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flossly • yesterday at 6:52 PM • 6 replies • view on HN

Why especially those?


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dgacmu • yesterday at 7:01 PM

Your body can synthesize creatine, so it's not essential, but meat is a source of exogenous creatine and eating it results in higher stored creatine levels, which is slightly good for muscle power endurance in the ~5-15 second effort range. Supplementing produces slightly higher relative improvements in creatine levels in vegetarians and vegans than it does in people who eat meat.

hobo123 • yesterday at 6:56 PM

Because they lack all kinds of substances that meateaters get plenty of.

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eknkc • yesterday at 6:55 PM

Nobody gets fired for supplementing vegans.

iamdev • yesterday at 6:58 PM

Because meat is the best source of creatine from diet.

hagbard_c • yesterday at 6:58 PM

Well, if vegetarians and those of the Vegan religion don't get enough creatine it is most likely related to them not partaking of an important source of the substance: meat.

unethical_ban • yesterday at 6:56 PM

Not vouching for creatine, but in general, humans get some vital nutrients from animal consumption. Vegans have to take some B-vitamins for best health due to what they don't get from meat. I assume creatine is the same.

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