 Creatine
I'm an 18 year old vegetarian and considering taking creatine supplements.
I've read that creatine naturally comes from red meat and fish, so vegetarians will have significantly less creatine in their bodies. Apparently this is a bad thing as creatine improves brain function, muscle size, and energy with very little apparent downsides.
From what I've read you don't really need the loading phase, it just gives you muscular gains faster, so I'd probably skip that and spare any possible extra load it would put on my liver and kidneys and just take something like 5 grams or less and cycle off every once in a while.
Another note; the creatine supplement is made from completely vegetarian sources.
Opinions? Is 18 too early to be considering creatine supplements?
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