The Claim
In healthy, trained young adults undergoing 12 weeks of resistance training, creatine supplementation (daily or training-day-only) is not associated with significant changes in body fat percentage or total skeletal muscle mass.
What the research says
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Among healthy, trained young adults doing 12 weeks of strength training, taking creatine daily or only on training days does not change body fat percentage or total muscle mass.
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In healthy, trained young adults undergoing 12 weeks of resistance training, creatine supplementation (daily or training-day-only) was not associated with significant changes in body fat percentage or total skeletal muscle mass.
Creatine keeps muscle energy levels stable during workouts, so the body doesn't need to build more muscle or burn more fat to compensate. Muscle cells already have enough creatine, so extra intake doesn't trigger growth or fat loss.
What the research says
1 studyPeople who took creatine while weight training for 12 weeks didn’t lose or gain body fat, and their total muscle mass didn’t go up or down — even though some of their individual muscles got a little thicker.
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