Comedian Ellie Taylor says taking creatine has made a ‘big difference’ to her strength at 42

If there's one supplement that's been on everyone's lips this year, it's creatine.

With the global market worth $1.4 billion in 2025, creatine is one of the most extensively studied supplements out there. As well as improving athletic performance, strength and lean muscle mass, it's even garnered praise for improving short-term memory. According to a meta-analysis, published in the journal Nutrition Reviews, creatine supplementation enhanced measures of memory performance in healthy individuals, especially in those aged 66-76.

Comedian Ellie Taylor, 42, recently revealed she'd joined the creatine hype. ‘Now I'm not a woman who takes supplements. Don't know anything about vitamins. The only thing I take daily is Diet Coke,’ she joked in a Facebook video. ‘But I thought it might be interesting for me to tell you about my experience with creatine.’

Taylor explained that she's been working on a new podcast all about bodies, and how she's ‘had lots of clever people tell me how great creatine is. About how it can help you train harder, for longer, lift heavier stuff. It's really good cognitively as well for your own noggin. And I thought, well, I'll give it a whirl.’

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At the same time, Taylor has been strength training, following a four-week strength-training programme. ‘I've done [this weights programme] multiple times. But this is the first time I've got to the end of a four-week weights programme, and I've been able to lift heavier weights. Like, notably heavier weights,’ she says.

‘In previous lives I have only been able to lift 5kg – pathetic, I know,’ she continues. ‘But at the end of this four-week programme – after having creatine – I'm now able to lift 7.5kg, which is quite a big difference, isn't it? And I've never ever been able to do it before. I don't think it can be a coincidence.’

Of course, it's important to remember that Taylor's experience is just that of one woman – and her strength gains could also be influenced by training consistency, nutrition, sleep and recovery. But, hundreds of peer-reviewed studies have shown that creatine supplementation increases strength and weightlifting performance, particularly when combined with resistance training.

As Taylor put it: ‘If you want to lift heavier things, try creatine. See if it helps.’