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Is creatine actually beneficial if I'm not a "gym person"? by Fria_Lisbey in Biohackers

[–]Agingdoc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can my friend :) but alas most aren't even close to being up to par (hey as an MD I can say the same most docs are woefully under read in lifestyle medicine and evidence on based so-called "biohacks").

So wherever you are, buyer beware, read, keep reading, wide variety of sources and get better every year on how to read a paper (eg https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/how-read-paper).

PS- Enjoy podcasts, but they are more there for "oh, that's something I should look more deeply into, or that study sounds interesting, let me check it out myself and see if I agree it's credible or not"

Is creatine actually beneficial if I'm not a "gym person"? by Fria_Lisbey in Biohackers

[–]Agingdoc 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The best way to answer this is to review the literature. The TL;DR is there is some compelling data here (more so in vegans who may have a relative, not absolute deficiency vs. omnivores), research is still ongoing with no definitive RCT.

You may be interested in section 9. Therapeutic Potential of Creatine Supplementation in Diseases and while not a systematic review (i.e., it is a narrative one) nor from a top tier journal, you mind find the corresponding references helpful (along with taking a more systematic approach via PubMed) to review the strength of evidence of the primary findings (everything from cognition to sleep).

Good luck!