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Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity

185 points · 227 comments · lormayna

  1. ortusdux · · focus · HN ↗
    Are there risks to creatine?
    1. HedonicEscal8r · · focus · HN ↗
      Essentially none. Creatine supplementation is a good idea for most people, especially vegans/vegetarians.
      1. flossly · · focus · HN ↗
        Why especially those?
        1. unethical_ban · · focus · HN ↗
          Not vouching for creatine, but in general, humans get some vital nutrients from animal consumption. Vegans have to take some B-vitamins for best health due to what they don't get from meat. I assume creatine is the same.
          1. the_gastropod · · focus · HN ↗
            Where do those animals get their B12 from, do you think? (Hint: they don't synthesize it either, they get it from their diet)

            Today, because our food / water are so sterilized (good thing!), we don't typically get much bacterial B12 from unclean root vegetables, drinking from streams, etc. So yes, we need to supplement today. Because of advances in cleanliness.

            1. flossly · · focus · HN ↗
              B12 is about hygiene (not drinking from muddy puddles), not about an inherent problem with veganism.
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