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The bottom line: 5g of creatine monohydrate daily is the most evidence-backed, safest, and cheapest performance supplement ever studied — and it works on your brain, not just your body. Follow @neohealthapp for more.

8/ Creatine monohydrate costs ~$0.05 per 5g dose. It's the most-researched form. Kre-Alkalyn, buffered, and liquid versions charge 10x more with no superiority in any head-to-head trial. Monohydrate wins on evidence every time.

🧵 Everyone says creatine is just for bodybuilders. The data says the opposite:

Anhedonia isn't a mood disorder in obese patients — it's a dopamine reward circuit physically restructured by adipose tissue inflammation. Source: PubMed systematic review 2025 PubMed ID: 42061315

GLP-1 peptides cut kidney failure risk by 18% and heart attack risk by 14% — simultaneously. Most prescriptions still only mention one benefit. Source: PubMed Meta-Analysis 2025 PubMed ID: 41644273

Gut bacteria may protect against autism and ADHD — not by calming inflammation, but by producing GABA precursors that directly shape fetal neurodevelopment. Source: ScienceDaily 2025

The bottom line: statins are powerful tools — but only if matched to your actual risk profile, not a cholesterol number. Ask for your 10-year cardiovascular risk score before saying yes or no. Follow @neohealthapp for more.

7/ CoQ10 depletion is real. Statins block the same pathway that produces CoQ10 — a compound critical for mitochondrial energy. Supplementing 100-200mg/day reduced statin-related muscle pain by 40% in one RCT. Source: Skarlovnik et al., Medical Science Monitor 2014

🧵 Everyone says statins save lives by lowering cholesterol. The data tells a more complicated story — and #3 changes how you should think about your own prescription: