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How does creatine affect body composition?

This is a highly requested topic.

I think I get asked about this in my DMs at least once a day.

And I've also seen some concerning marketing around some creatine supplements.

So I wanted to discuss what creatine is and how it affects and doesn't affect your body composition. So first, this topic technically falls in the nutrition category,

and I typically don't do solo episodes on nutrition. I like to leave it up to the experts.

However, creatine is widely studied and pretty well understood. So this is one of the only kind of nutrition

e topics. I feel comfortable discussing with you all, but I'm still going to keep it at a relatively

high level. There are many benefits of creatine beyond body composition, but today I'm going to

focus on how it affects your body and your performance if it makes you bloated or puffy

and miss floating around if creatine can make you toned or if it makes you bulky.

For any questions about dosage, different brands on the market, if it's appropriate for you,

if you know you can take it when you're pregnant or breastfeeding or whatever, that would

be something to discuss with your provider or read the label on the creatine that you've purchased.

So first, how does creatine work in our bodies?

Muscles utilize ATP to power their movements, but that ATP is limited.

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