What Is Creatine? Can It Treat Sarcopenia (Muscle Loss with Age)?

What are the benefits of creatine for the elderly? When accompanied by a progressive strength-training regimen, 3 grams of creatine a day may improve muscle performance in older adults. Stay tuned for Are There Any Side Effects to Taking Creatine? (), the follow-up video. Learn about the connection between creatine and homocysteine in Should Vegetarians Take Creatine to Normalize Homocysteine? () and The Efficacy and Safety of Creatine for High Homocysteine (). For more on how to live your longest, healthiest life, preorder my new book How Not to Age. (As always, all proceeds I receive from all of my books are donated to charity.) New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at and someone on the team will try to answer it. UPDATE: We are currently testing the removal of the comment section across all video pages until October, and it will either be reinstated thereafter or removed permanently based on the results. Please feel free to continue your discussions by commenting on our YouTube channel and social media accounts, where we will have Health Support volunteers available to address questions. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: • Subscribe: • Donate: • Podcast : • Books: • Shop: • Facebook: • Twitter: • Instagram: