#1: THIS IS THE LIE
“Creatine made me go bald.”
My hair loss started at 23. I didn’t take creatine regularly until 31. Research hasn’t established that creatine causes baldness.
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TWO TRUTHS & A LIE · THE REVEAL
Did creatine
make me
go bald?
No. Number one was the lie.
My hairline had about an eight-year head start.
23Hair loss started
31Regular creatine began
I did try creatine briefly as a teenager. More on that below.
YOU SAW THE REEL. HERE’S THE REVEAL.
#2: TRUE
Weight gain without fat gain?
Yes. Creatine can increase water within muscle, so a higher number on the scale doesn’t automatically mean more body fat.
#3: TRUE
Your body makes creatine?
It does, even if you’ve never taken a supplement. Creatine helps regenerate energy during short, intense efforts.
The 2025 trial found no significant hair-health differences over 12 weeks. It doesn’t settle every possible long-term question.
The studies behind the answers
The small 2009 study measured changes in DHT, not actual hair loss. The 2025 randomized trial measured hair outcomes directly over 12 weeks. Its duration and population limit generalization.
The ISSN position stand and creatine evidence review cover muscle creatine stores, body water and exercise performance. With resistance training, creatine can support strength and lean-mass improvements.
WHAT CHANGED AT 31
I loved training.
My supplements?
Not so much.
As a teenager, I tried creatine for about a week. I remember feeling dehydrated, low on energy, headachy and a little nauseous. I don’t know what caused those feelings, but I stopped. Separately, stimulant pre-workouts made me jittery and sometimes disrupted my sleep.
At 31, I gave creatine another try and felt benefits in my training. Later, adding salt to my drink felt like a big improvement to my routine.
That got me thinking: could I bring the ingredients I wanted into one daily drink?
That’s my experience. It doesn’t mean creatine causes dehydration or that electrolytes prevent side effects.
See What I CreatedTHEN I TOOK IT A LITTLE FURTHER
My Amazon orders
were ridiculous.
Thousands of dollars in individual supplements. Months reading studies. Different ingredients, amounts and routines.
The goal: one enjoyable daily drink, without caffeine or a cabinet full of tubs.
Nearly 3 yearsDeveloping and refining
Roughly $300,000Invested in the product and business
FROM MY GYM TO REDSALT ELITE
Built with people.
Better with feedback.
01 / THE GYM
It started with my members.
I shared the developing formula with hundreds of members at the gym I owned. Their feedback helped shape the first version: REDSALT Perform.
02 / BEYOND THE GYM
Then I took it to more people.
Events. Customers. More feedback on taste, mixability and the everyday experience. I kept experimenting, learning and refining.
03 / THE NEXT CHAPTER
Perform became Elite.
Over a couple of years, I kept learning, experimenting and refining. That process turned REDSALT Perform into REDSALT Elite.
Real-world product development and feedback, not a controlled clinical trial. Photos show my gym days and REDSALT at events.
A few more from my gym days
THE RESULT / REDSALT ELITE
Fewer tubs.
One daily ritual.
Creatine, electrolytes and supporting performance ingredients. No caffeine.
5 gCreatine monohydrate
1,000 mgSodium
400 mgPotassium
150 mgMagnesium
Per full serving: two scoops.
See the supporting ingredients
4 g citrulline malate 2:1, 1 g L-tyrosine and 1 g taurine. Citrulline malate is not pure citrulline. Taurine is not a stimulant like caffeine.
Research on individual ingredients doesn’t prove the finished combination is superior. See the product page for the complete label.
WHY I PUT MY NAME ON IT
I wanted a routine
I actually enjoyed.
Nearly three years of development, from REDSALT Perform to REDSALT Elite, helped make that idea a reality.
REDSALT Elite isn’t a shortcut around training, nutrition or sleep. It’s a simpler daily ritual. And I’m proud of it.
Jacob Gise
Discover REDSALT EliteA founder-written commercial story. Personal experiences are not clinical proof. Development time and investment are approximate founder estimates.