Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method of the madness.

We're your hosts, Dr. Jess Steyer and Dr. Sarah Scheinman.

And today, we are talking about the P-word, because it is all over our feeds.

Of course, I am talking about peptides. Just to tee this up, so I usually do

a little bit of a public health debrief, right? But I will make it, I'll make it relevant to the

topic at hand and can't wait to introduce you to our special guests. But before I do,

here is a headline from NPR. This was last month.

The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides. So this is huge.

Peptides are huge in the wellness world. You have folks like Joe Rogan has gone on his podcast talking about how they've

changed his life. And RFK Jr. also feels that they're, you know, that they're very good for us.

And has said that he, well, he signaled that he is expecting the FDA to change the status,

basically to loosen some restrictions on peptides in the next couple of months.

And we'll talk about this more, but there are some other things in the works with compounding pharmacies where you might be able to

get peptides who's those. So let me stop talking and let's introduce our very special guest,

Dr. Lee Baxed, who is an unbiased scientist. She is a regular contributor to unbiased science.

Yes, yes.

And has established herself as kind of the peptide queen on social media right now.

So we are super, super fortunate to speak.

Petty queen.

Oh, God.

I don't know if I want that.

It just makes me think of that lady who who's like the worm, the queen.

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