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post 1649734523 10-27-2021, 02:19 PM
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Do you still need to load creatine?

5mg, 4 times a day for the first week to saturate your cells?

Or has this been debunked and you just take your 5mg daily
post 1649734873 10-27-2021, 02:25 PM
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lol youre not front loading deca or eq boyo just take it everyday in whatever dose you see fit
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post 1649735203 10-27-2021, 02:31 PM
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I just take a scoop with my post workout to capitalize on that time window.
post 1649735273 10-27-2021, 02:32 PM
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Haven’t used creatine in probably 5 years tbh,

Been cycling rad140 n lgd and often take mk677 along side it for that joint repair

But why not get back on creatine shts cheap nomsayin
post 1649735403 10-27-2021, 02:34 PM
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Just take 5G a day don’t even know if it does anything but it’s so cheap why not srs


And add some primo in for that look nom sayin
post 1649735693 10-27-2021, 02:38 PM
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Originally Posted By DrugsToGetBig⏩
lol youre not front loading deca or eq boyo just take it everyday in whatever dose you see fit
tfw deca and dutasteride doesnt mix and increases hair loss.

OP,

theres a lot of bro science going on here. disregard them; you should be fine as long as you take your creatine in your anabolic window
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post 1649735773 10-27-2021, 02:39 PM
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post 1649735873 10-27-2021, 02:40 PM
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post 1649735933 10-27-2021, 02:41 PM
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I did 5g daily but I'm a female. Men should do a bit more. No need to load.
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post 1649735943 10-27-2021, 02:41 PM
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You can load it, it will saturate your cells quicker, but there's no need if you're gonna take it indefinitely. 5g a day is fine.

https://examine.com/supplements/creatine/
post 1649736033 10-27-2021, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted By rollerball⏩
creatine causing hair loss is not necessarily bro science apparently
From MPMD vid he did on it, which was like 40 minutes long I still don’t understand if it causes it - fml, probably at a Norwood 2 rn
post 1649736213 10-27-2021, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted By AVIK777⏩
From MPMD vid he did on it, which was like 40 minutes long I still don’t understand if it causes it - fml, probably at a Norwood 2 rn
derek has been on so many harsh substances, so i doubt his creatine claim unless he was off gear for at least 6 months and laid off the RU/fin/dut
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post 1649736303 10-27-2021, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted By AVIK777⏩
From MPMD vid he did on it, which was like 40 minutes long I still don’t understand if it causes it - fml, probably at a Norwood 2 rn
There's no strong evidence linking it to hair loss, the logic is because it causes an increase in DHT it can accelerate MPB, but there's no evidence suggesting at the levels creatine accelerates it, it has any noticeable effect on MPB.. most likely it's just negligible.
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post 1649736423 10-27-2021, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted By TappingTheZen⏩
There's no strong evidence linking it to hair loss, the logic is because it causes an increase in DHT it can accelerate MPB, but there's no evidence suggesting at the levels creatine accelerates it, it has any noticeable effect on MPB.. most likely it's just negligible.
Originally Posted By rollerball⏩
yeah I edited my post saying they found that creatine "upregulates 5-alpha-reductase which reduces testosterone via DHT" and MAY contribute to hair loss.
seems that they're not exactly sure how much it does if it in fact does contribute.
Both of these. Can’t these mfer scientists just give us a conclusion, I don’t think I’m prone to bolding looking at my dad who still has full head of hair, so I should be safe but never know
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Originally Posted By rollerball⏩
I think they're not sure that it doesn't either... which is exactly the type of paranoia breeding ground which prevents me from using creatine.
Loool same fml
post 1649736843 10-27-2021, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted By AVIK777⏩
Both of these. Can’t these mfer scientists just give us a conclusion, I don’t think I’m prone to bolding looking at my dad who still has full head of hair, so I should be safe but never know
To draw a conclusion you need to do controlled studies, you need a lot of participants, it needs to be very long term and you need to find a statistically significant correlation. It's not as simple as it sounds, but also you need to find someone who's interested in funding (more than one, and they're not cheap) highly controlled studies on this chit, which is most likely where the difficulty lies. Most studies for supps are focused on performance benefits.
post 1649737273 10-27-2021, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted By AVIK777⏩
Haven’t used creatine in probably 5 years tbh,

Been cycling rad140 n lgd and often take mk677 along side it for that joint repair

But why not get back on creatine shts cheap nomsayin
I cant do mk677, made me eat 2 large pizza's in 5 minutes.
post 1649737623 10-27-2021, 03:06 PM
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post 1649738343 10-27-2021, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted By AAGP14⏩
I cant do mk677, made me eat 2 large pizza's in 5 minutes.
I stick to 10mg dose now because I used to do 25mg but again ate too much.

10mg great benefits and similar benefits to someone dosing at 25mg
post 1649738673 10-27-2021, 03:24 PM
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The average lifter will hit full saturation with 3-5g daily for 3-5wks. Then depending on amount of muscle mass, maintenance can be easier with most people only needing a few grams daily to even every other day to maintain saturation.
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post 1649739663 10-27-2021, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted By OT2000⏩
The average lifter will hit full saturation with 3-5g daily for 3-5wks. Then depending on amount of muscle mass, maintenance can be easier with most people only needing a few grams daily to even every other day to maintain saturation.
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post 1649740453 10-27-2021, 04:00 PM
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Meh I just dump some in my mouth straight from the bulksupplements bag. Not like I’ve ever noticed a difference from creatine anyway.
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Originally Posted By TappingTheZen⏩
There's no strong evidence linking it to hair loss, the logic is because it causes an increase in DHT it can accelerate MPB, but there's no evidence suggesting at the levels creatine accelerates it, it has any noticeable effect on MPB.. most likely it's just negligible.
its not negligible:

any form of working out in general increases DHT if you are anabolic its gonna affect you.

period.

theres no vagueness or anything inconclusive.

working out increases hairloss
creatine increases hairloss
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