Dr. Darren Candow

So this is... Oh, I can't believe you did this one to me.

Creatine causes hair loss.

I was going bald before I started taking creatine.

Myth number two.

Oh, so this is by far the biggest myth.

And that is...

I think right now it would be to promote health and make people live longer free of disease.

It's fascinating how we've transcended our understanding of weight training and now weight training is seeming to have these profound effects that cardiovascular exercise has and it gives you a bit more.

So

Really focusing now on the benefits of lifting things around the house and how exercise and then, of course, nutrition.

We're going to talk about creatine, but also how other macronutrients, especially protein, come into play.

And then when you combine those two, are we doing enough to optimize longevity?

And we hope that we are.

Yeah, so I did my graduate school in Canada, a cell biology degree, and then I moved into my master's and PhD looking in kinesiology.

So it's interesting that I fell into creatine supplementation research by accident.

I was doing my master's on an amino acid called glutamine.

And at the time, about 20, 30 years ago, glutamine was the biggest rage.

Everybody was taking this non-essential amino acid and hoping that it would have body composition improvements.

And I sort of determined it was worthless in young, healthy individuals from a body composition standpoint.

And at the same time, a good colleague of mine was doing creatine.