Dr. Daniel Amen

But I don't know, maybe the creatine is, again, it's able to regenerate that energy quicker.

And so that's also beneficial for the brain.

And now I would say all these creatine researchers, a lot of them are shifting to the brain.

It used to be all muscle focused.

And now people are super interested in what creatine is doing to the brain, especially if you're supplementing with more of it.

And, you know, this is important for people that are under a stressful situation, but also for vegans because creatine is found in food, mostly in animal products like meat and poultry and fish, dairy.

A lot of vegans don't eat that.

And I've had so many of my vegan friends, I've got them on the creatine and it's changed their lives.

I mean, they're like, this is like incredible.

You know, can you imagine someone who's not getting any creatine from their diet because they eat no meat?

And all of a sudden, they start supplementing with 5, 10 grams of creatine.

And it's like they have energy.

Some people say they require less sleep, which is kind of interesting.

That's kind of a comment I've heard many, many times from people is that it's like their brain doesn't need as much sleep.

They have more energy.

So I've been a big fan of the creatine, not only for the muscle, especially because, you know, working out is something that's very important, but for the brain as well.

Yes.

So, great question.

A lot of studies that have been done that you're referring to have been done in the context of exercise and muscular performance.

And the reason why people have to load up on, like, they do a loading phase, let's say 20 grams, and then they go down to this sort of maintenance phase of 5 grams, is because it takes, I don't know, I think it's about a month or so before you can saturate your muscular stores of creatine.