Creatine Isn't Just for Bodybuilders. It's the Most Underrated Supplement for Men Over 50 — And I Was Wrong About It.
A man my age came into the shop last Tuesday. He stood in front of the protein powders for a long time, then walked over to where I keep the creatine. He picked up a jar, turned it over, put it back down. Then he asked me a question I have been asked maybe four hundred times in the past four years. "Is this stuff safe for someone our age?" He was sixty-two. Retired engineer. Lost some weight last year, said his doctor told him he had lost muscle along with the fat and needed to do something about it. His son had told him to try creatine. He did not trust his son. He was standing in my shop because he wanted a man closer to his own age to tell him the truth. I am going to tell you what I told him. But first I have to tell you something else. I was wrong about creatine for thirty years. I dismissed it for thirty years. The 2025 research made me open the jar. Why I Was Wrong for Thirty Years I played professional baseball in the 1980s and into the 1990s. In that wo...