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Supplementing with creatine (20 grams/day) improved cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients by nearly 5% after just 8 weeks Patients experienced notable gains in memory, fluid cognition, inhibitory control, and attention (likely due to creatine’s key role in brain energy metabolism) Creatine seems to especially benefit the brain under stress... show more

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Taking 10 grams of creatine daily might elevate your brain's creatine stores twice as much compared to lower doses (2–4 grams) While 5 grams per day saturates muscles, higher doses (~10 grams daily) allow creatine to "spill over" into the brain, bones, and immune system Neuroimaging studies confirm this 10-gram dose significantly boosts brain energy, improving mitochondrial function in areas critical for mood, memory, and cognition Under severe stress—like sleep deprivation—higher doses (25–30 grams) rapidly increase brain creatine and high-energy phosphates, reversing cognitive deficits and even enhancing brain function beyond normal rested levels

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Taking a single high dose (25–30g) of creatine not only reverses the cognitive impairment caused by 21 hours of sleep deprivation, it can boost brain function beyond fully rested levels Neuroimaging reveals the mechanism: ->High doses of creatine quickly replenish brain energy stores, enhancing neuronal function and metabolic efficiency under extreme stress This makes high-dose creatine a powerful tool for situations like jet lag, red-eye flights, and unavoidable sleep loss

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A single high-dose creatine supplement (~25-30 grams) rapidly reverses (and even improves) the cognitive impairment caused by severe sleep loss In studies, sleep-deprived people given creatine not only regained lost cognitive function but improved processing speed beyond fully rested conditions Neuroimaging reveals the mechanism: Creatine swiftly restores the brain’s depleted energy stores, significantly enhancing neuronal performance during periods of intense stress This makes it highly effective for combatting something like jet lag/sleep deprivation

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Why I upped my creatine dose to 10 grams per day. I used to take 5 grams of creatine daily, which provides solid benefits for muscle strength and performance (when combined with resistance training). Recently, I increased my dose to 10 grams, and here’s why I made the switch. Research suggests that 10 grams of creatine per day may offer additional advantages, particularly for brain health. Studies show that this higher dose increases creatine levels in areas like the grey matter, white matter, and thalamus more effectively than lower doses, such as 4 grams, over an 8-week period. This is likely due to a "spillover effect", where excess creatine benefits the brain once muscles are fully saturated. While 5 grams is effective for physical performance, 10 grams seems to provide a broader range of benefits, including potential cognitive support and bone health. If you’re considering creatine supplementation and want to maximize its effects, a 10-gram daily dose could be worth exploring.

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332,832 views • 1 year ago

Creatine is not just for muscle. At the right dose, it may meaningfully support brain energy too. About 5 g/day is enough to keep muscle stores saturated, but research suggests around 10 g/day may be needed to meaningfully increase brain creatine. Doses used during sleep deprivation (around 0.35 g/kg body weight, often landing near 20–30+ g) have been shown to blunt or even reverse cognitive deficits under extreme stress. If you supplement, creatine monohydrate is the most studied form, and choosing an NSF Certified for Sport product adds an extra layer of quality assurance.

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Rhonda Patrick now takes 10 grams of creatine per day — double the standard dose. Why? Once your muscles are saturated at 5g, the extra starts reaching your brain. German research showed 10g meaningfully raises brain creatine levels. Even more striking: 20–30g can completely erase the cognitive damage from 21 hours of sleep deprivation — and in some cases, people performed better than when fully rested. Rhonda uses the higher dose on jet-lagged or high-demand days and says she no longer gets the usual mid-afternoon crash. Many of her vegan friends report more energy and needing less sleep after starting. Creatine is quietly shifting from “muscle supplement” to powerful brain performance tool. Have you tried higher-dose creatine (above 5g)? Did you notice changes in energy, focus, or sleep needs?

Rhonda Patrick now takes 10 grams of creatine per day — double the standard dose. Why? Once your muscles are saturated at 5g, the extra starts reaching your brain. German research showed 10g meaningfully raises brain creatine levels. Even more striking: 20–30g can completely erase the cognitive damage from 21 hours of sleep deprivation — and in some cases, people performed better than when fully rested. Rhonda uses the higher dose on jet-lagged or high-demand days and says she no longer gets the usual mid-afternoon crash. Many of her vegan friends report more energy and needing less sleep after starting. Creatine is quietly shifting from “muscle supplement” to powerful brain performance tool. Have you tried higher-dose creatine (above 5g)? Did you notice changes in energy, focus, or sleep needs?

Camus

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Creatine dose, benefits & safety from Dr. Rhonda Patrick: - Standard muscle dose is 5 g/day of creatine monohydrate - the most well-researched form - but muscles are "very greedy" and consume most of it before it reaches the brain. - Getting creatine into the brain requires higher doses: one German study found that at 10 g/day, MRI scans showed creatine levels rising in key brain regions above what the brain produces on its own. - Creatine shines under brain stress - sleep deprivation, intense cognitive work, travel fatigue. One study gave sleep-deprived subjects 0.35 g per kg bodyweight (roughly 20-25 g) and they performed not just at baseline but above it. - The phosphocreatine system has a frontal bias - the brain areas most associated with strategic planning and working memory rely on it most heavily. "It's one of the most well-studied supplements out there. If it was unsafe, we really would know." Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

Creatine dose, benefits & safety from Dr. Rhonda Patrick: - Standard muscle dose is 5 g/day of creatine monohydrate - the most well-researched form - but muscles are "very greedy" and consume most of it before it reaches the brain. - Getting creatine into the brain requires higher doses: one German study found that at 10 g/day, MRI scans showed creatine levels rising in key brain regions above what the brain produces on its own. - Creatine shines under brain stress - sleep deprivation, intense cognitive work, travel fatigue. One study gave sleep-deprived subjects 0.35 g per kg bodyweight (roughly 20-25 g) and they performed not just at baseline but above it. - The phosphocreatine system has a frontal bias - the brain areas most associated with strategic planning and working memory rely on it most heavily. "It's one of the most well-studied supplements out there. If it was unsafe, we really would know." Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D.

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15,884 views • 3 months ago

Creatine is for Brain Power, not Just Muscle Power A New RCT just dropped looking at creatine hydrochloride (HCl) and creatine ethyl ester (CEE) on cognitive outcomes (PMID: 40854087). Researchers gave perimenopausal women 8 weeks of either low-dose creatine HCl (750 mg or 1.5 g / day), a blend of HCl + CEE, or placebo. 👉 The 1.5 g HCl group showed small but significant improvements in reaction time and even a ~16% increase in frontal brain creatine levels on MRS scans. The HCl + CEE combo didn’t outperform HCl alone. All forms were well-tolerated and there were no serious side effects. The results add to growing evidence that creatine supports cognition—not just strength, hypertrophy, and power—but let’s keep perspective: ⚠️ Creatine ethyl ester has consistently underperformed in bioavailability studies. Multiple head-to-head trials show it’s rapidly degraded to creatinine in the gut and fails to meaningfully raise muscle creatine compared to creatine monohydrate (PMID:19228401). Creatine HCl seems to dissolve better in water and some anecdotal reports claim it’s easier on digestion for some people, but so far there’s no solid evidence it improves muscle or brain creatine stores beyond what you get with monohydrate. Bottom line: this study is promising for the cognitive benefits of creatine overall, but it doesn’t change the main recommendation Creatine monohydrate is still the gold standard. It’s the form used in hundreds of human RCTs, proven to raise muscle and brain creatine, and it’s cheap. Until stronger data show otherwise, save your money and stick with monohydrate.

Creatine is for Brain Power, not Just Muscle Power A New RCT just dropped looking at creatine hydrochloride (HCl) and creatine ethyl ester (CEE) on cognitive outcomes (PMID: 40854087). Researchers gave perimenopausal women 8 weeks of either low-dose creatine HCl (750 mg or 1.5 g / day), a blend of HCl + CEE, or placebo. 👉 The 1.5 g HCl group showed small but significant improvements in reaction time and even a ~16% increase in frontal brain creatine levels on MRS scans. The HCl + CEE combo didn’t outperform HCl alone. All forms were well-tolerated and there were no serious side effects. The results add to growing evidence that creatine supports cognition—not just strength, hypertrophy, and power—but let’s keep perspective: ⚠️ Creatine ethyl ester has consistently underperformed in bioavailability studies. Multiple head-to-head trials show it’s rapidly degraded to creatinine in the gut and fails to meaningfully raise muscle creatine compared to creatine monohydrate (PMID:19228401). Creatine HCl seems to dissolve better in water and some anecdotal reports claim it’s easier on digestion for some people, but so far there’s no solid evidence it improves muscle or brain creatine stores beyond what you get with monohydrate. Bottom line: this study is promising for the cognitive benefits of creatine overall, but it doesn’t change the main recommendation Creatine monohydrate is still the gold standard. It’s the form used in hundreds of human RCTs, proven to raise muscle and brain creatine, and it’s cheap. Until stronger data show otherwise, save your money and stick with monohydrate.

Layne Norton, PhD

17,692 views • 10 months ago

We need to stop treating Alzheimer’s like it starts the day someone forgets a name. There’s growing research around the connection between insulin resistance, glucose metabolism in the brain, and cognitive decline. It’s why you’ll sometimes hear Alzheimer’s referred to as “type 3 diabetes.” By the time memory starts to noticeably decline, changes in the brain may have been developing for years. Protect your brain by protecting your metabolic health long before you think you need to.

We need to stop treating Alzheimer’s like it starts the day someone forgets a name. There’s growing research around the connection between insulin resistance, glucose metabolism in the brain, and cognitive decline. It’s why you’ll sometimes hear Alzheimer’s referred to as “type 3 diabetes.” By the time memory starts to noticeably decline, changes in the brain may have been developing for years. Protect your brain by protecting your metabolic health long before you think you need to.

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16,641 views • 6 days ago

The new episode of Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin is out now: Dr. Tommy Wood: Enhancing Brain Performance & Preventing Dementia Tommy Wood MD, PhD This episode is available in full on X, YouTube, and all podcast platforms. (0:00) Tommy Wood (2:31) Cognitive Performance & Brain Health, Structure & Function (8:12) Brain Function & Stimulus, Brain Volume (12:13) Improve Cognitive Function, Skill Development (15:22) Sponsor: AG1 (17:03) Skills, Near- vs Far-Transfer (20:13) Assess Short-Term Cognitive Health, Tool: Blood Test; Nutritional Status (27:19) Long-Term Brain Health; Tool: Cognitively-Demanding Tasks, Dance, Novelty (35:00) Task-Switching, Kids vs Adults (41:20) Sponsor: LMNT (42:42) Brain Training?, Virtual Reality (47:22) Nutrition, Processed Foods; Supplementation, Creatine, Caffeine, Alpha-GPC (55:02) Supplements & Trade-Offs, Subjective Effects, Sleep (1:00:55) Brain Fog, Subjective Cognitive Decline (1:04:34) Three ‘S’ Model & Cognitive Health, Brain Fog (1:10:47) Recap: Improve Cognitive Function & Reduce Brain Fog; Hydration (1:13:33) Sponsor: Renaissance Periodization (1:14:38) Vision Assessment, Tool: Vision Training (1:21:54) Vitamin A, Antioxidants, Supplement Use (1:24:39) Creatine, Caffeine & Sleep Deficits; Methylation, Homocysteine, B Vitamins (1:35:30) Cognitive Function & Creatine Benefits; What is Methylation?, Epigenetics (1:39:50) Creatine & Short-Term Energy, Lactate (1:45:45) Sponsor: Momentous (1:47:12) What is a Concussion?, Egg Analogy (1:51:26) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Lactate & Ketones (1:54:43) TBI, Inflammation, Metabolic Changes, Mitochondria (2:00:40) Acute Treatment & TBIs; Testing for TBI, Cognitive Tests, EEG Technology (2:08:58) Calcium Supplementation?, Vitamin D, Magnesium (2:13:18) Dementia & Late-Onset Alzheimer’s, Prevention? Reversal?, Tool: Modifiable Risk Factors (2:19:08) Education & Peak Cognitive Function, Dementia, Stimulating Job (2:25:59) Sensory Inputs & Dementia, Tool: Being in Nature (2:28:44) Exercise & Dementia, Tool: Resistance & High Intensity Training (2:35:50) Tool: Designing Exercise Protocol for Brain Health (2:39:15) Muscle Strength, Cognitive Function & Overall Brain Health, Mechanism (2:44:49) White Matter, Exercise, Energetic Processes (2:49:39) Alzheimer’s Disease, Tau, Amyloids, Markers of Brain Aging (2:55:40) Recap; Tommy’s Projects & Links (3:01:50) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Subscribe & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Social Media, Perform Newsletter Includes paid partnerships.

The new episode of Perform with Dr. Andy Galpin is out now: Dr. Tommy Wood: Enhancing Brain Performance & Preventing Dementia Tommy Wood MD, PhD This episode is available in full on X, YouTube, and all podcast platforms. (0:00) Tommy Wood (2:31) Cognitive Performance & Brain Health, Structure & Function (8:12) Brain Function & Stimulus, Brain Volume (12:13) Improve Cognitive Function, Skill Development (15:22) Sponsor: AG1 (17:03) Skills, Near- vs Far-Transfer (20:13) Assess Short-Term Cognitive Health, Tool: Blood Test; Nutritional Status (27:19) Long-Term Brain Health; Tool: Cognitively-Demanding Tasks, Dance, Novelty (35:00) Task-Switching, Kids vs Adults (41:20) Sponsor: LMNT (42:42) Brain Training?, Virtual Reality (47:22) Nutrition, Processed Foods; Supplementation, Creatine, Caffeine, Alpha-GPC (55:02) Supplements & Trade-Offs, Subjective Effects, Sleep (1:00:55) Brain Fog, Subjective Cognitive Decline (1:04:34) Three ‘S’ Model & Cognitive Health, Brain Fog (1:10:47) Recap: Improve Cognitive Function & Reduce Brain Fog; Hydration (1:13:33) Sponsor: Renaissance Periodization (1:14:38) Vision Assessment, Tool: Vision Training (1:21:54) Vitamin A, Antioxidants, Supplement Use (1:24:39) Creatine, Caffeine & Sleep Deficits; Methylation, Homocysteine, B Vitamins (1:35:30) Cognitive Function & Creatine Benefits; What is Methylation?, Epigenetics (1:39:50) Creatine & Short-Term Energy, Lactate (1:45:45) Sponsor: Momentous (1:47:12) What is a Concussion?, Egg Analogy (1:51:26) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Lactate & Ketones (1:54:43) TBI, Inflammation, Metabolic Changes, Mitochondria (2:00:40) Acute Treatment & TBIs; Testing for TBI, Cognitive Tests, EEG Technology (2:08:58) Calcium Supplementation?, Vitamin D, Magnesium (2:13:18) Dementia & Late-Onset Alzheimer’s, Prevention? Reversal?, Tool: Modifiable Risk Factors (2:19:08) Education & Peak Cognitive Function, Dementia, Stimulating Job (2:25:59) Sensory Inputs & Dementia, Tool: Being in Nature (2:28:44) Exercise & Dementia, Tool: Resistance & High Intensity Training (2:35:50) Tool: Designing Exercise Protocol for Brain Health (2:39:15) Muscle Strength, Cognitive Function & Overall Brain Health, Mechanism (2:44:49) White Matter, Exercise, Energetic Processes (2:49:39) Alzheimer’s Disease, Tau, Amyloids, Markers of Brain Aging (2:55:40) Recap; Tommy’s Projects & Links (3:01:50) Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Subscribe & Reviews, Sponsors, YouTube Feedback, Social Media, Perform Newsletter Includes paid partnerships.

Andy Galpin, PhD

86,269 views • 1 year ago

Rhonda Patrick just leveled up her creatine game—and the reasons will make you rethink that standard 5g scoop. She used to do 5g for workouts... now it's 10g EVERY DAY as baseline. Why? Brain saturation. "Once muscles are full at ~5g, the spillover hits the brain"—boosting cognitive function, potentially shielding against brain aging, and even helping depression via better energy production upstairs. Jet-lagged? Sleepless night? Travel wrecking your rhythm? She cranks to 15–20g (sometimes 20–30g in studies) — calls it "speed without the speed," like caffeine minus the crash/jitters. No addiction, but insanely alert, focused, and resilient. Hits hardest under stress/sleep deprivation (research backs it: single high doses reverse 21+ hour wakefulness cognitive hits and can outperform rested performance). Vegan twist: One friend (no meat = zero dietary creatine) went from dragging to "Bruce Banner → Hulk" mode after starting. Vegans/vegetarians often run low—liver makes only so much. Bonus layer: Extra creatine frees up methylation pathways (homocysteine → methionine), gene expression tweaks, brain-wide perks. 3:13 raw clip of Rhonda spilling the science—perfect if you're biohacking focus, longevity, or just surviving modern life chaos. Are you on creatine? Still at 5g? Gone higher for brain gains? Noticed Hulk-level energy when stressed/sleepless? Vegans—game-changer or nah? Drop your protocol/experience below—this one's sparking real convos!

Rhonda Patrick just leveled up her creatine game—and the reasons will make you rethink that standard 5g scoop. She used to do 5g for workouts... now it's 10g EVERY DAY as baseline. Why? Brain saturation. "Once muscles are full at ~5g, the spillover hits the brain"—boosting cognitive function, potentially shielding against brain aging, and even helping depression via better energy production upstairs. Jet-lagged? Sleepless night? Travel wrecking your rhythm? She cranks to 15–20g (sometimes 20–30g in studies) — calls it "speed without the speed," like caffeine minus the crash/jitters. No addiction, but insanely alert, focused, and resilient. Hits hardest under stress/sleep deprivation (research backs it: single high doses reverse 21+ hour wakefulness cognitive hits and can outperform rested performance). Vegan twist: One friend (no meat = zero dietary creatine) went from dragging to "Bruce Banner → Hulk" mode after starting. Vegans/vegetarians often run low—liver makes only so much. Bonus layer: Extra creatine frees up methylation pathways (homocysteine → methionine), gene expression tweaks, brain-wide perks. 3:13 raw clip of Rhonda spilling the science—perfect if you're biohacking focus, longevity, or just surviving modern life chaos. Are you on creatine? Still at 5g? Gone higher for brain gains? Noticed Hulk-level energy when stressed/sleepless? Vegans—game-changer or nah? Drop your protocol/experience below—this one's sparking real convos!

Camus

238,580 views • 7 months ago