Friday Favorites: What Is Creatine? Its Sarcopenia Benefits and Potential Side Effects?

When accompanied by a progressive strength-training regimen, 3 grams of creatine a day may improve muscle performance in older adults. A misinterpretation of lab tests may explain concerns over kidney safety with creatine supplementation. Learn about the connection between creatine and homocysteine in Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/shou...) and The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-.... I first talked about the contamination issue a decade ago in Creatine Brain Fuel Supplementation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/crea.... For more on how to live your longest, healthiest life, see my book How Not to Age (https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-n.... (As always, all proceeds I receive from all my books (https://nutritionfacts.org/books/) are donated to charity.) New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/frida... and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/frid.... You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: https://nutritionfacts.org/translatio... https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Books: https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org • Facebook:   / nutritionfacts.org   • Twitter:   / nutrition_facts   • Instagram:   / nutrition_facts_org