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Type 2 Creatin as a supplement I am considering a low dose to help with muscle loss alongside resistance exercises, I am also taking metformin age 78

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Training1947

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Type of diabetes
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I am considering taking creatine to help muscle loss alongside resistance exercises I take 100 mgs of metformin a day tolerance good. I’m 78 yrs a skinny type 2, worried about frailty welcome thoughts
 
Same here with muscle loss, so i do feel for you as we do have to take care not to push our bodies. I lost 55 pounds in 3 weeks and a further 30 over the next year. I have to work to keep my weight stable, so target about 170g of protein a day mainly through chicken, low sugar protein bar, and healthy protein shakes. I still have healthy 3 meals a day. I have a set of small weights to help and also take the dog walks. This works for me, and for the last 6 months I've been about 150 pounds.
 
Hi Jordy hope this gets posted wow big weight loss, mine was after chemo/radiotherapy lost weight then tested for diabetes type 2. Currently weigh 100lbs since December last year. I looked at Nice for contraindications of creatinine and metformin it advised caution due to kidney function problems, so haven’t used it yet. Can I ask you what protein shakes do you use? Plus do you eat the addition of chicken plus 3 meals each day? I have trouble eating extra, maybe shakes will help
 
I use Creatine Monohydrate 5mg on the advice of my Dr. I do a lot of exercise so it helps with muscle mass. It also, apparently, helps with brain fog. I can attest to that, it does.
 
@Training1947 I'm a 64 yr old female. I take the powdered form, the pure creatine, nothing added. 5 mg daily in milk. My Dr prescribed it as my muscles are always sore and I felt some brain fog from the statins. I also noticed a decrease in creatine on my general chemistry lab work. I hike the trails, around 70 miles a week . I can feel the difference.
 
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