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Miami Herald
26-05-2025
- Health
- Miami Herald
This Workout Supplement May Help With Alzheimer's-New Pilot Study
A popular workout supplement could lead to better outcomes for Alzheimer's patients, according to the findings of a new study. Creatine is a popular fitness supplement that many people use to help build muscle. However, a new study published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions discovered it could also boost brain cognition in Alzheimer's patients. In the United States, roughly 7.2 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2025, according to the Alzheimer's Association. The chronic neurodegenerative disease can affect memory, thinking and behavior and is currently the most common form of dementia worldwide. In the study, patients with Alzheimer's disease took 20 grams of creatine monohydrate for eight weeks. They improved on cognitive function, scoring higher in sorting, reading and attention tests after the full eight weeks were over. Researchers said the study laid the groundwork of "preliminary evidence" to conduct further research. "We decided to do this study because there were a couple of recent studies in mice suggesting that, in a mouse model of Alzheimer's, creatine monohydrate supplementation may be beneficial," study co-author Matthew Taylor, Ph.D, RD, assistant professor and director of the KU Brain Nutrition Laboratory at University of Kansas Medical Center, told Women's Health. "Prior to this study, no work had been done in humans with Alzheimer's, so it was the right time to start looking at it as a potentially beneficial supplement for Alzheimer's." Since creatine helps create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a primary energy source for the brain, researchers speculate that creatine is able to improve overall cognition in Alzheimer's patients. Creatine also may be able to reduce inflammation, improving the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Matthew Taylor, assistant professor and director of the KU Brain Nutrition Laboratory at University of Kansas Medical Center, told Women's Health: "The brain requires a lot of energy, but in Alzheimer's, brain energy metabolism drastically declines. Creatine is a very important substance for transporting energy produced by our mitochondria and increasing creatine levels may even encourage mitochondria to produce more energy." Further research is likely needed to understand the full impact of creatine on the body as well as the potential implications for Alzheimer's disease. "I would not advise the use of creatine with the goal of improving cognition," Amit Sachdev, MD, medical director in the Department of Neurology at Michigan State University told Women's Health, adding there's not "well-established data to support this use." Taylor echoed this sentiment. "Our study is far from a definitive study," he said. "Well-designed, placebo-controlled clinical trials are needed to determine whether creatine is beneficial for Alzheimer's. I would suggest Alzheimer's patients and their families discuss taking any supplement with their neurologist." Related Articles The Good Life: A Tough, but Promising Path Ahead for College Grads'Important' Alzheimer's Treatment Breakthrough Gets FDA Approval'Remarkable' ALS Drug May Also Work on Alzheimer'sOzempic May Lower Risk of Alzheimer's and Dementia 2025 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC.
Newsweek
26-05-2025
- Health
- Newsweek
This Workout Supplement May Help With Alzheimer's—New Pilot Study
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A popular workout supplement could lead to better outcomes for Alzheimer's patients, according to the findings of a new study. Creatine is a popular fitness supplement that many people use to help build muscle. However, a new study published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions discovered it could also boost brain cognition in Alzheimer's patients. Why It Matters In the United States, roughly 7.2 million Americans aged 65 and older are living with Alzheimer's in 2025, according to the Alzheimer's Association. The chronic neurodegenerative disease can affect memory, thinking and behavior and is currently the most common form of dementia worldwide. In this photo illustration, a model of a human brain is seen on February 16, 2024, in Cardiff, Wales. In this photo illustration, a model of a human brain is seen on February 16, 2024, in Cardiff, To Know In the study, patients with Alzheimer's disease took 20 grams of creatine monohydrate for eight weeks. They improved on cognitive function, scoring higher in sorting, reading and attention tests after the full eight weeks were over. Researchers said the study laid the groundwork of "preliminary evidence" to conduct further research. "We decided to do this study because there were a couple of recent studies in mice suggesting that, in a mouse model of Alzheimer's, creatine monohydrate supplementation may be beneficial," study co-author Matthew Taylor, Ph.D, RD, assistant professor and director of the KU Brain Nutrition Laboratory at University of Kansas Medical Center, told Women's Health. "Prior to this study, no work had been done in humans with Alzheimer's, so it was the right time to start looking at it as a potentially beneficial supplement for Alzheimer's." Since creatine helps create adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a primary energy source for the brain, researchers speculate that creatine is able to improve overall cognition in Alzheimer's patients. Creatine also may be able to reduce inflammation, improving the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. What People Are Saying Matthew Taylor, assistant professor and director of the KU Brain Nutrition Laboratory at University of Kansas Medical Center, told Women's Health: "The brain requires a lot of energy, but in Alzheimer's, brain energy metabolism drastically declines. Creatine is a very important substance for transporting energy produced by our mitochondria and increasing creatine levels may even encourage mitochondria to produce more energy." What Happens Next Further research is likely needed to understand the full impact of creatine on the body as well as the potential implications for Alzheimer's disease. "I would not advise the use of creatine with the goal of improving cognition," Amit Sachdev, MD, medical director in the Department of Neurology at Michigan State University told Women's Health, adding there's not "well-established data to support this use." Taylor echoed this sentiment. "Our study is far from a definitive study," he said. "Well-designed, placebo-controlled clinical trials are needed to determine whether creatine is beneficial for Alzheimer's. I would suggest Alzheimer's patients and their families discuss taking any supplement with their neurologist."
The Onion
26-02-2025
- General
- The Onion
Man Feels Like Whole Life Just Endless Cycle Of Work, Eat, Sleep, Get Abducted By Aliens
CLEVELAND—Bemoaning the exhausting pattern into which his existence seemed to have fallen, local man Matthew Taylor told reporters Wednesday that he felt like his whole life was just an endless cycle of working, eating, sleeping, getting abducted by aliens, and then going to work again. 'Pretty much every day I roll out of bed, eat breakfast, head to the office, get beamed aboard the Kluforian mothership for medical analysis, and then go home—like, is this the rest of my life?' said Taylor, who sighed as he imagined the decades slipping away with week after week of drinking his morning coffee, leaving for the office grind, getting anally probed during his lunch break, sitting in on sales meetings, and then falling asleep after a few hours of bad TV and possibly more anal probing if the Grand Katarka Simblian Vinaroon demanded it. 'It's just this endless rigamarole of getting stuck in traffic, making small talk with coworkers, waking up on a table as a hooded extraterrestrial peels open my abdomen with a plasmoid scalpel, heating up another lousy frozen meal, and shoveling it in my face. Sheesh. At some point you have to ask yourself: What does this all add up to?' Taylor concluded that his only hope was that his existence served some higher purpose that he was unaware of, but that the invading Garacean-13 galactic fleet understood perfectly.
