26/10/2025
The science behind (and the truth about) our creatine
Here at Sally-Ann Creed®, we hold purity and integrity as a core belief. It’s why we use only the best ingredients in our products, and rely on the latest science when offering our advice.
Creatine as a product comes with some incorrect preconceptions, and we wanted to clarify some of these for you, especially as we’ve been getting some questions lately.
There have been over SIX HUNDRED clinical trials involving more than 13000 people over the last 30 years testing the long-term efficacy and implications of taking creatine. After all these years, and after all these clinical trials have been conducted in humans on both healthy and medically managed populations, there have been NO adverse events reported.
In one of the most recent metastudies (a study conducted using the results of other studies), it was found that “When the number of participants reporting side effects was considered from all studies, no significant differences were observed in the frequency of GI issues (PLA 4.05%, Cr 5.51%, p = 0.820), muscle cramping/pain (PLA 0.07%, Cr 0.52%, p = 0.085), or any other of the 33 side effects evaluated, including clinical markers of health and renal function.”
In plain english, what that means is that there are no significant side effects from taking creatine. Any suggestion that creatine can cause these adverse side-effects is simply false. Our team has spent MONTHS researching the benefits and possible side-effects of creatine, and both our dietitian and food scientist have given it the big thumbs-up as the benefits (reduced brain fog, more energy, etc) are undeniable.
Once we had done our research, we then spent weeks sourcing products from around the world. Because the quality and integrity of our products is so important to us, after much research and deliberation, we chose the purest creatine that we could find. Yes it comes from China, but it’s also as pure as that from Europe, but just more affordable, so that you as the consumer don’t need to pay an arm and a leg for the wonderful benefits of this product. We’re not ashamed of our suppliers, because they’ve been fully vetted and accredited, and always meet or exceed European standards. Our creatine is 99.9% pure. While some creatines may contain high levels of these harmful chemicals, our creatine contains virtually none, and is one of the cleanest creatines you can find:
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