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Dr. Darren Candow

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FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

And a lot of individuals do not like this potential net water retention or GI tract irritation.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

We don't usually use that in our labs for that reason.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

But for the athletes, World Championship coming up, the loading phase followed by a maintenance phase is a very viable, rapid way.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

Young females hate it because of that water retention and weight gain.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

The good news is you can take as little as two to three grams a day, no loading phase, and take that on a daily basis, probably for the rest of your life.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

And that will definitely accumulate and fill up your muscles in about 30 days, which

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

We don't know if that low dose will get into the bone or brain on a long period of time.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

What we've done is look at a relative dose.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

So that means everybody has a certain weight.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

We put them on scale and we use 0.1 gram all the way up to 0.14 grams per kilogram.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

So, for example, if you're 70 kilograms, you're taking seven grams a day all the way up to about nine grams a day.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

You can take that in one bolus dose or split it up into smaller dosages throughout the day.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

I wouldn't go any less than one gram.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

One gram doesn't seem to get in the blood as rapidly as we need.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

So that's something for your viewers if they're micro dosing, no less than one gram.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

But you can split it up two and a half grams, five grams, whichever you want.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

I take a lot more than that based on our new clinical data.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

I'm 48 years of age.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

I know the effects of aging from a bone and brain perspective.

FoundMyFitness
#100 The Optimal Creatine Protocol for Strength, Brain, and Longevity | Darren Candow, PhD

But really, all this dosing came from muscle.