333: The Insane Brain and Body Benefits of Creatine—Dosing, How to Use, Men vs. Women, Risks, and More | Darren Candow, PhD

The Genius Life

Max Lugavere

Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Darren Candow, PhD, is Director of the Aging Muscle and Bone Health Laboratory in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. Dr. Candow’s internationally renowned research program develops effective lifestyle interventions involving nutrition (primarily creatine monohydrate) and physical activity (resistance training) for improving aging.

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0:00.0	What a family, it's episode 333 of The Genius Life, let's go.
0:17.0	What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the show.
0:19.8	I'm your host Max Lugovere, a filmmaker, a health and science journalist in New York Times
0:23.8	best-selling author. I've dedicated my life to unraveling the science behind
0:27.2	how our choices, including what we eat and how we live, affect our cognitive and physical
0:30.9	performance, how we feel, our health span, and our risk for disease. This podcast is all about
0:36.2	how to live in an optimal state, which I call living like a genius. On today's episode of the show,
0:41.2	I'm super excited to introduce you to Dr. Darren Kando. Dr. Kando is one of the world's
0:46.7	foremost experts on all things creatine. He runs the aging muscle and bone health lab in the
0:52.7	faculty of kinesiology and health studies at the University of Regina in Canada, and the overall
0:57.7	objectives of Dr. Kando's internationally renowned research program are to develop effective
1:02.9	lifestyle interventions involving nutrition, primarily creatine monohydrate, and physical activity,
1:08.4	for example, resistance training, which have practical and clinical relevance for improving aging
1:13.0	and reducing the risk of falls and fractures. On today's episode of the show, we cover all things
1:19.2	creatine. We go deep into what it is, how it works in the body, the benefits of taking creatine,
1:24.4	the potential side effects. For example, does it actually cause weight gain and hair loss? We get
1:29.2	into it. We cover who should take creatine, the recommended dosage, the benefits to physical
1:33.6	performance, and brain health. Can women benefit from taking creatine and so much more? I love
1:40.7	having this conversation. He is a bonafide expert in this topic, and I'm super glad that I stumbled
1:45.5	upon his work so that I could bring it to you. So please listen through all the way to the end,
1:49.9	and don't forget to share this episode with friends and loved ones that you think may be into it.
1:54.4	Thanks, fam. Before we dive in, I just want to give a shout out to Apple Podcast app user Sarah PS,
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