Dr. Steven Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #1063 - Nov 22 2025 podcast

But does it necessarily mean that it's going to help for a healthy person to take it? voice-verified

Your brain is going to function better because it has more ATP being made from this sort of side pathway. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

And also it all may be true. voice-verified

That is true of so many things, Bob, where it's like, yeah, that's true. voice-verified

That is happening. voice-verified

But is that a clinically significant effect in and of itself? voice-verified

Maybe not. voice-verified

So how do we know? voice-verified

You have to do clinical studies, right? voice-verified

Well, the big thing with creatine is that it's got to be processed by the kidney. voice-verified

And if you take too much of it, like a lot of proteins, you could stress out the kidneys. voice-verified

But generally speaking, the doses that people are using for this specific indication are below the general safe levels. voice-verified

Again, if you have kidney disease, then don't take it. voice-verified

Talk to your doctor. voice-verified

All bets are off. voice-verified

But if you're healthy kidneys, you could take this. voice-verified

The supplement levels are probably safe. voice-verified

Okay, so there was 2,024 systematic reviews, so that's pretty recently. voice-verified

16 clinical trials. voice-verified

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