Mental health – creatine for a better mood?

Around 8.1 million people feed vegetarian in Germany. About 1.5 million live vegan and do without all products that come from animals, including cow’s milk or honey. They want to actively counter the (capitalist) exploitation of flora and fauna as well as ultimately the climate crisis. The most important argument: currently 80 percent of the global agricultural area of ​​feeding agricultural animals is used.

The majority of vegetarians in Germany are girls and women under the age of 30. They are young people who are increasingly experiencing that their health in the summer -in -minded, concrete major cities is at risk or that in winter the rare snow is no longer enough tobogganing. The climate change not only makes you sad and angry, it also scares them. “The climate crisis is the greatest threat and task of humanity ever faced,” says activist Louisa Schneider in her book “Grad ° now” published in 2024.

These feelings can lead to depression or also in self -empowerment, to determine your own herbal nutrition. Without important nutritional supplements, vegan living not only risk a lack of vitamin B12. After a year of purely herbal food, your body’s memory may also be emptied on creatine, a fabric that occurs in meat or fish.

In a study by the biochemist Caroline Rae and others at the University of Sydney, vegetarians could be observed with creatinum for vegetarians and faster thinking after supplementation.

Creatine acts as a key substance of energy supply in the muscles.

The designation creatine comes from the ancient Greek word “Kreeas”, which means meat. Creatine acts as a key substance of energy supply in the muscles with repeated sprints, when climbing stairs or the haste to the tram. Without creatine, the muscles tire faster and need a longer recovery time. The brain is also dependent on a sufficiently high creatine memory for energy generation. It is a total of 120 grams for an adult. With a vegetable and animal -mixed menu, people take around one gram of creatine a day. In people with a healthy metabolism, it is assumed that they consume one or two grams a day, but some of which are made by the body themselves.

With a careful plant -hugging diet and a healthy metabolism, creatine in the body is obtained from the amino acids arginine, methionine and glycine. The now well -known protein combinations from grain and legumes may not always be sufficient for this. Oil seeds such as sesame and pumpkin seeds or types of grain with a high protein content such as Amaranth and Quinoa can also contribute. Wales and peanuts also contain a lot of arginine. For ovo vegetarians, the chicken can contribute to good care with the amino acid methionine.

From the importance of creatine for the activity of the brain, researchers conclude that a nutritional supplement with creatine could help with psychological ailments such as fear, panic or depression. Douglas K. Kondo and co -authors from the public research university of Utah (USA) report studies with three to five grams of creatine for four weeks, which significantly improved depressive symptoms.

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Nevertheless, the question arises: what was there first? The sadness of the destruction of nature and the personal decision to eat vegan, or (resulting from it) a lack of nutrients that can deteriorate a mental illness? Just as a nutritional creatine deficiency is not the only cause of mental illnesses, creatine gift is not a sole miracle cure, but as a complement to medication and physical exercise.

Worth knowing for vegans: creatine can be produced by the animal without raw materials. Caution should be exercised in the amount, because more than five grams of the kidneys can burden more than five grams a day and lead to water retention in the body.