Women's Performance

REBROADCAST - Shannon O'Grady, PhD - Why You Need Creatine for Performance, Recovery and Longevity


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This episode originally dropped on May 29, 2023.

Creatine is having a moment and, as today’s guest, Shannon O’Grady says, “Creatine has been waiting for its moment for decades.”

Shannon has her PhD in Nutritional Physiology and is the COO and Chief Product Officer of Gnarly Nutrition, where she leads product research and innovation across their entire line of products.

Today, she and Sara focus their conversation on creatine.

Creatine is the most studied ergogenic aid and, early on, was pigeonholed as mostly a bodybuilding supplement. 

Research is now clear that the benefits of creatine are far greater than just increased muscle mass (although that’s a great benefit). It has been shown to help in:

  • Recovery
  • Injury prevention
  • Cognitive function and brain health
  • Heat tolerance
  • Treatment in psychiatric disorders
  • Aging athletes and female athletes
  • Increased power for endurance athletes

Sara and Shannon discuss what creative is, how it’s produced and synthesized, how it could possibly provide all of these benefits, the best types, dosages, and the importance of being NSF Certified for safety and efficacy in a “wild west” industry. 

The advantages of creatine supplementation are clear and the question has gone from, "Why would I take that?" to "Why wouldn't I?"

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