Sports medicine doctor Naomi Albertson breaks down the pervasive myth that creatine harms the kidneys, explaining that research shows it isn't true, how the myth started, and why it still persists today even among many health care professionals.

Highlights:

1:42  How did the myth that creatine harms the kidneys get started?

5:31  Creatine doesn't cause dehydration either.

6:29  How kidney function tests add to the confusion.

13:01  Those more muscular and/or supplementing with creatine may appear via tests to have a kidney problem when none actually exists.  Creatine can sometimes be incorrectly blamed as causing the perceived problem.

18:44  Additional tests can clarify if a kidney problem truly exists.

20:39  Research has consistently supported the safety of creatine in regards to the kidneys.