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Though it's also abundant in protein-rich foods, strength trainers often take additional, synthetic creatine as a supplement to optimize their workouts and maximize muscle gain.41 A 2022 review in Nutrients explains that creatine supplements increase the body's capacity to resynthesize adenosine triphosphate (ATP) during "repeated, high-intensity exercise tasks," such as lifting weights.42 The short of it is this: ATP is a molecule that stores energy and transfers it to cells, and when a cell needs the energy contained within ATP, the ATP gets broken down into another molecule called adenosine diphosphate and then resynthesized to ATP.43 Therefore, during exercise, your muscles can more efficiently use a greater store of energy
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This shift is expanding the prescription base beyond endocrinology specialists to primary care providers