Ian Sample

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

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One thing people might get confused about when they're looking at creatine is it just comes in so many different forms, right? matched

I mean, first of all, you know, there are powders, there are gummies, there are drinks, but also there are different names. matched

I mean, you can have like creatine hydrochloride, you can have creatine ethyl ester. matched

Most of the research has been done on a form called creatine monohydrate. matched

But you know, I think these all are making sort of matched

slightly different claims about how well they're absorbed and things like that. matched

And again, this is something else that I spoke to. matched

The evidence so far suggests that creatine at the doses people take it at when they're doing supplementation is actually pretty safe. matched

I mean, certainly, you know, in people who are who are healthy. matched

There are some case reports in sort of a bit of the older literature of people with existing kidney problems having some side effects. matched

But apart from that, really, the only thing I've seen is that some people matched

people can get like bloating from from taking it and I spoke again to matched

So that's like, you know matched

An active area of research is to does crit in supplementation really help people who aren't going to the gym and are just sort of carrying on with their lives as normal, right? matched

And I think that's that's going to be an interesting one to watch. matched

But for the moment, certainly the evidence is way in favor of people who are needing that burst of energy and doing it in part of their training and getting the health benefits and you know the strength benefits. matched

That come from the training. matched

So I think it's going to be really interesting to see though, you know, does it help older people who are losing muscle mass? matched

Would it help slow that? matched

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