Feels like a sign of the times that I expect half the comments here to be paid astroturfing about how amazing creatine is.

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beacon294 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Creatine is $10 at Walmart, I don't think they are paying for astroturfing. It's a chemical like salt.

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king_zee 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I work out but I've never taken it. I feel like not everything has to be minmaxed, sometimes some things are better left to nature. Easy come easy go as they say

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bluegatty an hour ago | parent | next [-]

That's a big odd - because creatine seems to be the universally beloved thing and that it's a bit natural and has positive effects with zero negative side effect. Not a criticism but aside fro proten, creatine seems to be 'the natural thing'. Pun intended.

	▲	cindyllm an hour ago \| parent [-]
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AngryData an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Also a lot of peoples diets have a high amount already. And certain things like energy drinks have a lot if you drink a those.

I think a lot of the minmaxed stuff people do working out is mostly placebo because very few people are actually pushing the limits of natural human physiology and hitting some nutrient bottleneck.

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ai_fry_ur_brain an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If you dont eat meat nature will not help you here. It will change your life if you're vegan.

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dgellow an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

That's definitely the good attitude to have for that type of things

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sebstefan an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Creatine is very uncontroversial and the scientific consensus is that it's an all around good thing, so I wouldn't be surprised

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zug_zug 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A few thoughts

1) It annoys me whenever anybody mentions literally anything (whatever baking soda, potassium, any vitamin) you get a million unhinged comments about how this was a personal panacea.

2) Creatine definitely does stuff, that's scientifically been established by numerous studies for decades. It's been recommended as a supplement for vegetarians for mental reasons and for people trying to build muscle-mass (sort of niche). I'm actually a bit surprised how few people talk about it when it's a standard blood test thing (possibly because it can't be patented).

3) It's dirt cheap and made by tons of difference places. I don't think there's a "big creatine." It's probably like < 25 cents a serving.

	▲	superhuzza an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Even quite a bit cheaper than that, I buy 1000g of creatine for $30 USD, which is 15 cents per 5g serving. I think it's a no-brainer for most people.

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computerphage 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That strikes me as a really poorly calibrated expectation. Who benefits? Who's paying? How could I get this job?

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dgellow an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There isn't much money to make from creatine recommendation, it's a well known nutritional supplement that can be found for pretty cheap. You can read more about it here if you want: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317612254_Internati...

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pydry 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You tend to see that more for the more high margin and branded supplements.

The profit margins on creatine are not high.

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computerphage 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you?? Show me an HN thread where half the comments are paid for

	▲	pydry 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How can you accurately detect what is and isn't a not? You seem very confident you can tell the difference so I thought I'd ask first.