Exercise Scientist Reveals an Unlikely Benefit of Using Creatine: “Many People Did Not See Coming”

We all know about Creatine. But in his latest video, Dr. Mike Israetel shared some unknown benefits of Creatine, claiming Abraham Lincoln too would have used it back in the day- that’s how old its usage is.

In one of his latest YouTube short videos on ‘Renaissance Periodization’, Israetel explained that people know the usefulness of creatine and hence it has been popular throughout history. “Creatine. Great grandma, you ever leaf through the pictures, old f***ing photo book your parents had? ‘Damn, great grandma looked jacked’. You see, there’s a optimum nutrition Creatine container next to that b**ch. That’s like her, Abraham Lincoln, and an optimum nutrition Creatine, you are like ‘America’.”

“… It’s one of those supplements that really doesn’t disappoint. There’s a bunch of supplements, you read a study on it. Andrew Huberman talks about it. And you are like, ‘Dude, this s*it is gonna change my life.’ You take it, nothing happens. Six months later, three other studies come out and say it doesn’t do anything. And you are like ‘Goddammit, I lost my money.'”

However, Israetel claimed Creatine isn’t one of those supplements and that it really works. He said, “It causes muscle growth, it causes an increase in performance, it speeds set to set recovery. And it even seems to be healthy for the brain and nervous systems for healthy aging which is really cool. Something many people did not see coming, including myself.”

He vouches for it. Mike Israetel has a PhD in Sport Physiology from East Tennessee State University. In addition to this, he is also a professor in the strength and hypertrophy Master’s program at Lehman College. Nutrition for Public Health, Advanced Sports Nutrition and Exercise, and Nutrition and Behavior are some courses he has previously taught at different universities. Additionally, he previously also worked as a consultant on sports nutrition at the U.S. Olympic Training Site in Johnson City.

As per a study published by the National Institutes of Health (a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) in 2021, Creatine can help the nervous system’s energy provision. However, this is not the only supplement that Mike Israetel has vouched for. He had once revealed some of the supplements he thought showed confirmed results. Which supplements found their way to his list?

Dr. Mike Israetel says supplements outside of this list do nothing detectable

In one of his other YouTube short videos, Israetel revealed how certain small classes of supplements are actually effective. He started listing them down as “Whey and casein proteins work. Creatine works again just a little bit, stimulants work. Maybe Carbohydrate powders have their place and daily vitamins and some minerals maybe like vitamins D, zinc, etc.”

Then Dr. Mike Israetel also affirmed that outside of these confirmed supplements with their effective prospects, there are almost no other options that can have such proven benefits. He said that these were just the confirmed supplements that work and almost all of the rest do nothing or so less that they aren’t detectable.

Additionally, he has previously also talked about gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time. Clearly, Israetel has the educational background and experience in bodybuilding to show upcoming bodybuilding enthusiasts the right path. Do you think you would start taking creatine based on the benefits listed by Dr. Mike Israetel? Let us know in the comments below.