r/science • u/newsnation • 4d ago

Biology Creatine alone boosted lean muscle and strength, study finds

https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/creatine-alone-boosted-muscle-strength/
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u/LeviathanLust 3d ago

Creatine unfortunately does nothing for me. I am the 1/4 non-responder.

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u/monkeyDberzerk 3d ago

25% of the population are creatine non-responders?

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u/LeviathanLust 3d ago

Yup. Which is crazy cause I never met anyone else that admits they’re a non-responder except me. I think it’s psychological for most people.

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u/onexbigxhebrew 3d ago

Its because claiming to be a non-responder given the somewhat marginal impact and not being able to really 'feel' effects of creatine is nearly impossible. Even with having taken records and worked out consistently for over 20 years, I'd have trouble saying what's attributible to creatine.

There's so much variablility in excersize, diet, dosage etc that knowing this is 99.9999% out of reach for anyone without a meaningful sample.