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Oh, how I feel.

Bitchy, bitchy, bitchy, bitchy, bitchy, itchy, bitchy, itchy and bitchy.

Hello, this is Karen Nicol family nurse practitioner, and you are listening to Itchy and Bitchie,

a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.

One of the members of my course called the Pyraminipause answer told me that she had a new diagnosis of frozen shoulder and was interested in a

supplement called BPC 157, which she had heard can help joint and muscle problems. She asked

if she could take this supplement to help her problem. Many times when I get questions from my course members,

I think, my podcast listeners may have this question too, so guess what you're going to hear about

today? Correct. BPC 157. Let me start by telling you what BPC 157 is. It is a peptide that comes from human gastric juice.

Hmm. BPC 157 is short for body protection compound 157 and is a laboratory made synthetic peptide made up of 15 amino acids that are linked together in a chain in a very

specific order. It is often promoted to protect organs from damage or to speed up the healing

and recovery of wounds of the skin, tendons, muscles, ligaments, and bones.

BPC 157 may also be marketed in health and wellness products to enhance physical and

mental performance, promote gut and joint health, or manage inflammation.

We know this peptide provides these benefits through animal studies in

rats, mice, and beagle dogs. They used six-week-old rats that were purchased from Beijing Vital

River Laboratory Animal Technology Company. They also used 10 to 12-month-old beagle dogs, which were purchased from Yadong

Experimental Animal Research Center in Nanjing, China. They state that all animals were treated

humanely and all studies were carried out in accordance with good laboratory practice as dictated by the China

Food and Drug Administration. Animal care and welfare were performed in accordance with the

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