[derektank]

Second anecdote, I take between 10 and 15 grams. I don’t experience cognitive effects at lower doses (though my weightlifting endurance is still higher on lower doses). I also don’t eat meat so don’t have any incidental consumption

[matwood]

That seems like a lot to take daily. Most studies have settled on loading isn’t needed and 5g/day is enough.

I just take 5g/day with my morning coffee/water.

[canucker2016]

Most creatine studies focus on the effects of creatine on physical activity, especially wrt resistance training.

Rhonda Patrick has made several YouTube videos about creatine and you can find more information about creatine at her website - https://www.foundmyfitness.com/topics/creatine.

One of her creatine videos mentions that your muscles will take up ingested creatine faster than the brain. So for any creatine to make its way to the brain, your muscular creatine stores must be topped up first.

I think dosage would depend on the amount of daily physical activity. If you work out a lot, you'd have to replenish your muscular creatine stores before the brain could access any/much.

She also mentions boosting creatine dosage after bouts of mental exertion.

[nomel]

> I also don’t eat meat

This is probably an important difference from the average participant of those studies.

[yourusername]

If you're taking your coffee hot wouldn't that denaturate the creatine?

[amelius]

What are the cognitive effects?

[derektank]

I experience mental exhaustion more infrequently (the head aching midafternoon slump) and symptoms are reduced