Meal, Ready-to-Bulk? Pentagon urged to add creatine to MREs
By Riley Ceder and Jon Simkins
Thursday, Jul 11, 2024
Meals, Ready-To-Eat provide sustenance, but they may soon help service members bulk up as well.
A provision included in the House version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act is calling for the addition of a popular muscle-building supplement to the military’s traditional Meal, Ready-to-Eat rations.
The House Armed Services Committee called for the Pentagon to add creatine to MREs in a committee report accompanying the NDAA, sweeping legislation that Congress must pass annually to determine defense spending.
The gains-based recommendation will now await a Senate decision in order to become law.
“A broad body of clinical research has shown that creatine can enhance muscle growth, physical performance, strength training, post-exercise recovery, and injury prevention,” the body-broadening recommendation states.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/07/11/meal-ready-to-bulk-pentagon-urged-to-add-creatine-to-mres/
