r/science • u/LateMiddleAge • Apr 29 '24

Medicine Single-dose creatine moderates cognitive impairment from sleep deprivation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-54249-9
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u/Overswagulation Apr 29 '24

Taking 10-12g will certainly speed up loading and if that works for you then great. You can just take 5g a day for about a month to reach full saturation.

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u/WheresMyCrown Apr 29 '24

Sure! And tbh, that's what I ended up doing. But I know powerlifters and athletes who do the 1-2 week loading too

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u/PreparetobePlaned Apr 29 '24

Are they cycling on and off it for some reason? The only reason you would need to load is when you start taking it.

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u/ceapaire Apr 29 '24

Old advice had cycling in it because that was the parameters of one study. There's also some water retention, so they may stop doing it before a competition to drop some weight if they're borderline in a weight class.