Can Creatine Supplements Make Your Brain Stronger?

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Experts generally agree that creatine can help you build slightly stronger muscles. Could the supplement also help to strengthen your brain?

That assertion has been gaining momentum, particularly on social media, and experts say it’s plausible. But they emphasize that caveats abound, and, when it comes to many of the claims, the hype has gotten ahead of the science.

“I think a little dose of reality needs to really come into what we’re talking about on the brain health side of things,” said Stuart Phillips, a professor of kinesiology at McMaster University in Ontario. “Promise? Sure. But lots of things show promise,” he said.