CREATINE Essential

It depends on your goal and how you feel physically:

1. Take CreaMag (creatine + magnesium malate + Albion bisglycinate)  if, in addition to improving your physical performance, you feel fatigued and are looking for comprehensive muscle support. It's ideal if you're starting to move more, as its magnesium contributes to normal muscle function and helps reduce tiredness and fatigue. It's also your great ally in situations of excessive sweating, where a lot of magnesium is lost, because it contributes to electrolyte balance.

2. Take Creatine Essential alone if your focus is on physical performance, strength, or muscle mass gain. It's a more direct option, designed for those who already train regularly and are more adapted to exertion and don't prioritize reducing daily fatigue.

Creavitalis® is a creatine monohydrate patent produced by the German company AlzChem Trostberg GmbH, guaranteeing 99.9% purity. Furthermore, Creavitalis® has undergone an ultrafiltration process that improves its solubility and digestive tolerance, achieving excellent bioavailability.

It holds a set of certifications and controls that guarantee its quality and safety:

• Vegan, kosher, and halal certifications, making Creavitalis®  suitable for individuals with different dietary and religious needs.
• IFS Food certification, a standard recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative, ensuring quality throughout the entire production chain.
• ISO Certifications: Alzchem Trostberg GmbH, the manufacturer of Creavitalis®, is certified under ISO 9001 (quality management), ISO 14001 (environmental management), and ISO 50001 (energy management) standards.

Finally, each batch of Creavitalis® creatine carries a unique identification code that guarantees its authenticity. For Go & Start by IVB Wellnesslab, this code is: 24VN25.

No, taking creatine at recommended doses does not harm the kidneys or cause any deterioration of normal kidney function.

There is a common myth about this, stemming from how creatine works: by increasing its muscle use for energy, it generates a waste product called creatinine. This creatinine is released into the blood and filtered by the kidneys in a completely physiological and natural way. If you have a blood test, creatinine may appear elevated simply because your muscles are producing more waste, not because the kidneys are failing.

Although this does not happen in all cases, a simple strategy to avoid confusion in your lab results is to stop taking creatine 2 or 3 weeks beforehand. This way, your muscles will not have that extra creatine and will not generate more creatinine that could interfere with the interpretation of your medical results.

This evidence comes from robust studies such as:

• Zhou B, Hong M, Jin L, Ling K. Exploring the relationship between creatine supplementation and renal function: insights from Mendelian randomization analysis. Ren Fail. 2024;46(2):2364762.
• de Souza E Silva A, Pertille A, Reis Barbosa CG, et al. Effects of Creatine Supplementation on Renal Function: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Ren Nutr. 2019;29(6):480-489.

Yes, absolutely. Women benefit equally to men from its ability to promote cellular energy availability (ATP). in the same way.

Studies have been designed to evaluate supplementation in women, emphasizing not only its safety but also its great utility for female well-being, such as:

• Smith-Ryan AE, Cabre HE, Eckerson JM, Candow DG. Creatine Supplementation in Women’s Health: A Lifespan Perspective. Nutrients. 2021;13(3):877.
• Ellery SJ, Walker DW, Dickinson H. Creatine for women: a review of the relationship between creatine and the reproductive cycle and female-specific benefits of creatine therapy. Amino Acids. 2016;48:1807–1817.
• Muccini AM, Tran NT, de Guingand DL, et al. Creatine Metabolism in Female Reproduction, Pregnancy and Newborn Health. Nutrients. 2021;13(2):490.

Its continued use improves physical performance in successive sets of short, high-intensity exercises. Furthermore, since women typically have lower muscle creatine stores than men, the performance benefits may be even greater for them.

Once supplementation stops, intracellular creatine stores gradually decrease, and within 3-4 weeks of stopping, they return to pre-supplementation levels in all cells, including muscle cells.

Creatine does not cause weight gain, as it does not contribute calories or promote an increase in body fat. However, it can cause a slight increase in weight because it is an osmotic substance that draws water into muscle cells. This intracellular hydration does not cause abdominal bloating or harmful fluid retention; instead, it gives the muscle a fuller appearance. In fact, this cellular hydration is partly responsible for its beneficial effects on strength and athletic performance.

What can cause bloating or a feeling of heaviness is excessive sodium consumption in the diet, but this is unrelated to creatine. You can improve this by:

• Evaluating your diet to moderate foods high in sodium.
• Increasing potassium intake (avocados, leafy green vegetables) to promote the elimination of extracellular sodium.

Drink enough water to maintain proper fluid balance.

Currently, there is no scientific evidence to support that taking creatine causes hair loss.

The myth stems from a single isolated study in 2009, conducted on only 20 people for 21 days. It used a very high loading protocol (20 g/day) and observed an increase in dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone linked to hair loss. However, that study had significant limitations: hair loss was never measured, only hormone levels. Furthermore, the increase in DHT remained within normal limits, and its results have never been replicated in subsequent trials.

But most importantly, in April 2025, the first controlled clinical trial evaluating this directly was published.* (Lak M, et al. J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2025). For 3 months, the use of 5 g/day of creatine monohydrate was compared to a placebo in healthy young men. Hormonal and renal biomarkers (testosterone, DHT, creatinine) were analyzed, in addition to direct hair health through dermatological trichoscopy.

Results: There were no significant differences between creatine and placebo in DHT or testosterone hormones, nor in hair loss. No adverse effects or alterations in normal kidney function were observed either. Thus, this study directly rules out the idea that creatine causes hair loss, debunking the old hypothesis from 2009.

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