5 grams of creatine improved antidepressant outcomes in women

5 grams of creatine improved antidepressant outcomes in women I just read an article about how creatine may be doing a way more for women than just building muscle. I posted a video the other day about creatine, and a lot of people were in my comments asking if women were included in that study. So for my girls interested in creatine, this one is for you guys. Let's see. Brief. Researchers actually studied what happened when women with major depression took 5 grams of creatine every single day. The study included 52 women with major depression disorder between the ages of 19 and 65. Every woman involved in this trial was treated with an antidepressant called. Escitalopram A. Half of them were also receiving five grams of creatine monohydrate every day, while the other half received a placebo. Here's where it gets interesting. So the women taking creatine started experiencing significantly greater improvements in their depression symptoms by just two weeks, and that difference continued throughout an eight week study. By the end, about 52% of the women taking creatine had reached remission, compared with only 26% of the women taking the antidepressant plus the placebo. And researchers think one possible explanation involves energy metabolism in the brain. Because creatine isn't just something your muscles use. Brain also uses creatine phosphocreatine system to help rapidly regenerate A T P. Which is essentially the energy currency your cells use. And abnormalities in brain energy metabolism have been investigated in depression. So researchers wanted to know whether increasing creatine availability could Potentially make an antidepressant treatment work better or faster. And in the study it did. No. Creatine is not a replacement for antidepressants. Guys, don't twist my words. Both groups were on the antidepressant that I mentioned earlier, so this study more so just talks about creatine as an add on to the medication. Your muscles use creatine for energy, but your brain does too. Once again, creatine for the win. What can I say guys?