Some well being consultants consider {that a} balanced weight loss plan gives sufficient creatine and that supplementing with further creatine is pointless as a result of creatine isn’t a necessary nutrient. Nevertheless, there are some faults to this logic.

“Whereas we do make very small quantities of creatine within the physique, it can’t be made in portions that present advantages in analysis,” says Jones. “Creatine additionally might be obtained from meat and fish, however a 4-ounce serving of salmon and beef every gives solely .5 grams of creatine, with as much as 30% of creatine misplaced within the cooking course of. You would want to eat an unhealthy quantity of animal protein to fulfill the 3-5 grams per day wanted to see a profit, and you wouldn’t be capable to safely load if that was vital for you.”  

There may be additionally a false impression that anybody with kidney dysfunction mustn’t complement creatine, however Werner says displaying power creatine supplementation had no impact on kidney perform. 

One more reason some well being consultants don’t suggest taking supplemental creatine is the idea that some individuals are creatine “non-responders.”  

“Whereas it’s true that individuals will react in a different way to different weight loss plan interventions, meals, and dietary supplements, research suggesting there are entire ‘non-responders’ to creatine are a bit older and particular to muscular energy and energy,” says Jones. “, the 2 research discussing non-responders had been both unclear about their timing of administration or solely included creatine three days per week. In my view, extra analysis contemplating weight loss plan and way of life variables is required to find out non-response to not solely muscular advantages but in addition cognitive advantages.”