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supplements
Creatine Monohydrate
The best-evidenced legal supplement for training output and lean mass — indirect but reliable looks ROI.
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Evidence grade A
Multiple randomized controlled trials / meta-analyses
Mechanism
Saturates phosphocreatine stores, improving high-intensity work capacity and, over months, training-driven hypertrophy.
Citations
- International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: safety and efficacy of creatine supplementationJISSN · 2017
The full read
Hundreds of trials, decades of safety data. More lean mass and better training directly upgrade body framing, neck, and facial leanness at a given weight. The initial 1–2kg water gain is intracellular (muscle), not facial bloat for most users — assess after 6 weeks.
Aesthetic information, not medical advice. Verdicts reflect the cited evidence at time of writing.