Michelle Dang

Yeah, it's not a banned substance. And some have suggested that this is because it's a naturally occurring substance that the body makes from food. However, we also reached out to the World Anti-Doping Agency and asked them, like, why isn't this stuff banned? And they told us there's this criteria for banning substances. One is, quote, it has the potential to enhance sport performance.

Yeah, it's not a banned substance. And some have suggested that this is because it's a naturally occurring substance that the body makes from food. However, we also reached out to the World Anti-Doping Agency and asked them, like, why isn't this stuff banned? And they told us there's this criteria for banning substances. One is, quote, it has the potential to enhance sport performance.

And they told us that creatine does not satisfy that. Criteria. Interesting. We followed up and said, you know, triple checking here. Are you sure? Creatine does not have the potential to enhance sport performance. And they wrote back, it is not considered sufficiently performance enhancing.

And they told us that creatine does not satisfy that. Criteria. Interesting. We followed up and said, you know, triple checking here. Are you sure? Creatine does not have the potential to enhance sport performance. And they wrote back, it is not considered sufficiently performance enhancing.

Go for it. Exactly. Even the U.S. anti-doping agency, which also doesn't ban creatine, says, quote, end quote. Hmm. And this takes us to another really important point about creatine. The reason those effects are not guaranteed is that we know from the research there are some people who don't respond to creatine. So people who don't even get those small benefits that we talked about earlier.

Go for it. Exactly. Even the U.S. anti-doping agency, which also doesn't ban creatine, says, quote, end quote. Hmm. And this takes us to another really important point about creatine. The reason those effects are not guaranteed is that we know from the research there are some people who don't respond to creatine. So people who don't even get those small benefits that we talked about earlier.

For example, there was one small study that found about one in four men didn't respond, and we think it might be even worse for women. Oh, how come? Maybe because the hormone fluctuations with the menstrual cycle affect our uptake of creatine, but we're not really sure yet. And while Wendy, I've been taking creatine and Blythe, our editor, has also been taking creatine.

For example, there was one small study that found about one in four men didn't respond, and we think it might be even worse for women. Oh, how come? Maybe because the hormone fluctuations with the menstrual cycle affect our uptake of creatine, but we're not really sure yet. And while Wendy, I've been taking creatine and Blythe, our editor, has also been taking creatine.

And speaking of all this like booty growing, she's been doing this workout program called the Brazilian Booty Lift.

And speaking of all this like booty growing, she's been doing this workout program called the Brazilian Booty Lift.

Yeah. Here's a snippet of how it's going. Do you feel any differently at the gym?

Yeah. Here's a snippet of how it's going. Do you feel any differently at the gym?

And, you know, I've been taking it too. And me and Blythe, we're just an N of two. But I haven't noticed a difference either while taking creatine. But just because we haven't experienced a difference doesn't mean like you, listener, won't.

And, you know, I've been taking it too. And me and Blythe, we're just an N of two. But I haven't noticed a difference either while taking creatine. But just because we haven't experienced a difference doesn't mean like you, listener, won't.

get so huge like they'll have this before and after and they say the only thing that's changed is creatine why why are they so swole all of a sudden well one they could be exaggerating like how fast it took them but it's also possible that some people like are responding really well to creatine but kind of in a psychological way too

get so huge like they'll have this before and after and they say the only thing that's changed is creatine why why are they so swole all of a sudden well one they could be exaggerating like how fast it took them but it's also possible that some people like are responding really well to creatine but kind of in a psychological way too

Darren told me that when you go to work out, you could be physically working harder because you think like, oh my God, this creatine is amazing. Here's Darren.

Darren told me that when you go to work out, you could be physically working harder because you think like, oh my God, this creatine is amazing. Here's Darren.

Exactly. Okay.

Exactly. Okay.