EP 272 - Bitesize Biohack: Creatine - The Brain Boosting & Body Composition Hero Supplement

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Bitesize Biohack: Creatine - The Brain Boosting & Body Composition Hero Supplement

For this special Bitesize Biohack, Angela explores the benefits of creatine for women's health.

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For this special Bitesize Biohack, Angela explores the benefits of creatine for women's health. While traditionally associated with men and bodybuilders, creatine has numerous advantages for women, particularly during the menstrual cycle, perimenopause, and postmenopause.

Key Takeaways

Creatine is a molecule that is important for producing ATP, the energy currency of the body. It is primarily made in the liver and is important for skeletal muscle health, bone density, gut health, and brain health.

Women have less storage capacity for creatine compared to men, so supplementation can be beneficial for women. Taking 3-5 grams of creatine daily can help build up creatine stores over a period of four weeks.

Creatine loading phases, where higher doses of creatine are taken for a short period of time, can be done to quickly increase creatine stores. The best time to do a loading phase for women is during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, when estrogen levels are higher.

Best Moments

"Creatine is very important for us to produce ATP, which is the energy currency of the body."

"Creatine helps to support bone density and muscle protein synthesis, making it beneficial for women struggling with metabolic issues and excess body fat."

"Creatine can be really supportive in times of stress, as it helps to provide higher levels of ATP for the brain, improving memory, cognition, and attention."

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Packed full of actionable insights, strategies, bio hacks, lifestyle hacks, mindset strategies and expert performance advice, Angela Foster is on a mission to optimise your human potential. Featuring interviews with some of the top experts on the planet in the fields of health, performance and business, this show aims to inspire, educate and empower you to live an energetic, healthful and limitless life.

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Angela is a Nutritionist, Health and Performance Coach. She is also the Founder and CEO of My DNA Edge, an Exclusive Private Membership Site giving individuals the tools and bio hacks needed to optimise their genetic expression for optimal health and performance.

Angela believes that we can truly have it all and has spent the last 5 years researching the habits and routines of high performers, uncovering age-old secrets, time-honoured holistic practices and modern science to create a blueprint for Optimal Human Performance.