Nutraceuticals and nootropics for anti-aging

Creatine enhances the mind as well as the body

Creatine, an amino acid that provides muscles with quick access to energy, is now a hot research topic thanks to anti-supplement forces in the sports world that want to ban anything that improves athletic performance (except, perhaps, steak and potatoes). Some of the research seems aimed at discrediting creatine as aid to athletic performance, but in science it is hard to suppress the truth for long. Recent clinical studies have confirmed the already well-known fact that creatine supplementation produces gains in muscle, strength, and lean body mass. In a study of competitive swimmers, creatine users of both sexes improved their times in 50- and 100-yard sprints.

Link to medical abstracts:

The effects of 8 weeks of creatine monohydrate and glutamine supplementation on body composition and performance measures.

Swim Performance Following Creatine Supplementation in Division III Athletes.

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Creatine supplementation has recently been shown to reduce the amount of nerve damage from spinal cord injuries and to improve and hasten recovery. The work was done in rats that had been fed creatine-supplemented diets prior to injury.

Link to medical abstract:

Creatine diet supplement for spinal cord injury: influences on functional recovery and tissue sparing in rats.

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Perhaps the most exciting news, however, is that creatine shows evidence of improving memory and intelligence. It is to be hoped that this news will stimulate so many people to start using creatine that governmental ‘big-brother’ agencies (like the U.S. FDA and DEA) will be afraid to take away people’s rights to access it.

Link to news article:

Creatine ‘boosts brain power’