Dr. Darren Candow

So this is if you just want to take a little bit per day.

And do you have to take it consistently?

Good question.

So ideally, yes.

There is evidence that you can just take it on the training days, but we haven't talked about the brain yet.

And the reason why I think you should take it every day is it likes to go to other tissues on a daily basis.

That's about seven or eight grams.

And that seems to be a very safe and viable dose to be shown to be effective for improving muscle mass and performance.

What is that?

So there is a mechanism.

So creatine is the biggest methyl scavenger in the body.

And without boring your viewers, but methyl groups are used for everything.

They're also used to synthesize something called adrenaline.

And our neurotransmitters, you know, the things that we get excited about.

So when you take in too much creatine, typically on an empty stomach or in a dehydrated state, that will spare methyl groups in the body to be used because you're taking so much in.

And then it says, where can I go?

So since creatine is now being taken into a supplement, these methyl groups are available in your body to go elsewhere to do work.

And they like to synthesize adrenaline.

And that's why you feel more energetic, so to speak.

Yeah, that means you're creating more of the hormone called epinephrine.