Don't Blame Creatine for Hair Loss
It’s time for this hair loss myth to go down the drain.
If you don’t take creatine yourself, you probably know someone who does. The sports supplement rocketed to popularity after the 1992 Olympics, when British track star Linford Christie testified that it had helped him train for his gold-medal-winning 100-meter dash. Nearly 30 later, it’s still one of the most popular—and most studied—training supplements on the market. According to exercise physiologist Jose Antonio, PhD, of Nova Southeastern University, “Creatine’s been the subject of more than 500 scientific studies. No other food or dietary supplement has as much supportive data.”
Yet creatine remains a perpetual target for rumors and misconceptions. Among the most powerful: That creatine causes hair loss. Research remains ongoing, but “the current body of evidence does not indicate that creatine causes hair loss or baldness,” says Dr. Antonio.
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