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Creatine Myths: Hair Loss, Bloating, Dosing, and More

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The Effects of Creatine on Muscle Mass

Only about 15 to 20% of the total weight increase when people take creatine is directly attributable to creatine uptake and associated water uptake in the muscle itself. The other 80 85%. I don't know what it is, but I think just bloating fluid retention terms like that are probably decent ways to describe it. Yeah. Like I think creatine properly does cause a bit of bloating. It's increasing like muscle weight due to increases in creatine and water in the muscle of like 160 to 185 grams. So yeah,. People who try to bust the myth that creatine causes bloating, I think they're more so the ones contributing to the myth.

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