Re: Creatine

febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

Resilience is very helpful for the brain and longevity.

The more problems you solve by yourself daily, the better for your brain.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

@febe1 wrote:
Resilience is very helpful for the brain and longevity.
The more problems you solve by yourself daily, the better for your brain.

@febe1 I am the problem solver in the family

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

dylanfan · ‎08-08-2010

Interesting topic. I started taking creatine about 5 weeks ago. I am 75 & work 3 days a week. I also workout (cardio & some yoga). I am noticing that my sleep has gotten a little better-deeper & that my upper arms have more muscle definition. Not sure about any brain changes, but I feel good. I take recommended dose-5 g

febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

@I am still oxox wrote:
@febe1 wrote:
Resilience is very helpful for the brain and longevity.
The more problems you solve by yourself daily, the better for your brain.
@febe1 I am the problem solver in the family

Good for you, @I am still oxox . People who live alone learn to work and work at something b/c no one else is around.

I tell myself, it might take me a tad longer, but I'll get it solved.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I've been thinking about taking creatine and the reason is b/c I do not eat many of the things that contain creatine such as red meat, pork or lamb. I do eat chicken (has low amounts of creatine compared to red meats), some fish and dairy but for the most part I think my creatine intake appears to be low.

Creatine supps are not too expensive and, for me, they wouldn't pose any serious health risk if I took one. I might give it a go. I can sure use more energy when I work out. Seems I run out of energy by the end of the day and I feel exhausted for no real reason.

Pink123 · ‎07-10-2019

@SilleeMee Hey, I disagree with you on this one. We are aging and if blood test results get worse or there is something more going on. I thought you were ill or had scleroderma? Maybe I'm wrong. If so I apologize.

My "creatinine" levels are very, very high as of last week. This is not good and involves the kidney function. I'm quite thin, tall, low weight, (my pictures are up and real) but feel it now meaning weight because of listening to all the geniuses online we listen to. This is alarming to me.

Yet you all want the supplement?

Please don't advocate these supplements unless blood tests are run by a professional physician in a lab environment. You could get worse.

Bless you all, but the Doctors are not your enemy just because you care not to hear the facts.

And the kidney function is on every blood test under metabolic panel. The GFR or EGFR is right there. There is much more than BUN, please and more after that like Iron/TIBC.. We all have it as stated before, just look or ask your primary. Yes, they will decline and do. Kidney failure no matter what stage is irreversible but mostly it will hold for a lifetime.

If your number is 50 on EGFR it means your kidneys are basically functions as only one....50 percent. 75% means one and a half. Not rocket science. It goes by the percentage with stages. Get it? 50 percent, means half a hundred which is one kidney. You will survive as an elder unless there is more underlying conditions which is very possible.

So again, I leave you with forget the supplements until you are cleared by a good physician. They are not necessary.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@Pink123

Creatinine is not the same thing as creatine. Easily confused.

I am a retired medical lab chemist. I know about all of that. I just had my kidney function test done and my kidneys are normal.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

By now I'm sure everyone here knows I now live with a single healthy kidney. I have never had kidney disease. My nephrology NP has given me the OK to use Creatine, if I want to. I will be reasonable about it. Loading in the beginning isn't 100% necessary so I'm not doing it. I will not take excessive amounts - 5 grams/day. I ordered a powder on Amazon Prime Days (Nutricost). It arrived this evening and DH and I will begin tomorrow. It's unflavored so it will mix into my water and I'll nurse it along rather than downing all at once. My reason for wanting to try it is to hopefully increase muscle, hopefully increase my endurance so I can walk longer/harder and also for the benefits to brain health and cognition. The post of better sleep sounds like a great benefit. I hope that happens for me too!

When I have decided to take certain supplements, aside from filling in the gaps with a multivitamin, I have chosen many specific supplements with a view toward heart health, bone health, brain health. When I changed my diet several years ago my goal was weight loss. I continue eating the way I do, in part, to intentionally feed my brain but also because it's anti cancer among other things. I have a sister with memory loss and another who had a stroke last year. I dont want to experience either so I consider my choices to be proactive.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I started taking creatine about two weeks ago, 5g per day. Now I think it's causing my tinnitus to get worse. I'm stopping it asap and see if the tinnitus goes away.

Anyone else here have that going on, too?

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@SilleeMee wrote:
I started taking creatine about two weeks ago, 5g per day. Now I think it's causing my tinnitus to get worse. I'm stopping it asap and see if the tinnitus goes away.

Anyone else here have that going on, too?

@SilleeMee - I'm also taking the 5 grams daily, but I'm mixing it with my water in my large Stanley styled insulated tumbler (40 oz.) and I nurse it along instead of downing the creatine all at once. No issues.