Dr. Darren Candow: The Myths, Facts, and Vast Benefits of Creatine Supplementation
The Ready State Podcast
Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett
4.9 • 623 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Darren Candow, PhD, CSEP-CEP, is Professor and Director of the Aging Muscle and Bone Health Laboratory in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies at the University of Regina, Canada. The overall objectives of Dr. Candow’s internationally renowned research program are to develop effective lifestyle interventions involving nutrition (primarily creatine monohydrate) and physical activity (resistance training) which have practical and clinical relevance for improving musculoskeletal aging and reducing the risk of falls and fractures.
We had our minds absolutely blown by Dr. Candow's wealth of knowledge and extensive research on creatine. We cover some myths, facts and how every human can benefit from creatine supplementation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Dr. Kelly Starrett. |
| 0:06.8 | And I'm Juliette. |
| 0:08.0 | And you're listening to The Ready State Podcast. |
| 0:12.5 | This episode of the Ready State podcast is brought to you by our friends at Element. |
| 0:21.4 | When we're talking to Element, I want to talk about how one of the things that it does |
| 0:25.7 | is allows me to solve a problem. |
| 0:28.3 | What problem is that, Kelly? |
| 0:29.3 | We learned from some of our Uber sports nutrition friends, like people who work in Tour de France. |
| 0:34.8 | That you should drink some water? |
| 0:36.0 | Well, there's that too. |
| 0:37.5 | But that we should separate our nutrition from our hydration. |
| 0:41.7 | And I think a lot of times we're all trying to drink everything down and like have like, |
| 0:46.5 | it's like a turkey meal, whole Thanksgiving meal in a bottle. |
| 0:50.1 | And one of the things that we have discovered is that we take a little snack on our long rides. |
| 0:54.1 | We actually eat a food. But then our water is really about hydration and electrolyte replacement. |
| 0:59.6 | And we have been running element exclusively in our bottles for a long time. |
| 1:04.5 | A long time. |
| 1:05.4 | And it is amazing how, A, how tasty it is, but how effective it is because I'm actually getting enough electrolytes. |
| 1:10.8 | I'm a big human. I don't know if you know this. And one of the things that happens is a lot of the... |
| 1:15.4 | You're a little bit big. Oh, thank you. The one pack of element in my bike bottle turns out to be |
| 1:22.8 | sort of a perfect recipe for electrolyte supplementation and hydration and then separating out my nutrition. |
| 1:30.7 | And I think that I just can't recommend that strategy enough unless, of course, you're going |
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