Creatine for your brain
Creatine for your brain, done right.
5g of creatine monohydrate a day, the dose used in the research. Plus Pith, a daily brain-training app. One subscription, two parts.
The research is clearest for three groups: people over 50 people who don’t get enough sleep people who eat little or no meat
$24.50 a month for your first two months, then $49 a month. That’s $0.82 a day, then $1.63. Cancel online anytime. 30-day money-back guarantee
Read the studies first, including the one that found nothing ↓
How it works
Support that energy demand with creatine.*
Brain cells keep a backup energy supply called phosphocreatine. When neurons fire in bursts, as they do during a demanding task, they burn energy faster than they can make it. Phosphocreatine fills that gap within milliseconds. Taking creatine raises the reserve. The brain takes it up more slowly than muscle does. This part is well established.
- 1Bursts of brain activity burn energy faster than cells can make it
- 2Phosphocreatine fills the gap, in milliseconds
- 3Creatine raises that reserve, over weeks
What that does for how you think is where the research gets interesting. That’s next.
The research
What the research shows, and what it doesn’t.
Pooled studies report small to moderate effects on memory and processing speed. The effects are not the same for everyone.
Clearest results
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Clearest
Adults over 50
The one group where the effect held up when the numbers were re-checked.
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Clearest
People who don’t sleep enough
Several of the clearest single studies were done on people kept awake.
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Clearest
People who eat little or no meat
Almost all dietary creatine comes from meat and fish. Vegetarians show the clearest responses in trials.
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Clearest
Long, hard mental work
A smaller set of studies, all pointing the same way.
Young, well-rested adults who eat meat
Some studies find effects. Others don’t, including the largest single trial. The big pooled studies that made headlines are now being questioned by other scientists, and Europe’s food-safety regulator did not approve a brain claim. That is the honest state of the research in 2026.
What we won’t promise: that you’ll feel it. The studies measured performance on cognitive tests. They didn’t ask people whether they felt different.* What we will promise: the full dose, every day, and a daily training session that keeps you showing up.
Studies cited
- Rae 2003 Proceedings of the Royal Society B
- Prokopidis 2023 Nutrition Reviews
- Xu 2024 Frontiers in Nutrition
- Sandkühler 2023 BMC Medicine
- Avgerinos 2018 Experimental Gerontology
- McMorris 2006 Psychopharmacology
It’s the same creatine. Creatine monohydrate is one of the most studied supplements in sports science. The strength and exercise benefits come with the program too.
The timeline
Why most people quit creatine too early.
Creatine builds up slowly. Muscle takes about a month at 5g a day. The brain takes longer. Any effect is modest. It’s nothing like caffeine, and you won’t feel it in week one.
So most people take it for three weeks, feel nothing, and stop. The tub goes in the cabinet next to the B vitamins.
Done right means 5g every day for at least six weeks. That is how the studies ran. So the program is built around your first two months: the full dose, every day, and the training that keeps you at it.
- Week 1A small bump, usually your brain adapting to anything new
- Week 3Where most people quit
- Week 4Muscle is full. Brain stores keep filling.
- Week 6The study window opens
- Week 8Your first two months, 50% off
- Week 12Where the longest studies ended
The program
Here’s what done right looks like.
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Nourish
5g of creatine monohydrate a day. Creatine monohydrate is the only ingredient.
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Train
Pith: Brain Training is included. Two to three minutes a day. 23 exercises across five areas of thinking. It gets harder as you get better, and it gets you back every day, which is exactly what the creatine needs.
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Log
Log your creatine in the app. Your creatine days show next to your training record.
First two months $24.50/mo, then $49/mo. Cancel online anytime. 30-day money-back guarantee
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Your first two months are 50% off.
Creatine takes about a month to build up, and the studies ran six weeks or more. Two months is the minimum that counts, so those are the two months at half price.
The creatine program
$24.50/mo
$49/mo
50% off your first two months Two months for the price of one: $49 total, then $49 a month until you cancel. That’s $0.82 a day, then $1.63.
- Creatine, 5g a day, shipped monthly
- Pith: Brain Training, included
- Free shipping
- Cancel online anytime, from your account
Where the $49 goes
Pith: Brain Training (its own price)$19/mo
Your monthly creatine, shipped$30/mo
The program$49/mo $24.50/mo
50% off your first two months, then $49/mo.
30-day money-back guarantee on your first order. Email us within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
$24.50 a month for your first two months, then $49 a month. That’s $0.82 a day, then $1.63. Cancel online anytime.
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Skip this if:
- You expect to feel a jolt.Creatine isn’t caffeine.
- You’re under 30, sleep well, and eat meat every day.The research for you is the most mixed.
- You only want the powder.Any creatine monohydrate at 5g a day does the same job. The program adds the app and the routine.
Everyone else, this is built for you.
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What you won’t find here
- Proprietary blends. One ingredient: creatine monohydrate.
- Big promises. We say studied, and we show the studies, including the ones that found nothing.
- Transformation stories. The research wouldn’t back them, so we don’t tell them.
- A countdown timer. Creatine will still exist tomorrow.
- A cancellation maze. Online, from your account, done.
- A verdict from the app. It shows your record. It doesn’t grade your supplements.
Questions, answered plainly
Why not just buy cheap creatine?
The powder was never the expensive part. The program adds the app ($19/mo on its own), the dose arriving before you run out, and one routine instead of three decisions. If a tub habit has already stuck for you, the app alone might be all you need.
What’s in it?
Creatine monohydrate, 5g per scoop. Nothing else. Creatine monohydrate is made synthetically, not from animals.
Is creatine safe?
One of the most-studied supplements in existence, with 30+ years of safety data at standard doses. Not for under-18s. If you have a kidney condition, are pregnant or nursing, or take prescription medication, talk to your healthcare provider first.
Will it make me gain weight?
Creatine draws water into muscle tissue. At 5g a day some people see a small bump on the scale in the first weeks, typically water, not fat. Anyone who says “none” is rounding down.
Do I need a loading phase?
No. 5g daily fills muscle stores in about four weeks, and the brain takes up creatine more slowly. Loading gets muscle there faster but isn’t required, and it can upset your stomach.
What happens after the two months?
The price moves to $49/mo and nothing else changes. Cancel anytime before or after, online, no phone calls.
What if I take it for two months and notice nothing?
It happens, and you will have answered the question properly: the research dose, daily, for the research timeline. That is more than most tubs ever get. Cancel online from your account. First orders carry a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Does brain training actually work?
Practice makes you better at the things you practice. Whether that carries over to everything else is a question the research has been unkind to, and we don’t pretend otherwise. What the training gives you is deliberate daily cognitive work, two to three minutes, adaptive, and a reason to show up during the weeks creatine needs anyway.
I already take creatine at the gym. Is this different?
Same molecule. If you take 5g daily your stores are covered, and what the program adds is the training and the routine. If you take it inconsistently, the daily habit is most of the game.
I don’t eat meat. Does that matter?
Dietary creatine comes almost entirely from meat and fish, so vegetarians start lower and show the clearest responses in the trials. Creatine monohydrate is made synthetically, not from animals.
What does the app actually do?
Daily adaptive training across five areas of thinking, plus your own record: scores, trends, baseline. Days you log creatine appear beside your record. It does not tell you whether the supplement is affecting your scores. No honest app could.
What ships, and when do I get the app?
App access is activated automatically after checkout, iOS and Android, usually within minutes (we say within 24 hours to be safe). The links are in your order confirmation. Your creatine, one 50-serving tub a month, ships within a few business days.
Two months at the research dose,
50% off. Do it right this time.
$24.50 a month for your first two months, then $49 a month. That’s $0.82 a day, then $1.63. Cancel online anytime. 30-day money-back guarantee on your first order.
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