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Peptides Under the Microscope | Special Report — Sarah Morgan · The Dr. Randi Show

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  Now let's get into the episode. Hello everyone, and welcome back
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  to the Doctor Randy Show. I'm your host, Doctor Randy
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  Boyett. This is where we break down
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  what's shaping aesthetics, beauty, Wellness and medicine,
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  focusing on the ideas, treatments and innovations
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  defining what comes next. Today's show is a focused real
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  time edition centered on one of the most talked about topics in
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  the market right now. Peptides demand is accelerating,
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  clinics are making decisions quickly, and the policy
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  conversations are catching up. Today we are taking a closer
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  look at what's happening in the world of peptides, what's
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  driving the momentum and what's changing around access and where
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  this category may be headed next.
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  And joining me is Sarah Morgan, who brings over 20 years of
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  experience across peptides, hormones and nutrient therapies
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  with a deep understanding of how these categories are evolving
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  and being used today. This special.
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  Edition of the Doctor Randy show features Sarah.
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  Morgan, a clinical nutritionist. Holding a Master of Science
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  degree. All information and discussion
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  surrounding peptides presented in this.
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  Episode is strictly for. Informational and educational
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  purposes. Only.
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  It should not be. Construed as medical advice.
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  Nor should it be treated as such peptide.
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  Use is a. Complex and individualized
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  matter, and if you are considering peptide therapy or
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  supplementation, we strongly encourage you to.
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  Consult with a licensed. Physician before making any
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  decisions. Regarding your health or
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  starting any peptide protocol. Welcome to the show, Sarah.
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  We're so excited to have you as part of the team today to talk
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  about this very hot topic. And we'd love to just hear about
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  your background and then we'll dive right into the questions.
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  Thanks so much for having me doctor idea.
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  I love doing anything that can advance human health, so I'm
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  really excited about peptides. I love hormones, I am a big fan
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  of nutrients, and I've been in the space doing all kinds of
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  work and innovation for the last 20 years.
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  We're very excited to have you here to speak as an expert on
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  this topic. So let's start with the big
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  picture. Because this whole peptide
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  conversation didn't come out of nowhere.
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  Why have peptides suddenly exploded, for lack of a better
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  word, into the mainstream conversation?
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  Because they work and when people experience the power of
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  peptides, they're hooked and they want to know more and they
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  want to understand all the peptides that are available.
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  So it is really neat to think about a tool like a peptide that
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  really is a mini protein. It's an amino acid sequence that
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  our body makes, which is so neat to think about that we're using
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  natural tools. And these peptides, we know
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  Doctor Randy, actually decline as we age the endogenous or
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  inside production. And so supplementing with these
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  peptides really benefits human health.
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  So we see things like, you know, pain and inflammation get
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  better. We have better focus.
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  Our brain health is better. We make muscle, which is our
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  longevity organ. We reduce the risk of things
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  like cancer and cognitive decline, heart disease.
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  So as people are being introduced to these powerful
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  health tools, they want more and more and it's just an exciting
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  space to be in. What changed in the last 12 to
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  18 months that created this level of demand?
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  Do you think it was the GLP ones that really awakened everyone?
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  Yeah, I do. I think GLPS are really the
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  gateway into the space and really introducing, again, the
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  power of peptides. I also think we're seeing a
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  massive movement with true healthcare where people are
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  being empowered to be their own advocates.
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  And they're doing more research to really say, what can I do for
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  health, for longevity? I'm going to really take control
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  and lean into this. And as they do, they're learning
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  more and more about all these different peptides that exist
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  beyond GLPS. But what was really neat that
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  happened is people are using GLPS for weight loss and then
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  all of a sudden people are like, wait a minute, women with PCOS
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  are like, my PCOS is better, my symptoms are better, my skin is
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  clear, I have a more clear brain, My brain fog's gone.
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  My GI tract is better, My autoimmune condition is
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  improving. And so GLPS also really
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  highlighted this idea that we can really approach health from
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  a metabolic standpoint and we have systems biology, meaning we
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  have all of these downstream benefits that happen.
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  And that is really the power of peptides is they really work on
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  our body as a system to produce health and vitality.
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  And I've heard all of the wonderful stories, You know,
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  we've been watching it all happen.
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  And So what we're seeing now is the conversation is shifting to
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  policy access and what's changing.
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  So let's get into that for a minute.
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  What is really fueling the conversation on the policy side?
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  RFK Junior has openly supported broader peptide access, right?
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  What do you think that impact has been already?
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  So we are recording this April of 2026.
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  So it's like a news show, right? To your point and what happened
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  this week was the FDA actually announced that they were moving
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  several peptides that have been on a category 2 list for the
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  last several years. Category 2 is related to
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  compounding, so compounding pharmacies, and it is
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  specifically related to injectable peptides.
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  So category 2 means there's safety concerns.
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  So they don't want compounding pharmacies to be distributing
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  these, you know, widely because maybe they could hurt someone,
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  right? And the FDA, we have to
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  remember, is all about safety. They have to think about
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  consumer safety when they're making policy.
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  Well, what happened this week is they removed a bunch of them
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  from category two. There is a different category,
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  category one, which means it's allowed for compounding, seen as
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  more safe. We have not yet moved these to
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  category one because I was like so excited about the news that
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  just happened. The FDA is having another
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  meeting July 23rd and 4th of this year with a big committee.
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  Some of them are medical doctors that have been in the space
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  using peptides for a long time. They're going to review each
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  peptide as its own subject and category to start the
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  consideration to move them to category one.
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  Once that happens, Doctor Randy, we are going to see a massive
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  explosion and growth in the space.
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  If it does expand, I mean what does this realistically change
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  for clinics, for patients? What does this mean for us?
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  Yeah, there's a lot of things that means.
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  First and foremost, I think it means we have new tools to use
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  for health situations, which is a really exciting piece of this.
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  Another thing that it means is we actually need to define the
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  space better with quality for supply chain of the actual
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  peptides that are being synthesized and put into these
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  vials. And we have proper tests,
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  testing and just the way that we distribute there is transparency
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  and all that because right now there aren't a lot of standards.
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  And the best analogy I have for this, that kind of reminds me of
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  what's happening right now is what happened with dietary
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  supplements back in the 90s. So it wasn't that long ago that
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  the FDA is like, wait a minute, I don't know if you should be
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  able to take vitamin D or, Oh my gosh, a probiotic that's
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  bacteria. You might like get an infection
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  from that. And so we went through a whole
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  process at a federal level to create DSHEA law, which allows
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  the definition of a dietary supplement, how it can be used
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  and the safety parameters around that.
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  I think we're seeing a DSHEA 2.0 happening right now in the
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  peptide space. I believe injection obviously
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  has to be much more high quality standards and likely probably
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  needs to be an RX distribution channel.
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  The non injectable peptides Doctor Randy, I think there's
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  going to be a really interesting case for those to be available
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  in the consumer market as well as a professional market.
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  It's going to be exciting to see what happens here, what happens
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  next, and then how they tighten the belt around these things,
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  right? Like how are we going to make
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  sure that the quality is up there?
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  So it's going to be interesting to see what peptides are
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  generating the most demand in clinics right now.
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  What are you seeing there? So I love to think about
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  peptides as having personality. So when people first hear about
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  peptides, they're like, what are these jumbled letters and
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  numbers? And it's kind of confusing.
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  So it's really fun to break them down to think about
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  personalities and problems that they solve.
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  So BPC 157 that stands for body protection compound and TB500,
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  which is a shorter analog of a bigger peptide called thymus and
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  beta four are like are amazing body handyman.
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  So they go in and they do repair anywhere that it's needed,
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  whether it's tendons, ligaments, muscle, bone, our brain, our
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  gut. These peptides are wonderful.
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  We see a lot of people who are now using it post procedure and
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  even post surgical, whether that's in more the aesthetic
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  space, plastic surgeon, orthopedic surgeons, and they're
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  getting incredible results to recover people faster.
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  In the beauty space, GHKCU, which is a lot of times referred
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  to as the copper peptide, is really popular, gaining a lot of
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  traction and that helps with collagen and elastin production,
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  which is something that declines as we age.
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  It gives our skin this beautiful appearance and texture and tone.
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  It also helps with things like hyperpigmentation that a lot of
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  us have with skin damage or even just overall inflammation in our
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  body, hair follicule side and hair follicle development.
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  GHKCU regulates over 4000 different genes, doctor Randy.
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  So we're going to see all kinds of uses for it over time.
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  It's currently being studied as an anti cancer compound.
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  The brain peptides are really gaining traction for things like
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  anxiety, depression, focus, neurocognition, even, you know,
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  really going after. I don't want to get dementia.
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  I don't want to lose my memories or a big piece of who I am,
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  right? And all the things that I've
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  experienced in my life, those would include things like
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  Dyhexa, C Max and cell ink, and then mitochondrial peptides.
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  These are our little energy buddies in our cells.
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  As we get older, they start to decline and they are the
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  absolute key aspect to healthy aging and longevity, not only
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  living longer, but feeling really well and having vitality.
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  So some of those peptides would be s s 31.
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  That was actually recently FDA approved for Barth syndrome,
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  which is a mitochondrial disease and we're going to see it used
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  in more subclinical aspects of mitochondrial function.
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  Cumin is a really cool new chondro peptide and then Mott CA
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  lot of people are talking about Mott C.
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  Those mitochondrial peptides used with NAD and some of the
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  NAD derivatives are magic to just light your body up in a
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  beautiful way that you're like, I feel like I'm 20 again.
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  Sarah, tell me a little bit more about Mots C, because that is
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  one that keeps coming up in every conversation we're having.
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  Mots C is a mitochondrial derived peptide, which means
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  you're naturally producing it in your mitochondria every single
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  day. And I think about it as an
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  energy coach. So it's going to help your
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  mitochondria make energy in the form of ATP, and then it tells
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  the body and all the cells how to best utilize that ATP for
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  metabolic health, how to burn fats, how to to have more energy
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  in your brain. One neuron is estimated to have
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  1,000,000 mitochondria. So when we think about impacting
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  them positively, a lot of that goes back to our nervous system
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  and our muscles where we get some of those benefits of
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  Motsie. That one is getting a lot of
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  hype right now for sure. We have a lot of beauty
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  enthusiasts here. Where do peptides really fit
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  into the conversation of aesthetics and beauty and skin
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  and hair? I know you mentioned one
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  already, but let's dive a little deeper into that.
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  Do you think any of these are overhyped or what's actually
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  working? Yeah.
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  So for beauty, they fit beautifully into them.
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  And it's really this idea of an advancement in thinking about
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  beauty from within, because these are new tools of beauty
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  from within and not only looking good, but feeling good, right?
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  Because that's reflected in your appearance.
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  So GHKCU is really great. I always think about your skin
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  is really a reflection of what's happening on the inside,
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  especially your gut health. So there are peptides like BPC
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  157, lorazitide, not a lot of people talk about that one as
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  much, but it was actually studied for celiac patients to
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  reduce all of the symptoms when they have gluten exposure and
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  help with all that leaky gut and inflammation in the gut, which
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  is going to be reflective in your skin.
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  Another aspect that I would lean into for beauty and some of
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  these peptides that are really powerful is immune modulating
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  peptides like thymus and A1. It is one of my absolute
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  favorite peptides. Not a lot of people know about
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  it yet, but a lot of hair issues, skin issues are related
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  to immune dysregulation and this is your immune optimizer.
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  Another thing I just want to point out is we don't age
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  linearly. We have a massive aging event at
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  about age 44 metabolically. It's why alcohol is a sudden is
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  like why am I so impacted from one drink compared to when I was
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  in my 20s, right? And then the other aging event
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  is around age 60. We have a big aging event of our
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  immune system. And this is an example of how we
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  can use peptides and personalize them for an individual very
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  powerfully. If there's any other peptides
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  that you hear a lot about, I'm happy to talk about those too.
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  Well, under the beauty category, somebody told me recently about
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  a peptide that makes you tan. And is this really a thing?
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  It is so melanotan 2 and that actually works on melanin, so it
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  is tanning. Some people call it the Barbie
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  peptide. The biggest thing there, and
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  this goes into a really great conversation about safety and
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  screening and monitoring when it comes to peptide use, which I'm
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  a big proponent of, is you have to be really careful about using
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  melanotan to because it can increase risk for Melanoma
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  development and growth. That's what a lot of us are
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  talking about behind the scenes are what are the long term
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  effects and are we safe. So I think that's the education
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  of all of that. And the testing will help us
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  look at what happened with the GLPS.
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  You know, we went from not being sure about them at all, and then
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  they started testing and then they think people really trusted
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  them because one in eight people in this country are now taking
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  them. So clearly they passed the test.
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  But I think that's what we're waiting for is to find out the
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  next level of safety. And are patients coming in
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  already educated or are they mostly misinformed at this
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  point? People are incredibly educated
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  and I just want to applaud everyone because I'm watching
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  this movement of again, people advocating for their health.
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  They're really spending time getting educated.
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  But I do want to highlight what you just said, the importance of
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  proper education around peptide use for responsible use because
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  it is a make or break in terms of your outcomes with a peptide
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  if you're going to use it in a safe and effective manner versus
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  not. So I'm actually launching Acme
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  course for providers that's going to cover a lot of this
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  because it is a really big need. And then one of my next projects
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  I want to do is a complementary course for consumers that
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  complements kind of a deeper dive into that CME type content.
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  Oh, that's wonderful. I mean, what we do need is more
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  education on this. So that's great that you're
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  stepping into that role. So when you look at this big
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  picture, because to be fair, this isn't all hype, There's
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  real substance here. What is the strongest case for
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  peptides right now other than results?
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  I mean, I think that one, peptides in and of themselves
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  are extremely safe. They are natural compounds.
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  Our body makes them, our body knows how to use them.
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  They're signaling molecules and if we use them correctly, they
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  have tremendous benefit to human health.
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  That is the biggest case for the use of peptides.
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  I also think with that, what's so neat is we're going to start
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  to see more advancements and innovation where we don't have
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  to do injection and when we don't have to do injection or
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  use needles. One, it's less scary.
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  It opens the door for more people.
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  Like maybe I'd try that, you know, because that's a big
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  barrier for a lot of people. And peptide use is going to
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  become easier because of some of these newer delivery
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  technologies we're going to see hitting the market very soon.
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  And I'm very involved in the development of those.
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  So I'm excited to share more very soon.
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  Well, we want you to come back and talk about that because I
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  agree with you. And we were doing shows about
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  the GLPS. I found out that over 25% of
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  people just here in the US have a fear of needles, right?
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  And so think about how this will open up doors for them.
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  And also, I think there's just like a psychological effect that
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  when you're injecting something, it feels more intense than if
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  you're taking it in a pill form. So I think if they do become
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  more accessible in pills and other forms, then I think that
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  it will become more acceptable. And I guess that leads me to my
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  next question, which is do you see peptides becoming more of
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  mainstream healthcare? A. 100% and what's really
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  exciting to me about that is it's actually true healthcare
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  where we're promoting the health of an individual.
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  It's not sick care. It's not, you know, something
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  where we're managing symptoms. We actually have the power to
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  truly modulate if something turns into a disease state or
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  not, and we're seeing that even going back to the GLPS where we
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  know people have less cancer risk.
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  There is a really interesting paper about ovarian cancer
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  survivors having better outcomes when they're using GLPS.
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  We know that the GLPS modulate the inflammatory pathways that
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  cause cognitive decline. And so the use of these and the
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  excitement around them, again, proper use is just going to
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  continue as we go. And I think we're going to see
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  more even topical in the beauty space as well with the right
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  technology. There's a lot of stuff out in
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  the market, but they're they haven't substantiated.
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  Does it actually work? Does it get into the tissue
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  properly? And that's another project I'm
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  looking at doing with some really interesting technology.
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  Do you feel that there are real safety concerns that are
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  currently being overlooked because of the hype?
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  Yes, yes, please pause and hear that.
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  There are so one, there are safety concerns and there are
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  actually contraindications for certain individuals using
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  certain peptides. An example of that is secreted
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  gogs, which are CJC and all the Marellan, so Ipromarellan,
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  Testimorellan, Semarellan. Certain people can have
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  anaphylactic reactions to these peptides.
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  These are people who have more issues with their mast cells.
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  They're high histamine, but they have to be screened and if they
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  take too high of a dose. Also, if you have cancer, you
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  got to be really careful with some of these peptides.
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  There's really great peptides for cancer, but there are also
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  peptides that are not safe while you have cancer or in recent
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  remission of your cancer. The other piece of this is
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  quality with it's not the peptides fault, it's how you
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  dose it or its contaminants. Things like endotoxins, heavy
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  metals, poor manufacturing quality.
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  And so I'm working on really creating a system in the
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  industry at large, sort of like the non-GMO project, you know,
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  or organic, right when you look at a label like that.
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  Or we can standardize what's truly good quality in the
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  peptide space and that's coming in the next couple months.
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  We can give some resources to listeners too, for how do you
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  really know what to look for and how do you source your peptides
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  well. And how do you think that
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  clinics are sort of managing and navigating the demand right now,
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  even when things are sort of unsure?
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  Yeah, I think everybody's navigating it a little bit
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  differently, you know, and it really depends on what your
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  credentials are, what state you live in and you're practicing
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  in, what delivery formats are using for peptides and where
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  you're getting your peptides. Because transparency is key here
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  and how you're using them, you should make sure that you're
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  screening people, you're monitoring them, you're doing
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  proper follow up in certain cases.
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  I do really love labs. And so I think we're going to
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  see more and more people move into that space of responsible
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  use, you know, understanding compliance, obviously, as we're
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  defining that Doctor Randy, because it's in process right
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  now. And one question that's a little
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  bit of a sidebar, but keeps coming up in conversation, so
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  I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you about it.
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  Micro dosing of the GLP is OK. That's the hottest conversation
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  that everybody's having right now.
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  What are your thoughts on that? Is it working?
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  Is it really a thing? What are we looking at there?
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  It is 100% of things. So I want to give a shout out to
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  Doctor Tina Moore who's been a proponent of micro dosing for
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  years and she's talked about it and help people do it.
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  But personally I've micro dosed a GLP for about 2 1/2 years for
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  my skin and for gut issues that I've had and it has been
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  absolutely life changing. So the idea is we're using these
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  molecules for additional benefits like anti-inflammatory,
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  immune modulating brain benefits that has nothing to do with
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  weight loss. So a micro dose, really the
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  simple definition of it is you take enough of a dose to get the
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  anti-inflammatory benefits, but you don't lose weight and you
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  still have your appetite. And that's a little bit
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  different for everybody, but that's kind of where you land in
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  that micro dose world. And yes, there is I think more
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  and more of this coming out in terms of more people using GOP's
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  and micro dosing them for all kinds of different issues that
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  they are. When we talk about micro dosing,
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  what are we talking about? Are we talking about like 10% of
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  the normal dose? Are we talking about 50%?
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  Where does that land normally? Yeah.
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  And that's even a great conversation because I would say
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  sometimes a micro dose could be as small as like 500 micrograms,
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  let's say of trespatide, when a typical loading dose would be
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  maybe 2.5 milligrams, right? So you could do a very small
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  amount. Some people are almost like
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  super responders, so they need even less than that.
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  It really depends on what are you going after.
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  So if you have PCOS, if you have maybe some skin issues, a little
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  bit of a higher dose is going to produce more anti-inflammatory
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  benefits if you're going to use it for brain.
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  So a lot of that goes into the personalization of how do they
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  feel on the GOP, because you can kind of play around with that.
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  And then what are you using it for?
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  And that's where that microdose lands.
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  I think, you know, the lowest I've seen is even like 100
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  micrograms of, I'm speaking to trisepatide specifically.
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  So each of the GOP's are dosed differently.
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  So please hear that and please make sure you work with someone
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  who knows how to dose you properly for your situation all
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  the way up to even a loading dose.
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  For some people, that 2.5 milligrams for them is more of
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  their micro dose if they need more support in their system
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  like their brain, their heart health, whatever it is they're
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  targeting. So it's the provider that would
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  play a big part in figuring out that micro dose, I guess like
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  the formula of what works best for that person.
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  OK, so as we kind of get ready to wrap things up, yeah, I'd
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  love your opinion on, you know, what the peptide market in your
• 26:10
  eyes would look like a year from now.
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  Explosive growth is my simple synopsis because once you get
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  involved in the peptides and you get a personal story, it's like
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  this, tell me more. I want to know more.
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  It's people get very excited about the space.
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  I think as we have more definition around regulation and
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  quality and access, we're going to see explosive growth.
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  I also think we're going to see peptides are going to get easier
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  to use, meaning there's going to be a lot more options for non
• 26:45
  injectable formats to use that rival the efficacy of injectable
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  formats. And that's my project I'm
• 26:53
  working on right now that will actually launch right around
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  when we launched the show. You've definitely shown us what
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  an expert you are in the field and helped us kind of clear up
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  what is going on right now. But I have a feeling in a few
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  months there's going to be another conversation, right?
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  Because you're saying the next meeting is in July, right?
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  So we'd love to have you back after that to do another update
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  on what comes next after that. And then just one more check in.
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  What's 1 prediction that you have about the trajectory of
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  peptides that you think that you really feel confident making
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  right now? Like what do you think will
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  change drastically? I think peptides will be as
• 27:35
  common as a multivitamin in the next three to five years.
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  So people will learn different peptides and really there's
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  about 10 that do 90% of the heavy lifting.
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  So I think when we sit around and have dinner or we share, you
• 27:49
  know, a drink with friends, we're going to be talking about
• 27:52
  peptides as it relates to our health.
• 27:55
  Well, Sarah, if you don't mind, we'd love to take you into the
• 27:58
  speed round and talk about some of the most popular peptides
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  because we'll get away from the seriousness for a little bit,
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  but just talk about some of the most popular peptides and just
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  asking your expert advice, OK? The first is best peptide for
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  skin quality. GHKCU hands down.
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  Best peptide for collagen stimulation?
• 28:20
  Still GHKCU. Best peptide for inflammation?
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  BPC 157. Best peptide for hair growth?
• 28:30
  GHKCU, maybe with a little thymosin A1 for immune
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  involvement. Best peptide for hair thinning
• 28:39
  and shedding? Thymus and Beta four with GHKCU.
• 28:44
  Best peptide for post procedure healing?
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  That would definitely be BPC if we could mix it with TB500.
• 28:52
  It's magic. Best peptide for fat loss?
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  I would say trespatide still wins.
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  Now we have read A true tide coming.
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  Yes, I have been hearing about that everywhere.
• 29:05
  What is the difference there? So tirzepatide is a dual
• 29:08
  agonist, it's a GLP, one GIP receptor agonist, and
• 29:12
  redditrutide adds in Glucagon as a third receptor agonist and it
• 29:18
  actually up regulates ATP production in the liver, so it
• 29:22
  increases your metabolic rate. Best peptide for muscle
• 29:26
  building? The secretagogues.
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  So that would be the CJC Ipamerellin, Tessamerellin,
• 29:32
  Semerellin category. Best peptide for energy?
• 29:38
  I would say mental energy, DYHEXA, and if we're looking for
• 29:44
  physical energy, I'm going to say Motsie or SS31.
• 29:49
  Best peptide for recovery after workouts?
• 29:53
  The secreted gogs so that all the ones we just covered because
• 29:57
  they do that innately or BPC. Best peptide for sleep?
• 30:04
  The secreta gogs actually are amazing for sleep quality and
• 30:07
  then there's a DSIP deep sleep inducing peptide.
• 30:10
  Is that something you take like right before bed?
• 30:13
  OK got it. Best peptide for stress or
• 30:16
  anxiety? That would be the, I would say,
• 30:20
  selling for anxiety. It's kind of like a natural
• 30:23
  Xanax to think about it and it does help with stress adaptation
• 30:28
  as well. And then you can get into some
• 30:30
  of the other circadian peptides like Epitalin can be really
• 30:34
  helpful for stress modulation. Best peptide for focus and
• 30:38
  cognition? I would say C Max and dyhexa.
• 30:42
  Best peptide for gut health and immune support?
• 30:45
  Lorazitide BPC and Thymus and A1.
• 30:50
  Best peptide for anti aging overall?
• 30:54
  Tirzepatide. What do you think is the most
• 30:57
  overhyped peptide right now? Probably AOD, which is a growth
• 31:01
  hormone analog like fat burning. It just doesn't have very great
• 31:05
  data and I don't see it being super helpful for most people.
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  And which do you think is the most misunderstood peptide right
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  now? Probably thymus and A1.
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  It's an immune modulating peptide.
• 31:18
  A lot of people think that it makes autoimmunity worse and
• 31:22
  that it only up regulates your immune system, but it does so
• 31:25
  much more. I also think thymus and A1 is a
• 31:28
  great way to do once a year round to prevent cancer long
• 31:32
  term. You just do a cycle of that is
• 31:35
  that. Yeah, one cycle a year is a
• 31:37
  really incredible strategy that way.
• 31:39
  For how many weeks do you do it? About six weeks.
• 31:41
  OK, got it. And what do you think is the
• 31:45
  most exciting peptide in development right now?
• 31:47
  Is it the rhetotrutide? Rhetotride, yes, I think is
• 31:51
  really exciting. And then there are some really
• 31:53
  interesting new brain peptides that are going to be coming to
• 31:57
  market even for things like spinal cord injury and pretty
• 32:01
  advanced cognitive decline to be able to heal the nervous system.
• 32:06
  One peptide you would avoid right now.
• 32:09
  Depends on the person but I would avoid secretigog because
• 32:12
  it's allergy season in the US so be careful if you have
• 32:14
  allergies. Don't use secretigogs because
• 32:17
  your histamine levels are already high so be careful of
• 32:19
  when you introduce the peptide and then melanotan too.
• 32:23
  If you have a history of Melanoma, be very careful or
• 32:26
  family history, be very careful with that one.
• 32:28
  And to wrap up, if you had to pick just one peptide that you
• 32:33
  could take overall for the rest of your life, what would it be?
• 32:36
  Oh, I probably would stick with the secretagogues because I
• 32:40
  think they're incredible for longevity and vitality.
• 32:44
  Thank you, Sarah. Is there anything else that
• 32:46
  you'd love to share with our listeners and viewers right now?
• 32:49
  Kind of wrapping up everything today.
• 32:52
  I would just say have fun learning about the peptides as
• 32:55
  you hear about this category, it's new for everyone.
• 32:57
  We all have a learning curve, so it's a perfect time to dig in
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  and they're here to stay. So it's just really fun.
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  Well, thank you for joining us today.
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  We'd love to have you back when the next change occurs.
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  And until then, thank you for tuning in today for this special
• 33:16
  edition of the Doctor Randy Show on Peptides.
• 33:19
  We'll see you again next week. Doctor Randy Boyett holds a PhD
• 33:23
  and is a recognized leader in the aesthetics and medical
• 33:25
  industry. She is not a licensed medical
• 33:28
  doctor. All commentary and product
• 33:30
  recommendations are based on industry expertise and are
• 33:34
  provided for informational purposes only.