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Creatine Confusion...
This Year Creatine Has Had the Best Rebrand in Supplement History
Remember when creatine was supposedly only for dumb bodybuilders?
Like if you took creatine in 2004, people acted like you were one scoop away from losing 40 IQ points, cutting the sleeves off every shirt you owned, and communicating exclusively in grunts and bench press numbers.
You weren’t “supporting cellular energy.”
You were Chad.
You had a gallon jug.
You had frosted tips. (which are now back ironically)
You had or at least wanted a tribal tattoo.
You were allegedly one loading phase away from forgetting how doors worked.
Fast forward to today…
Now every holistic mom with a red light panel, a mineral mocktail, castor oil packs, and a nervous system regulation routine is taking creatine for brain health.
The same supplement that was once “bad for your kidneys,” “only for gym bros,” and “probably dangerous” is now being talked about for:
Brain energy
Muscle preservation
Hormone transitions
Cognitive support
Aging well
Athletic performance
Recovery
Wild how that works.
One decade the internet says something makes you a dumb meathead. The next the internet says you’re behind the times if you’re not taking it with your electrolytes and morning sunlight.
This is why I don’t love supplement trends in either direction.
Not the fear trends.
Not the miracle trends.
Creatine isn’t magic.
But it is one of the most researched supplements we have, and it turns out supporting cellular energy is useful whether you’re trying to bench press 315, survive perimenopause, keep muscle as you age, or just remember why you walked into the pantry.
The lesson?
Sometimes the thing everyone mocked turns out to be useful. Sometimes the thing everyone worships turns out to be overhyped. And usually, the truth was sitting there the whole time — buried under bad headlines, bro marketing, and whatever TikTok decided this week.
So while creatine went from “dumb bodybuilder powder” to “holistic mom brain support.” Lets think logically about it and then decide if/when we need it for our own body.
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Creatine Confusion...
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