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Welcome to Wellness and Mass. I'm Dr. Nicole's Halfire. And today we're going to talk about

peptides, mainly because everyone keeps asking me about them. And I don't really know much about them.

So decided to do a little research and spread some knowledge because if you

haven't noticed, peptides are becoming quite popular. There's a quiet revolution happening in

medicine right now, and it's not coming from Big Pharma. It's coming from these peptide clinics and

telehealth startups and wellness and longevity communities. So people are using peptides for

longevity, muscle repair, fat loss, brain health. So the problem is some people are just taking a

whole bunch of random peptides, three, four, even five at a time with really no data whatsoever

that they're beneficial when used together

and if there is or is not any harm. So let's go just a little bit deeper. Which peptides are

being used? What do they claim to do? What data exists? And what should make us pause before

trying some of these peptides? So let's start out with what

peptides are. Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act like little biologic messengers in

our body. They bind receptors and then they trigger specific physiologic responses in our

body. They increase growth hormone, stimulate collagen,

reduce inflammation, improve mitochondrial function, and alter appetite signaling. So think of them as like

targeted biologic nudges instead of like taking a medication to treat a disease. This is

taking something to help promote natural

occurrences in the body. That's why they're attractive. Most peptide use falls into really three

categories. You know, number one, the longevity slash anti-aging peptides. Number two, the one for you see athletes talking about, muscle repair and

injury recovery peptides after, you know, an injury during a game or a practice or whatever it is.

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