Everything You Need to Know About Peptides
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I'm going to tell you everything you
ever need to know about peptides. What
they are, what they're not, do they
work, and especially are they safe? A
lot of people are sitting in this
confusion because a GLP-1 is a peptide,
collagen powder is a peptide, there's
also a popular peptide called BPC-157,
and one gets rid of your hunger and
lowers your blood glucose, one just
supports your joints, this one helps you
in healing tendons, and that's where the
confusion is. Is a peptide a powder an
injectable? Does it just help you with
weight loss? There's just a lot of
confusion around it. We're going to
clear all of that up. So, let's start
here. What actually is a peptide? Well,
a peptide is made from amino acids. A
peptide is a very short chain, okay,
versus like if you were to eat a steak,
piece of protein, that's a very long
chain. They're short chains that are
basically messages that will give a
signal to tell the body to do a certain
thing. So, look at them like a
blueprint. And they're built out of
amino acids, which are the raw material
or the bricks that are used in other
things structurally, like building
tendons, collagen, muscles, ligaments.
For example, with growth hormone, that
is involved with tissue repair, a
peptide can actually turn [snorts] up
the dial with that growth hormone. It
can enhance the hormone that you already
have that might be lowered because of
age. Because as we age, we produce less
and less growth hormone. A peptide can
help turn that up a bit. Another big
question that people have with peptides
is thinking that they're like steroids,
like a bodybuilder would inject
themselves with steroids to actually
build muscle. Are peptides the same
thing? The answer is no. Steroids are
made from cholesterol. Then you have
collagen powder, which is peptides, but
I want you to look at that as more like
raw bricks to build certain things. But
most people, if they're trying to heal a
tendon, they're going to inject
themselves with BPC 157. The single
question that will really help you
understand this whole topic, are you
forcing the body to do something it was
never meant to do, or are you just
helping the body do something that it
already is supposed to do, but it's not
doing it? So, just look at peptides from
two different viewpoints. You have a
dimmer switch type peptide, or getting
the entire new lamp type peptide. So,
one peptide called Sermorelin actually
activates growth hormone. Your pituitary
gland makes growth hormone on a pulse.
So, every 90 minutes you have this pulse
of growth hormone, and it mainly happens
through the night. And when we're young,
we produce more than when we get older.
This peptide turns the dimmer switch up.
So, it's not growth hormone, it's more
like it's telling growth hormone to work
more. It's sending a signal to the
pituitary, which already makes growth
hormone, and just turning up the dimmer
switch on the light a little bit. Now,
your gut makes GLP-1 naturally, and it's
a signal that tell you that you're not
hungry, and then within a short period
of time, it kind of goes away. It has a
very short half-life. GLP-1s are
engineered to be active in the
bloodstream for seven straight days.
That's installing a new lamp in the
system. That's turned on 24/7 for a
week. The signal never shuts off. You're
not hungry, you're not going to eat as
much, you're going to lose a lot of
weight, but it comes with a package,
because anything that is that strong can
come with side effects, especially with
your gastrointestinal system, especially
with muscle loss. So, with people taking
the peptide GLP-1s, they lose a lot of
weight. A good portion of that weight
loss is muscle. Gain the weight back,
but not the muscle. They gain the fat
back. So, they're in a worse situation
than when they started because your
metabolic machine that helps you lose
the weight is muscle. So, let's talk
about probably one of the most popular
peptides, BPC 157.
This particular peptide is used to help
repair tendons and ligaments. And the
big problem with tendons and ligaments,
they have almost no blood supply. So, in
other words, when you injure them, they
heal really slowly. And the research on
rats is amazing. I mean, there's like
50% more blood vessels in the damaged
area. Healing is accelerated across
muscle, tendon, ligament areas. But,
almost all those studies were in
rodents. Now, there's two versions of
this peptide. One is injection, the
other is oral. For ulcers in the stomach
area, sometimes they'll take it for
irritable bowel syndrome or leaky gut.
And so, in those situations, the person
has taken it orally and it's not getting
into the bloodstream. It's working
topically in the digestive system. Now,
with the injectables, they're actually
doing these injections in a knee joint.
There's been a couple research studies
that I want to share with you. One was
involving 12 people involving knee pain
and they used between 200 and 400
microgram injections once a week for 48
weeks. And seven out of the 12 people
noticed significant improvement for a
period of 6 months. In another study,
they combined this peptide with another
one called TB 500. And in this study,
they had 16 people and they found 14 out
of the 16 people had significant
reduction in pain within 6 to 12 months.
Now, these injections were delivered by
a physician inside the joint itself. So,
if you were to get this done, you
wouldn't be doing this yourself. You
would need a doctor to inject you. Then
we have the GHK
copper peptide. This specific peptide
helps with collagen synthesis and tissue
remodeling using it topically on their
face, not through injections, and the
results are pretty significant
topically. And then we have another one
called epitalon, okay? This targets
telomeres. It's kind of like the
protective caps over your chromosomes
that shorten as you age. So, this
activates an enzyme to help rebuild
those caps. So, in fleas, mice, and
rats, it does extend the lifespan. Now,
in humans, the only studies that are out
there are from a single Russian research
group in 2003 and also 2006. And neither
was independently replicated by any
outside institution. Now, do peptides
trigger cancer? Or if someone has
cancer, can they take peptides? BPC-157
does not trigger cancer. But, if you
have an active cancer, probably not a
good idea to take it because it's going
to increase more blood flow to a tumor
potentially. And of course, that also
goes with other peptides that stimulate
growth hormone, like this one right
here. Probably not a good idea if you
have cancer to take them. I have a free
download that I want to give to you.
This free download is my daily routine
in a checklist. This is a routine that I
use every day to feel like I'm 18 years
old, even though I'm 60 years old, and I
want to give it to you for free. And so,
there's a little link down below. Click
it and definitely download that. All
right. So, here's the part about the
safety, okay? 80% to 90% of all raw
peptide materials originate overseas,
usually from China. Not pharmaceutical
companies. And then when independent
labs have done testing on this, here's
what they found. 30% contain the wrong
amino acid sequence. So, you would be
injecting a completely different
chemical than what was on the label. 65%
failed bacterial endotoxin limits. These
are bacterial toxins that survived the
sterilization process and can trigger
immune reactions. Some batches contain
arsenic at 10 times the safety limits.
So, what about the certification of
analysis they email you? It is almost
always reflective of a single test that
they do called HPLC.
HPLC does not check for heavy metals,
does not check for bacterial toxins, it
does not verify if the product is
sterile or standardized. A vial could
score like 99% pure, but be loaded with
arsenic. So, what are some things to
look out for? If it says for research
use only, not for human consumption, but
the seller includes dosing charts and
mixing guides, or the transaction
happens over Telegram, or you find the
price is like super cheap, suspect there
could be a problem. So, is there a
legitimate sourcing, and what would that
look like? Well, probably a prescription
from a licensed clinician who reviewed
your labs and health history, sold
through a credible pharmacy that
actually has data for you that you can
actually review. It has the exact name,
it has the exact concentration. Now,
there are basically three labs out there
that the research community trusts, and
I'm not telling you that I verified
these companies, but these are the three
that are mostly recommended. We have
Janel Shik Analytical, Covera Labs, and
Freedom Diagnostics. Also, if the lab on
the COA has no independent website, no
phone number, no physical address, you
want to be suspect. If you get one of
these peptides and you inject yourself
and you have a reaction, you need to go
to the emergency room with the peptide
and explain what happened, okay? So, as
you can see, peptides are the wild, wild
west. They come with the package.
There's been some questions on this one
right here, BPC 157.
Is this still being sold right now? Is
it legal to purchase it in the US right
now? Well, in February of 2026, the FDA
reclassified 14 peptides back to
category one, where you can have a
prescription and get these. So, as of
right now, a doctor can give you a
prescription for this specific peptide.
So, now let's talk about the elephant in
the room, okay? Why are you even wanting
to take these peptides in the first
place? What problem are you trying to
solve? And what is at the root cause of
that problem? If we're talking about
trying to increase growth hormone, okay?
There are several things that you can do
right now that will massively increase
growth hormone. The biggest thing is the
type of exercise called sprinting or
high-intensity interval training. Out of
all of the type of exercises, sprinting
is at the top of the list, but also
high-intensity interval training of
different types can dramatically
increase growth hormone. And also, if
you can optimize your sleep, you can
really preserve your growth hormone,
which is part of the anti-aging, fat
burning, and the repair. So, exercise
and sleep for growth hormone is
essential. And also, keeping your
insulin down as low as you can. Fasting
is another trigger for growth hormone,
okay? If you do intermittent fasting and
periodic prolonged fasting, you can
spike your growth hormone tremendously.
Now, if you're going to take this to
repair your stomach from maybe NSAIDs or
whatever,
there's some other things that you can
do as well. Number one, you can take
zinc carnosine for an ulcer or for some
type of gastric problem. You can also
crush up a clove. It can greatly enhance
your healing
from the inside of your mouth to the
throat to your esophagus to your stomach
to the small intestine. And by the way,
it mimics certain drugs for pain and
inflammation. And also, people take
peptides to enhance their healing
effects and various things, right? Well,
you can also make sure you have enough
zinc. Zinc is involved in over 300
different enzymes. A lot of them for
healing different things and for
maximizing your testosterone. Vitamin C
is a cofactor. Glycine is a cofactor,
especially for collagen. Magnesium
glycinate, so you have both the
magnesium cofactor in so many different
processes and then glycinate, which is
glycine, together it's really going to
be helpful for connective tissue and
also sleep and reduce stress. I think a
really good next video for you to watch
would be to really understand growth
hormone and what it can do for you and
all the alternative things that you can
do to stimulate growth hormone. In this
video right here, check it out.