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dyauspitr • today at 6:53 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

So what’s the latest? That everyone should take creatine and GLP-1s?


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solumos • today at 6:55 PM

Adverse side effects of creatine are generally less severe than GLP-1s

irl_zebra • today at 7:55 PM

Near as I can parse it, as a very, very anti-woo person, is as follows:

In a healthy individual with a balanced diet and no deficiencies, there are essentially zero supplements that do anything whatsoever to a measurable degree. Essentially the entire supplement aisle at Whole Foods or whatever is completely woo and useless, and any advertisements are someone trying to make money from you, or some mindless viral craze with no evidence. The exception to this general rule is omega 3s (fish oil is great for this, algae oil is even better given potential heavy metals in fish), protein supplementation if you're weightlifting, and creatine. GLP-1s are a wonder drug that are great if you are not a healthy individual and wish to be.

creaturemachine • today at 7:00 PM

With a peptide chaser.

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