Michelle Dang

If you're a gym girly with a flat ass, I have a supplement that will help.

If you're a gym girly with a flat ass, I have a supplement that will help.

Well, I want to build muscle. Yeah. And I just kept hearing that creatine is like the supplement to take. And I figured like research is research. So let's find out if the hype is real.

Well, I want to build muscle. Yeah. And I just kept hearing that creatine is like the supplement to take. And I figured like research is research. So let's find out if the hype is real.

Some people think it's a steroid, but it's not. It's actually something our body naturally makes from food. When you eat things like meat or fish, your body pulls together amino acids from it to actually create creatine. But people take supplements like that white powder you buy in the store because they want more of this stuff.

Some people think it's a steroid, but it's not. It's actually something our body naturally makes from food. When you eat things like meat or fish, your body pulls together amino acids from it to actually create creatine. But people take supplements like that white powder you buy in the store because they want more of this stuff.

Is Creatine doing the heavy lifting here? Yeah. Speaking of huge muscles, we got to go talk to Darren Willoughby, who's a professor of anatomy at Baylor College Medicine in Texas. Not just any exercise nerd, Darren's also a former bodybuilder, which means lots of skimpy outfits.

Is Creatine doing the heavy lifting here? Yeah. Speaking of huge muscles, we got to go talk to Darren Willoughby, who's a professor of anatomy at Baylor College Medicine in Texas. Not just any exercise nerd, Darren's also a former bodybuilder, which means lots of skimpy outfits.

Let me show you what he looked like last time he won a competition. This was back in 2018. Wow. I mean, he's huge.

Let me show you what he looked like last time he won a competition. This was back in 2018. Wow. I mean, he's huge.

Yeah, so Darren's been studying creatine for a while. It was back in the 90s. He started hearing whispers about creatine's powers.

Yeah, so Darren's been studying creatine for a while. It was back in the 90s. He started hearing whispers about creatine's powers.

So Darren wanted to know, does creatine actually work? Does it build muscle? So to find out, he got 22 men, split them into two groups. One got creatine and one got placebo. And for three months, every few days, they did this lower body workout, lots of leg presses, but they took it a step further.

So Darren wanted to know, does creatine actually work? Does it build muscle? So to find out, he got 22 men, split them into two groups. One got creatine and one got placebo. And for three months, every few days, they did this lower body workout, lots of leg presses, but they took it a step further.

and looked inside the mussels themselves by grabbing a giant needle and ramming it into their upper thigh. He showed me what one of these looked like.

and looked inside the mussels themselves by grabbing a giant needle and ramming it into their upper thigh. He showed me what one of these looked like.

Yes, he did see a difference. So he took out a bit of muscle from them, did this chemical analysis, and found more of these muscle proteins, one called myosin heavy chain and another one called myofibrillar protein. And there was more of this stuff in the people that took creatine. meaning that their muscles had grown, indeed grown more. Oh, that's cool.

Yes, he did see a difference. So he took out a bit of muscle from them, did this chemical analysis, and found more of these muscle proteins, one called myosin heavy chain and another one called myofibrillar protein. And there was more of this stuff in the people that took creatine. meaning that their muscles had grown, indeed grown more. Oh, that's cool.

Yeah, like the density of the muscles growing. You have more units of this microscopic muscle that's actually being grown and built. And the people in the study were feeling a bit stronger too.

Yeah, like the density of the muscles growing. You have more units of this microscopic muscle that's actually being grown and built. And the people in the study were feeling a bit stronger too.