Ingredient
Creatine
We have read Creatine against nine things that were measured, from 12 sources. Our own to-read list holds 14 things for Creatine, and five of them are still to read.
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Everything read for Creatine: 9 questions, by topic
Every one of them has more than one source behind it.
Body weight and composition
- Creatine and Body fat percentageTwo sources, all measured lowerModerate certainty, level 3 of 4
- Creatine and Body weightTwo sources, all measured higherModerate certainty, level 3 of 4
Energy and exercise
- Creatine and Creatine Kinase (CK)Two sources, saying different thingsLow certainty, level 2 of 4
- Creatine and Muscle strength (1-RM)Two sources, all measured higherLow certainty, level 2 of 4
Joints, muscles and pain
- Creatine and Muscle sorenessTwo sources, all found no clear differenceLow certainty, level 2 of 4
Liver, kidney and digestion
- Creatine and Estimated GFRTwo sources, all found no clear differenceLow certainty, level 2 of 4
- Creatine and Serum creatinineTwo sources, saying different thingsLow certainty, level 2 of 4
Mood, stress and thinking
- Creatine and Cognitive performanceTwo sources, saying different things, and one source carries a noticeLow certainty, level 2 of 4
- Creatine and DepressionTwo sources, saying different thingsLow certainty, level 2 of 4
Still to read for Creatine
Our to-read list holds 14 things for Creatine. Five of them have no reading here yet:
- Estimated VO2max
- Heart rate variability (RMSSD)
- Resting heart rate
- Total sleep time
- Total testosterone
Still to read means nobody here has got to it, not that it was tried and did nothing or that no research exists. A pairing on no list is not a gap: we never set out to read it.