Originally Posted by
bruce19
I followed the advice of Rhonda Patrick a well regarded Youtuber. She is a Ph.D. biomedical scientist, health educator, and science communicator known for her work on aging, nutrition, and genetics. She suggested putting creatine, leucine and collagen in your morning coffee. I used really minimal amounts. Maybe a 1/4 teaspoon of each. Then I had an additional several cups of coffee which is my routine. Those were without supplements. On the night of the third day of this routine I had the worst GI issues of my life.
I’m familiar with her advice through her podcast. She always says creatine is safe for “healthy individuals”, but I’ve never heard her explain what health issues should be of concern (she may have and I missed it). I bring up kidney function because that’s often cited By others as a qualifier for creatine use and because kidney disease is very common among older folks. Interesting to hear your effort to ease into it still caused GI issues.