Long term creatine use is safe for female athletes ✅
Another reason to consider creatine for female athletes.
Safety of long-term creatine supplementation in women’s football players: a real-world in-season study
Study Details
This new study recruited 71 female footballers (youth and pro teams) ⚽️
💊 Participants received 20 g/day of creatine monohydrate for 7-days
🗓️ Followed by 5 g/day for the remainder of the season (32 weeks)
🍽️ Dietary intake
🩸 Hematological biomarkers
🔍 Renal biomarkers
💉 Hepatic biomarkers
…were evaluated at baseline, mid- (week 16), and end-season (week 32).
Key Findings
All biomarkers fluctuated within normal reference ranges within the season 🩸
Except creatine phosphokinase (CPK) which was elevated alongside training load rather than creatine use 📈
No adverse effects were observed on…
✅ renal function (e.g. glomerular filtration rate, creatinine, urea, albuminuria)
✅ hepatic function (ALT, AST)
Conclusion
This study supports the long-term safety profile of creatine in female athletes ✅🙌
Reference
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41328005/
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