Dr. Darren Candow

This is an area of controversy, NAD.

This is the, you know, it's a precursor for a main enzyme that's highly involved in metabolism.

There's been evidence to suggest it goes down with aging.

So my eye is closely on that to see if that's going to be something to come up in the play.

And a multivitamin, you know, started with Flintstone vitamins as a kid and I take a multivitamin a day as a safety net.

Yeah, I think it's the awareness and education now and social media has really helped with this, getting our evidence-based research out to the public and the awareness that creatine is just not for young males to get bigger, stronger, faster.

If anything, when you go to an aging body and they're predisposed to aging-related muscle loss, strength loss, functionality, bone loss, and atrophy in the brain, creatine has been shown to have effects there as well.

So I think a lot of

Older individual populations are becoming more aware of the effects of creatine.

And of course, as we produce more research, it gets out to the public more often.

So I'm really excited and encouraged that creatine has sort of taken on a life of its own in the last decade.

It's indirect.

So it seems that if you increase lean mass, it might stimulate energy expenditure or turnover.

And then in animal models, it has been shown to have some beneficial effects from a cellular perspective on fat.

But at the end of the day, if you are seeing a reduction in fat, it's likely that you're improving your metabolic health with lean tissue mass.

And I think whatever vehicle you want to choose to maintain that in the run of a day is the best.

So if it's putting in your coffee in the morning, because you won't forget it, great.

If it's putting a little bit in Greek yogurt, if it's using the gummies, whichever it is, as long as it's a viable source of creatine that makes it very practical and consistent for you, that's the best way.

Yeah, we have a jug on the counter with all our other supplements.

It's in the pantry, it's close by.