectively. Cheers

Derek

Whenever #Sleep deprived, try creatine

A 2024 study found that after 21 hours of #Sleep deprivation, a single large dose of creatine (0.35 g/kg) can reverse the decline in cognitive performance and even improve it (PMID: 38418482)

For an 80 kg person that would be 28 grams of creatine

Note that these doses are much larger than the recommended 100 mg/kg/day for muscle and brain health

https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/archive/press-release/2024/creatine-improves-cognitive-performance-during-sleep-deprivation

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My friends are telling me it helps their #Sleep noticeably!

Nate

Whenever #Sleep deprived, try creatine  A 2024 study found that after 21 hours of #Sleep deprivation, a single large dose of creatine (0.35 g/kg) can reverse the decline in cognitive performance and even improve it (PMID: 38418482)  For an 80 kg person that would be 28 grams of creatine  Note that these doses are much larger than the recommended 100 mg/kg/day for muscle and brain health  https://www.fz-juelich.de/en/news/archive/press-release/2024/creatine-improves-cognitive-performance-during-sleep-deprivation

Todd Smith

Another - Creatine supplementation improved cognitive performance, particularly in tasks requiring speed of thinking.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14561278/

Another - Creatine supplementation improved cognitive performance, particularly in tasks requiring speed of thinking.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14561278/

Creatine supplementation is in widespread use to enhance sports-fitness performance, and has been trialled successfully in the treatment of neurological, neuromuscular and atherosclerotic disease. Cre

Oral creatine monohydrate supplementation improves brain performance: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial - PubMed

Lots of these!  How come we don’t see more meathead scientists? 🧑‍🔬💪🤓

Creatine supplementation improved performance in cognitive tasks following sleep deprivation.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17046034/

This was linked from there.  Weird that its for vegetarians though?
"Creatine supplementation improved memory and intelligence test scores in vegetarians."

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21118604/

Here’s one:

Creatine supplementation reduced mental fatigue when subjects repeatedly performed a simple mathematical calculation.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12436270/

Here’s one:  Creatine supplementation reduced mental fatigue when subjects repeatedly performed a simple mathematical calculation.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12436270/

Sam Mendoza

This was linked from there.  Weird that its for vegetarians though? "Creatine supplementation improved memory and intelligence test scores in vegetarians."  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21118604/

Creatine when combined with P forms phosphocreatine that acts as a reserve of high-energy phosphate. Creatine is found mostly in meat, fish and other animal products, and the levels of muscle creatine

The influence of creatine supplementation on the cognitive functioning of vegetarians and omnivores - PubMed

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Lots of these!  How come we don’t see more meathead scientists? 🧑‍🔬💪🤓  Creatine supplementation improved performance in cognitive tasks following sleep deprivation.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17046034/

The effect of creatine supplementation and sleep deprivation, with intermittent moderate-intensity exercise, on cognitive and psychomotor performance, mood state, effort and salivary concentrations of

Creatine supplementation, sleep deprivation, cortisol, melatonin and behavior - PubMed

Jerome Cody

Are there any studies that show the cognitive benefits of supplementing creatine?

Cyril

Thirty-two untrained men [mean (SD) age 22.5 (5.8) years, height 178.3 (7.2) cm, body mass 77.8 (11.9) kg] participated in an 8-week progressive resistance-training program to investigate the "strengt

Derek

A group of likeminded people in Biohackers Connect are talking about this.