I’ve been taking creatine for 14 years so this isn’t a question of is it safe more so a question of theory
Again I have no fear of taking creatine but I was just theorizing off of a question based on something someone asked me. I was doing some research and it says based on recommended dosage creatine won’t damage you. However, I don’t see much outside of this and my question was even with recommended dosage can creatine cause dehydration or further it in people who aren’t taken in the sufficient amount of water. This derives from me under the assumption that creatine draws water from other places and stores it into your muscles. In my mind that would mean there must be more water to go around in places that may need it. However, I then read somewhere that creatine doesn’t more so draw water from other places to put into the muscles but rather your body as a whole retains more water and some goes into the muscle. So my question is which one is it ? Believing that the first theory is possibly true then I can see it some how causing harm in another area whether it being minimal or serious in a more so indirect way just because of the new distribution of water.