Nonetheless , if the data are robust as it is , in this case of this paper , I think it's worth paying attention to . So , in this study , what they looked at was creatine administration . So what they did is they had people ingest a certain amount of creatine , I'll tell you in a moment in fluids .
So the dosage that was used for su su implementing creatine in this study to address the potential impact of creatine on headache , dizziness and fatigue was quite a bit higher than the dosages used simply for muscle performance . In this study , they had people take a dose of 0.4 g of creatine monohydrate per kilogram of body weight . So for somebody that weighs 100 kg or £220 that would be 40 g of creatine per day .
And we know that when you take creatine over and over day to day , that there's a build up of creatine stores both in the muscles and within the brain tissue . Now , what they found as a consequence of this creatine administration was really striking and I think quite exciting , they found a very significant decrease in the frequency of headache in people that were supplementing with creatine as opposed to the controls . Now , keep in mind that this is a pilot study , but the effects are very dramatic .
Now that will make very clear as to why creatine is interesting and in fact , very effective for treating headache , in particular headache caused by head hits or traumatic brain injury . The title of the paper is prevention of traumatic headache , dizziness , and fatigue with creatine administration . Now keep in mind this is a pilot study it was performed in humans .
Now , keep in mind that this is a pilot study , but the effects are very dramatic . They found a very statistically significant decrease in the frequency of headache in people that were taking creatine . In fact , if you look at the controls and you see that they're basically getting headache at a frequency of 90% or more .
