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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Creatine Expert: Creatine Is The Secret To Weight Loss

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Business, Society & Culture, Education

4.518K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

What is creatine really doing to your brain? Top Creatine Researcher Dr Darren Candow reveals why 5g won’t reach your brain, how creatine may reverse sleep deprivation, and the 5 myths stopping millions from taking it! Dr Darren Candow is a professor and Director of the Ageing Muscle and Bone Health Laboratory at the University of Regina, with 175 published research papers. He is a fellow and incoming Vice-President of the International Society of Sports Nutrition and was named on Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists list in 2025. He explains: ◼ The 5 myths stopping you from taking creatine, and why they're all wrong ◼ How much creatine you really need for muscle, bone, brain and sleep deprivation ◼ How adding creatine to your antidepressant can double your remission rate ◼ Why you lose 1% of your muscle every year after 40 and what to do about it ◼Why creatine protects your brain from stress, sleep loss and cognitive decline Follow Darren: Instagram - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/EIZm0wm X - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/5AUqbZD The Diary Of A CEO: ◼ Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼ Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼ The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼ The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards: https://linkly.link/2hm7r ◼ Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼ Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Flightcast - Check out https://www.flightcast.com/DOAC2 Stan - Visit https://coach.stan.store/?ref=stevenbartlett&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=episode9

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0:00.0

One thing I've learned from interviewing a lot of founders and building companies myself is that

0:03.5

trust is the real currency of business. It's the thing that gets customers to buy, partners to say yes,

0:08.5

and investors to back you. But as you grow, trust stops being just a feeling and becomes something

0:13.1

you have to prove. Because the bigger you get, the more exposed you are, customer data,

0:17.4

security expectations, regulations, all of it. And the risk of one small mistake

0:21.1

becomes incredibly significant. And if you've ever tried to scale while keeping on top of all of that,

0:26.6

you'll know it can become a full-time job. But our sponsor Vanta automates your compliance

0:31.3

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0:36.8

And the company's already using Vanta, say they spend 82% less time on audits because of Vantas platform.

0:43.1

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0:49.7

That's vanta.com slash diary.

0:52.7

A healthy brain likely doesn't need any creatine.

0:56.0

But what if you're stressed?

0:57.2

What about sleep deprivation?

0:59.1

Night shift workers, university students cramming for a midterm, then all of a sudden

1:03.2

the healthy brain becomes a metabolically stressed brain.

1:06.2

And most people fall into the stressed environment.

1:09.1

And that's where creatine comes to the rescue. And we'll talk about how much, but the more stressed it is, the higher the dose seems to come into play. And is there anyone that shouldn't take creatine? Well, I've published over 120 papers just on creatine alone. Wow. We've done at least 30 to 40 studies in our lab, and I can't find anybody that can't or shouldn't take creatine.

1:27.9

So, for example, at recommended dosages, creatine can not only have potential anti-cancer properties

1:32.7

but really speed up rehabilitation, and there's a lot of hope, especially around Alzheimer's.

1:36.7

And what about kids?

1:37.7

The current body of evidence suggests they want to get at least one gram per day because

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