Creatinine

Nutrients connected to Creatinine

A link means the body needs the nutrient for this, or that low intake is linked to it. It does not mean extra supplements help if your intake is already adequate; each link shows how strong the evidence is.

• CreatineDocumented risk

  Creatine supplements raise blood and urine creatinine, which can make kidney function estimates look worse. Tell the clinician who reads the test.

• Creatine HCl (Hydrochloride)Documented risk

  Creatine supplementation can raise creatinine, a kidney blood marker, without necessarily meaning kidney harm; tell the clinician reading your tests.

• Buffered Creatine (Kre-Alkalyn)Documented risk

  Serum creatinine rose in every creatine group, buffered ones included, within normal values for active people. A 2026 meta-analysis of creatine trials says this likely reflects altered creatinine handling, not kidney injury.

• Creatine Ethyl Ester (CEE)Documented risk

  Serum creatinine rose about threefold in the CEE group of a 7-week trial, more than with monohydrate or placebo; lab studies show CEE converts to creatinine.

• Magnesium Creatine ChelateDocumented risk

  Creatinine rose in the supplement group over 16 weeks but stayed in reference values. Tell the clinician who reads kidney tests.

• Creatine in Food (Meat and Fish)Documented risk

  Creatinine is a by-product of creatine. Eating meat, like taking creatine, can raise blood and urine creatinine, so a kidney blood test needs this context.

• LemongrassDocumented risk

  In one trial, serum and urine creatinine rose and creatinine clearance fell after 30 days of daily infusions.

• TribulusDocumented risk

  Raised creatinine (kidney marker) was reported in case reports of tribulus use.

• Xanthium (cang er zi, cocklebur)Documented risk

  Creatinine was markedly raised in the fatal case with kidney failure.

• Cs-4 and cultured Cordyceps myceliumPreliminary or mixed

  Serum creatinine was lower with Jinshuibao added to usual treatment in pooled Chinese trials; low-quality trials, and a lower value does not by itself prove kidney benefit.

• Lemongrass TeaDocumented risk

  Serum creatinine rose after 30 days of daily infusions in the trial.

• Creatine NitrateDocumented risk

  Creatine and creatine nitrate trials report creatinine or eGFR changes; interpret kidney tests with that in mind.

• PotassiumDocumented risk

  Kidney function tests are used alongside potassium because kidney disease can cause potassium to build up. This is a context link, not a measure of potassium.

• GlutamineDocumented risk

  Serum creatinine rose with glutamine in people with diabetic kidney disease in the studies reviewed.

• ChagaDocumented risk

  Kidney injury from chaga oxalate showed up as raised creatinine in case reports (for example 20.5 mg/dL in one report); creatinine is how a clinician would watch for it.

• King tuber mushroomLab or animal research only

  Creatinine fell in rats with gentamicin kidney damage; not raised in mice given the extract.

• MayappleDocumented risk

  Kidney failure is reported after poisoning, so kidney tests may rise (IPCS).

• Activated CharcoalPreliminary or mixed

  The pilot kidney trial measured eGFR (kidney function) among its outcomes; creatinine itself is not stated in the abstract we read.

• Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate)Preliminary or mixed

  Kidney trials tracked kidney function via eGFR; no significant change.

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