Dr. Daniel Amen

It's not going to make you stronger.

You have to put in the effort because what creatine is doing, it's helping you make the energy quicker, right?

And then being able to make that energy quicker means that you're able to then do that exercise better, harder, more of it, right?

So it's sort of supercharging your exercise routine, right?

I had already been aware of the effects on the brain.

I thought maybe the five grams a day would do that.

So what are the effects on the brain?

Well, your brain also consumes a lot of energy, you know, needs a lot of energy.

So it does make its own creatine.

But it turns out if you can give your brain more of that creatine, particularly under a period of anything that's causing stress – so let's say lack of sleep or let's say emotional, psychological stress –

Or in my case, high cognitive load, where you're just every day learning concepts, complex things.

You're trying to remember them.

You're putting ideas together and coming up with new hypotheses.

And, you know, you're just studying a lot.

And it's very cognitively demanding.

And it's a type of stress on your brain.

That's like my life, right?

Under this condition of stress, depression's another one.

That's a stress on your brain.

Or neurodegenerative disease, that's a stress on your brain.