Well, hello there and welcome back to the root cause medicine podcast. I'm Dr. Kate Kreske,

your host for today, and we're talking about creatine. Now, creatine might have been the

trendiest supplement of 2025. Everyone was talking about it for muscle, cognition, longevity,

but along with the hype came a wave of concern, especially when it comes to kids and teens.

Some states have started restricting

sales of sports supplements to minors, and creatine often gets lumped in that category,

even though physiologically, it's not some exotic compound. It's a molecule your body makes

every day, and you get it naturally from foods like meat and fish. So what are the real concerns

and what's noise when it comes to creatine and kids? Today I'm joined by Dr. Jeff Glad, CMO at FullScript. He cares for whole families at his practice and he sees teen athletes as well. He's going to walk us through the evidence. What does creatine do in the body? What do we know about safety and how can parents and clinicians approach it responsibly? We'll also talk about quality control because the bigger risk isn't creatine monohydrate itself, it's what can show up in poorly regulated

blends, pre-workouts, gummies, and more.

So let's dive into it.

Before we get started though, I've got a special question for the practitioners in the audience.

Practitioners, what if your supplement dispensing, patient education, and treatment planning all lived in one powerful platform, built for whole person care?

And what if that platform was free for both you and your patients while saving you hours each week on treatment planning and follow-up?

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Visit fulscript.com to get started today.

Dr. Jeff Glad, welcome back to the Root Cause Medicine podcast.

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