Ian Sample

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Science Weekly · Creatine: is there truth behind the hype? · 25 Aug 2026 podcast

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So, where does creatine come in? matched

Well, creatine in your cells binds to phosphate, it forms a compound called matched

Phosphocreatine, and in fact, that's how most creatine is stored in your cells. matched

And what phosphocreatine can do is it's really good at donating the phosphate back to ADP to rebuild it to ATP. matched

So it's almost like a recharges the adenosin triphosphate. matched

So you've used it, it goes down to ADP, phosphocreatine comes in, gives it the phosphate back back to ATP. matched

You can then use it. matched

Again to do things. matched

So that is how creatin is is working and it's enabling the cell to kind of replenish the ATP when it's burning through it really quickly. matched

We make some of our creatine in our pancreas liver and kidney, okay? matched

And we make probably one to two grams. matched

And a lot of that goes to your sort of skeletal muscles and a little bit goes to your brain, your heart, and some other tissues. matched

So we're making probably a lot of us anyway, will be making about half of our creatine. matched

The rest you're gonna get from your diet. matched

Now, it depends what you eat. matched

Obviously, foods like red meat and fish are are rich in creatine because it's in the muscles. matched

And what's good about creatine is because it's a a small molecule, it can kind of get absorbed straight into your system. matched

It doesn't get broken down as it goes through into your bloodstream and so on. matched

Obviously, if you're vegan or vegetarian, they tend to have lower creatine levels in their cells because matched

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