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Creatine in women's health: bridging the gap from menstruation through pregnancy to menopause
J Int Soc Sports Nutr
2025
22(1):2502094
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- PubMed
- PMID 40371844
- PubMed Central
- PMC12086928
- Funding
- Alzchem supported publication costs for this preconference paper aligned with the Creatine for Health conference 2025.
- Competing interests
- Abbie Smith-Ryan serves as a scientific advisor for Alzchem and Create Wellness; Stacey Ellery serves as a scientific advisor for Alzchem.
Study snapshot
| Design | Narrative review |
|---|---|
| Model | Human |
| Sample | Review across female life stages |
| Intervention | Creatine supplementation evidence across menstruation, pregnancy and menopause |
| Duration | Not applicable |
| Endpoints | Creatine metabolism; Exercise performance; Cognition; Reproductive health; Healthy aging |
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