Dr. Steven Novella

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

Okay, maybe. voice-verified

It's kind of like the probiotic thing too. voice-verified

Like probiotics don't do anything for most people most of the time. voice-verified

But if you take a super high dose only when you have post-antibiotic use problems because you wiped out your gut flora, it may help. voice-verified

You know what I mean? voice-verified

Like there's this little sliver of there may be some effect here. voice-verified

With all of these caveats. voice-verified

So it wouldn't surprise me if, again, in some subset of a subset, it may have some limited benefit. voice-verified

But it's not a panacea. voice-verified

It's not like, oh, take these smart pills and all your cognitive function is better. voice-verified

I think already we could say that that's probably not true because if it were, we would be seeing it. voice-verified

There isn't a false negative bias. voice-verified

Usually the false positive bias means the preliminary research is usually calibrated to make sure that they're seeing an effect and not missing it at the expense of over-calling it. voice-verified

So if you're not seeing like a home run positive effect in this level of data, it's probably not there. voice-verified

So that's kind of the longest answer to, hey, is there anything to the whole creatine thing for brain health? voice-verified

Even less than meh minus. voice-verified

Yeah, it's like. voice-verified

I would characterize this research as the plausibility and the preliminary research is sufficient to justify doing large clinical trials. voice-verified

But that's it. voice-verified

It's not sufficient to market it or make clinical claims or I think even take it. voice-verified

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