A healthy brain likely doesn't need any

creatine. But, what if you're stressed?

What about sleep deprivation? Night

shift workers, university students

cramming for a midterm, then all of a

sudden the healthy brain becomes a

metabolically stressed brain. And most

people fall into the stressed

environment, 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. 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. So, for

example, at recommended dosages,

creatine can not only have potential

anti-cancer properties, it really speed

up rehabilitation, and there's a lot of

hope, especially around Alzheimer's.

>> And what about kids?

>> The current body of evidence suggests

they want to get at least 1 g per day

because in children they want to have

optimization for bone health as well as

muscle development. And so, I'm

fascinated that this nutrient,

discovered in 1832, like boring for the

longest time as having these profound

benefits we never even thought would

happen. And [music] so, your viewers

today will be surprised about some of

the things I'm going to talk about,

including microdosing.

>> And we've got this thing here in front

of us. This is the dosing dilemma. You

know, I want to talk about how much I

need to take for all these [music]

things. And I want to talk about

nutrition, protein, weight training,

etc. But, before that, you've got five

myths in front of you. Can you reveal

one by one what they are?

>> So, this is Oh, I can't believe you did

this one to me. Creatine causes hair

loss. I was going bald before I started

taking creatine. Myth number two. Oh, so

this is by far the biggest myth, and

that is