38. Everything You Need to Know About Creatine

In this episode, Sam shares everything you need to know (and also a bunch of other stuff you probably don't need to know, but is interesting) about creatine. Does it cause water retention? Hair loss? Weight gain? Kidney damage? Is it only good for men, or women too? This is a great episode to watch on YouTube, because she's talking directly into camera (hi, eye contact!) and looks cute. Listen to this episode if you've always wondered whether you should take creatine, but were too lazy to research it in depth (mood). Key moments: 00:41 Chatty life updates! 01:00 Interesting New York Times article about US alcohol consumption 02:17 Renovation is done!!! 03:36 5k training update 05:24 Creatine, let’s get into it  07:52 What is creatine? 08:31 What are skeletal muscles? 09:56 How creatine works in your body 11:10 How much creatine do we need? 12:13 How to get creatine in your diet 14:20 Forms of creatine 15:56 How creatine supplements are made (+ ingredients!) 22:04 Different types of creatine 23:09 Creatine monohydrate 23:33 Benefits of taking creatine 26:02 Does creatine help you shred and/or burn fat? 28:45 Does creatine make you retain water? 29:56 Does creatine cause kidney damage? 31:05 Does creatine cause hair loss? 31:33 Does creatine increase body fat? 33:04 Do you need to do a creatine loading phase? 36:12 Does creatine work for women too, or just men? Join ⁠⁠⁠⁠WHOOP⁠⁠⁠⁠. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FunctionHealth.com/CAPSLOCK⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow along: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠  TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠  YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠  Threads: ⁠⁠⁠www.threads.net/@lifeincapslock⁠⁠⁠  Resources for this episode can be found here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices