Better Me with BodyByBree
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Peptides: What They Are, Why Everyone’s Talking About Them, and How to Decide if They Are Right for You
In today's episode, Bree slows the peptide conversation down and cuts through hype and shame. She explains what peptides are, why they’re everywhere, how different categories work, and how to use them safely.
From GLP‑1s that reduce food noise and stabilize blood sugar to repair-focused options, we walk through real benefits, real risks, and the habits that make results last. We share why dosing strategy matters, fat loss protocols versus true microdosing for longevity, and why muscle is the metric that keeps your outcome healthy. If you’re curious, skeptical, or somewhere in between, this conversation gives you knowledge you can use today without pressure, hype, or shame.
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Are you looking for a space where you will learn to improve your mental strength, emotional health, and heal your insecurities from the inside out? Take the first step to living a more meaningful life with the Better Me with Body Div podcast. I'm your host, Bree. I'm a certified personal trainer, entrepreneur, and mother of four. I've helped empower thousands of women to take action through fitness, nutrition, meditation, and mental development, and aligning thoughts with action. This podcast is for those who are ready to feel inspired and motivated to live a more purposeful life. Let's grow together. Is this cheating? Why does everyone suddenly have an opinion on them? Should I be paying attention or tuning this out? If these are some of the questions that you have had in your head, this episode is for you because peptides are one of the most talked about, misunderstood, and emotionally charged topics in health and fitness right now. So some people are calling them the future of medicine, a miracle for fat loss and healing, or something that feels controversial and secretive or even shameful. And the truth is, most conversations around peptides are either overly hyped, overly fear-based, or they're missing critical context. So today I want to slow the conversation way down. No pushing. I don't want to convince you of anything, and I don't want to tell you what you should do. My goal with this episode is very simple to help you understand peptides so that you can decide what's right for your body. So this is education, it is not endorsement. And if peptides never end up being a part of your journey, that's perfectly okay. But informed decisions will always be emotional ones. Let's get started. Welcome to the podcast. I am so excited. This is a topic that I've been wanting to talk about for over three years. But before we talk about why peptides are so popular or what they do, I wanted to share why I'm even talking about this in the first place. Because this isn't something that I just randomly learned or this isn't something that I jumped into because it was trendy. And this definitely isn't something that I'm casually speaking on. About three years ago, peptides first came onto my radar, not through social media hype, but actually through my holistic practitioner. So we were talking about deeper conversations around recovery and hormones, gut health and body composition. And the same conversations that I was already having every day as a personal trainer, working with women who were doing everything right, but they still felt inflamed and exhausted, or like their progress had stalled, or they were disconnected from their bodies. Those were the same conversations that I was having with my holistic practitioner. And she was educating me all about peptides and how she's seeing an incredible like result with her clients, and she has been for years, like seven years. Like this wasn't something new. So I was very interested in it from the get-go because I trust holistic practitioners. And at first I was really skeptical. So I honestly do think that skepticism is healthy because you're like, well, wait, what is this? Is this for me? Um, and at first I feel like when we heard about peptides, it was Ozempic, right? And that was kind of scary. Like you were seeing people lose hair and muscle and bone density, and you could instantly see when someone was on Ozempic because they actually looked unhealthy to me. Like I was a little bit judgmental because I was like, okay, my tagline was, are we trading being skinny for being healthy? And that was what I was seeing, like from the outside before I researched it. But then I thought, okay, this like wellness practitioner is telling me something completely different than what I'm seeing in mainstream media. I need to research this myself and I need to figure this out. So I got really deep into peptides. Like three years ago, I was taking peptide classes at lifetime. Like they had a whole panel of wellness experts. I was talking to um like practitioners. I had them on my podcast. Like I did a whole series about three years ago all about GLP1s, what they are, what they do, how to do them healthy. Like, what's the scary part of them? Like, what are we seeing? People, how are they abusing them, right? But the more I researched, the more I realized something really important that peptides were not new, they were just becoming more visible. So I did what I always do when something affects the body. I studied it. So I read clinical research, I followed medical literature, I listened to physicians and endocrinologists and pharmacists, not influencers. Okay. Real studies. And for the last three years, I've been intentionally learning how peptides interact with metabolism, muscle tissue, hormones, gut health, nervous system regulation. Because if I'm being honest, there is a lot of misconception about peptides right now. Like when I say peptides, most people either think of a Ozempic or a GLP1 and they don't know anything else because that's all they've seen in mainstream media, right? Or they think like they're unsafe or they're a shortcut or they're just another wellness trend. But none of those narratives tell the full story. And that's actually why I decided to take this education a step further and pursue a certification as a peptide integration specialist. And this is accredited through the American Council on Exercise. So just so you fully understand, this is not a random like wellness trend like an HGH shot, right? This is the American Council on Exercise is accrediting this certification because peptides are not going away. Okay. And I'm doing this because I don't want to push peptides on anyone ever, but education matters, especially when something is already being used in clinical settings, hormone therapy, injury rehabilitation, metabolic health protocols. Okay. So I yeah, I just want to be really clear that like peptides are not a trend and they are not going away. So whether you ever like choose to use them or not, it's actually in your best interest to understand what they are. So, because once you understand like how they work, what they don't do, who they're appropriate for, and what the risks actually are, then you get to decide, not from fear and not from pressure, but from knowledge. And that's the lens for today's episode. I really want to empower you. So when you're hearing conversations about peptides in, you know, at Thanksgiving or your next door neighbor is losing 50 pounds in a month, like you know what's going on and you understand is this something I want to do or not do? Okay. So now that you understand why I care about this topic and where I'm coming from, let's zoom out and look at the bigger picture. Why are peptides suddenly everywhere? And why now? And what's driving this massive surge in curiosity and conversation around them? Okay, so I want to start there. So um, really like if you've heard the word peptides, that's because I bet you've heard the word peptides and you just felt really curious, right? Or maybe you're confused, or maybe even you're slightly judged for being curious, right? But you're not alone because right now peptides are having a moment, but the conversation online is really messy. It's either this is the miracle you've been waiting for, or this is cheating and dangerous. And most people are stuck in the middle. Like, can someone just explain what these are without trying to sell me something or scare me? So that's what we're doing today. Okay. This is not a pitch, it's not persuasion. This is me giving you a clear education so that you can decide for yourself. And honestly, even if you've never used peptides in your life, understanding what they are will help you navigate like just modern health conversations in a way that you'll be more confident, right? And um, so yeah, basically let's talk about why they are so popular right now. Okay. So what I like, first let's talk about the fact that the world is metabolically struggling. So in the US, the CDC reported that adult obesity was 40.3%. That's crazy. 40.3%. And that was in 2023. That is not a moral statement, that's a public health reality. Okay. Second, people are burned out on like the just try harder era, right? So for so long, health messaging was basically eat less, move more, have more discipline. And for so many women, especially moms, that turned into chronic under-eating, over-exercising, poor sleep, stress overload, and then they're feeling like a failure when the scale didn't cooperate. And then, third, GLP1 medications made peptides mainstream. So whether people love them or hate them, GLP1 receptor Agnes brought peptide-based therapies into everyday conversation. They weren't just discussed, like it's just, it's not a discussion anymore in just endocrinology offices. They were on the news, they were in friend groups, they were on podcasts, they were at dinner tables. And the fourth reason is that the medical model is shifting. So people aren't waiting until something is broken. They're actually asking, why is my energy low? Why am I inflamed? Why am I gaining weight even when I'm consistent? Why am I craving food at night? Why do I feel like my body changed after 35? Like peptides live in that in-between space between reactive health care and proactive optimization. That's why they're popular. And then another factor nobody's talking about enough is that the demand created a market. And where there's a market, there will be both reputable care and really sketchy shortcuts. And the same popularity that made peptides more accessible also created more misinformation and more risk. So in this episode, I'm going to hold both truths. Peptides are a real science, and the marketplace can also be really messy. So let's talk about that. Okay. First, let's simplify peptides without dumbing it down. A peptide is a short chain of amino acids. Okay. And a common definition is that they're described as about two to 50 amino acids that are linked together. And amino acids are the building blocks of protein. So peptides are like smaller functional pieces that can act as messengers in the body. So I want you to imagine that your body is like a giant company and you have departments. So you have the gut, the brain, the pancreas, your fat cells, your muscles, your immune system, and all day long these departments are sending messages to each other. And peptides are like messages that are signaling, they're telling the body things like release this hormone, repair this tissue, turn inflammation down, increase sality, adjust metabolic signaling. So many natural hormones are peptides. Like insulin is a peptide hormone. Okay. GLP1 is a peptide produced in the gut. This is not foreign to the body. And therapeutic peptides, meaning peptides that are used like as medications, right? Have been a really big area of research and they've been in development for a long time. But here's what it means. Okay. You're using a molecule that participates in signaling pathways. So you're not actually overriding, you're just telling your body, hey, you need to produce this, you need to produce that. So it's your own body's mechanism. That's why these peptides are so powerful. And that's why when you say like peptides as a category, it's like saying medication, that could mean Tylenol or chemo. It's very different conversations. Like when someone says peptides are amazing or peptides are dangerous, the correct response would be which peptides from where? For who? Like, what are they doing? Right. There's like questions you need to ask. You can't just do blanket statements like that. So I want to talk about some of the benefits of the most common peptides and what we're seeing and why people are so interested in them. Okay. And I just want to preface that I have tried so many peptides. I feel like I'm a peptide expert at this point. And I have personally, like I will say, I'm not trying to convince anyone to do them, but I personally have benefited from a lot of different peptides. So I just want to um talk about some of the ones that are have been like mainstream that people are looking at right now. And instead of throwing peptide names at you, I want to explain why people are interested in each category of peptides and then what benefits we're actually seeing so that you can understand the patterns, not just like the buzzwords, right? Because um, to be honest, they're not magic, right? And they're not all doing the same thing, but they are pretty incredible. They are a pretty incredible tool. So most peptides fall into a few major like buckets, okay? So you have appetite and metabolic regulation, you have tissue repair and healing, you have hormone signaling and recovery, and then you have skin, hair, and connective tissue support. So I'm gonna walk you through some of those buckets. So the first and probably most popular one is GLP1 peptides. So these are appetite regulation, blood sugar stability, and metabolic support. And something GLP1 is something that your body already makes naturally in the gut. So its job is to help regulate. Okay, so it's regulating your hunger, your fullness, your blood sugar, your insulin response. And what GLP1-based therapies do is basically amplify that signal. So, what benefits are people actually reporting? And what do we see clinically? First, reduced inappetite. So, but I feel like more importantly, what we're hearing from people is reduced food noise, right? And a lot of people describe this as like not thinking about food all day, feeling satisfied with normal portions, not constantly battling cravings or impulse eating. Um, so that's huge for people. And I don't want to discredit that can be a huge blessing for so many people that are consumed by food thoughts. Um, second, improved blood sugar control. And this is why um GLP1 therapies were originally used in diabetic care, because better insulin signaling often will help you with fewer blood sugar crashes, more stable energy, less reactive hunger, right? And that is really, really helpful for people. And then the third thing that it helps with is fat loss, especially for people who have struggled, even though like they've tried to be consistent or they have problems with obesity. So um they kind of act like, well, first I want to say GLP1 peptides, they help reduce your intake of food, but they do not preserve muscle automatically. Okay. So they don't replace strength training, they don't make sure that you have adequate protein, and they don't protect bone density. And so that's why the best outcomes that we are seeing with GLP1s is that they have to be paired with resistance training, eating enough protein, staying hydrated, and having your electrolytes and understanding a long-term plan, right? Because it's not the hard part that we're seeing with GLP ones is that you either look really good and you understand the assignment, or you're using it like instead of working out and eating healthy and putting the work in. And that's when it gets super dangerous. And that's why I just did a reel on the difference between you can tell when somebody is on too high of a dose because their skin starts hanging, they're losing like muscle, they start looking actually unhealthy. That's what we want to avoid. And that's why it can get really scary. That's why, as a personal trainer, I'm trying to educate people to understand, okay, if you're gonna use this as an option, let's look at the bigger picture. Do you want to be on it long term? Are you on the correct dose? Are you able to keep your muscle mass? Are you eating enough? You know, there's so many things that go into it to make sure that this is a long-term um life change, not just something that you're gonna use as a crutch, right? And it's also important to note that there are two different ways to take GLP ones, and a lot of people don't understand this. So, this is what my holistic practitioner taught me. She said there are two like lanes. There's either you take a GLP one for fat loss, and you continually increase the dose so that you are losing actively losing fat and weight, or you can do a longevity protocol. And that's what you guys are seeing a lot right now with microdosing, where you might do the starting dose, or sometimes you might even do half of a starting dose or a fourth of a starting dose. And when you do a longevity protocol, it's more for inflammation, digestion, um, gut health. It's like lowering your overall inflammation in your body. And when you're doing a true microdose, you actually should not lose weight on it. You might lose like a little bit of water rate weight, maybe five to seven pounds, but you're not losing like 15, 20. If you're losing actual weight on a on a GLP one, it is not a microdose. So if somebody is micro, truly micro dosing, it's for longevity. It's not for weight loss. And that's where it can get really hard because people don't understand the dosing. They don't understand what that means. They don't understand that there's different protocols, and that's why it's important to understand the difference, right? Okay. The next one is BPC 157. This is mainly used for gut health, tissue repair, inflammation support, and I loved this one for my neck. I did use BPC 157 to help heal. I have a like a disc extrusion in my neck is very painful and it helped to lower the inflammation so that it was off of that nerve that's really um painful. So BPC stands for body protection compound. It's a peptide that was originally isolated from gastric juice, which already tells you something important. The benefits are most interesting here related to repair. Okay, so what we're seeing is that it really helps heal gut lining support. It reduces chronic inflammation, it helps with tendon and ligament healing, and it's really helpful to support during injury recovery. Like so many athletes in the NFL or, you know, any major athletes, if they get hurt and they're back on the court, guaranteed they are on BPC 157 or the Wolverine peptide, or they're pairing it with TB500. Like this is why people are healing so fast. And what you'll often hear is that it's helping people with chronic gut issues, athletes that are dealing with like nagging injuries, or individuals that are recovering from like overuse or inflammation-based pain. So like tennisbo. I was just talking to my friend the other day. She's like, I'm struggling with tennisbubble. I'm like, you need BPC 157. Like, look at it, see if it's right for you, but that's what it literally will help with. And um basically the reason that this peptide gets so much attention is because the mechanism makes sense. Like it's supporting tissue repair and then signaling blood flow to the damaged areas, which is so cool. We have not seen this in a long time. Like seeing that you can actually signal to specific injuries is the coolest thing. So um, it is important to note that BPC 157 specifically is early in like pre-clinical trials and human data. Okay, there's not massive clinical trials on this. So I just want you to remember that part. Okay. TB500, this is for systematic healing, mobility, and recovery. So TB500 is often talked in the same breath as BPC 157. They work a little differently. A lot of people pair them. Um, but basically, what TB500 does is it helps improve mobility, enhances tissue repair, re reduces like stiffness in the body, and then also does help support during the injury recovery phases. And so that's why it's really associated with like athletic recovery, chronic movement limitations, and then um inflammation that doesn't seem localized to one joint, but like fibromyalgia, right? Um, but TB500 should not be stacked casually, okay? When you start like influencing systematic repair and immune signaling, you have to be very, very careful with dosing, timing, and then sourcing also really matters, okay? Um, let's talk about growth hormone-related peptides next. So you might hear like Sarmorlin, Tesamorlin, Ipamorlin. Those are for recovery, sleep quality, and body composition support. I loved some morlin. It really helped with like muscle recovery. I noticed I was a little stronger, I wasn't quite as sore, just made me feel really good. So let's talk about peptides that support hormone growth signaling. And this is um important to note that these peptides they do not replace your growth hormone. They support your body's own ability to release it. So as you age, and let's say you're a menopausal woman and you're like, man, it is hard for me to grow muscle. Like this is really hard. I'm lifting really heavy, my body's changing. I'm not able, like you are so in tune with your body, you know, when you're not able to build muscle like you used to, it's not in your head. It's because your HGH levels have tanked. As you get older, those naturally go down. Like teenage boys have very high HGH levels, and that's why they build muscle fast. They have really quick, fast metabolisms, they have energy, they like just can go for days. It's because they have high HDH levels, and we like have very low HDH levels as we age, as women. And so it's not in your head. This is your biology, okay? But the cool thing about a Surmorlin or a Tesomorlin or an Ipamorlin is that they are signaling to your body, hey, actually, we do need that HGH hormone. Can you start producing it again? And so a lot of the improvements people are seeing is improved sleep quality, better recovery between workouts, support for lean muscle, improved energy. Um, and also just to note like growth hormone plays a role in tissue repair, fat metabolism, recovery, cellular regeneration. So people will say that they feel less sore, they feel um more recovered, they're sleeping better, and then they bounce back faster. Okay. And um, like, well, let me talk a little bit about tesamorlin too, since it's in that same vein. This really, the difference between Surmorlin and Tesamorlin is visceral fat and metabolic health. So tesamorin gets talked about a lot in the context of visceral fat, which is the deeper abdominal fat associated with um a lot of like chronic illnesses, okay? So the benefit that people are interested in here is fat distribution, not just weight loss. So visceral fat is different than subsubcutaneous fat. Okay. That is linked to like insulin resistance, inflammation, right? I'm getting a little bit nerdy here, but when Tesamorlin comes up, it's usually around stubborn abdominal fat, metabolic health, body composite composition changes that are more than just the scale. Okay. So the benefits that people are seeing is metabolic improvement, not just aesthetics. And that's why Tesla Morlin is like coming in like a wrecking ball. Like people are really excited about it because they're like, okay, I'm seeing a difference in the fat around my midsection. Okay. Now, to be clear, none of this, I feel like I just need to always do this caveat. It's not replacing muscle. Like the more muscle you have, the more fat you'll burn even in your midsection. So I don't want you to think that taking this is gonna be like some miracle drug. It's not, it's just going to boost your efforts, okay? And if you take this and you're not actually like working out and lifting, you're not gonna see a big difference and you're just gonna waste your money. Okay. So peptides boost what you're already doing and the effort that you're putting in. The last one I want to talk about is GHKCU. This is your skin health, hair growth, and collagen support. So this is known as the copper peptide. It's really popular in skin and hair. And some of the benefits that people are seeing is collagen production, skin elasticity, wound healing, hair growth support. And that's why you'll see GHKCU um like really playing a role in like collagen synthesis, right? So with everything else, GHKCU really depends heavily on for formulation, dose, the quality, where you're getting it from. And you want to be careful about stacking it with different things. Like I see people saying this is the glow stack, right? Well, you really don't want to mix GHKCU with TB500 and BPC 157 because they all have different dosing. And for example, BPC 157, you have to take at night on an empty stomach, twice a week, wear GHKCU. You can take a little bit every day. Like there's so there's different dosing. So you have to be so careful when you see people like combining into a stack, you don't know how much you're getting of the GHKCU versus the TB500. Does that make sense? So just be careful with stacking, okay? Um, and actually, that's kind of what I wanted to talk about. That um you have to be really careful um with actually, I'll get into the stacking part in a minute. Let's actually talk about why GLP1s get called cheating and why that narrative is completely broken. Okay, let's address the emotional part. So you see Sally down the street and she looks amazing and she has lost 20 pounds. She looks good, she feels good, she's like fitting into her clothes again. She has this glow about her, she's feeling great, and you're over here working your butt off, being consistent, and you've maybe lost three pounds. That can be frustrating, right? And that's where the emotional part comes into play because everybody has a weight story. Everybody has a lens that they see through. And so it's okay if it feels emotional. It's okay if you feel reactive to seeing people use GLP ones because weight loss is emotional, right? And GLP1, GLP1s are probably the most shame-loaded tool I've seen in modern wellness. People say like, you're cheating, or you didn't earn it, or it's the easy way out. And I want to challenge that with one sentence, okay? Using biology to support biology is not cheating. All right. So no one says, like, oh, you're cheating to someone that's taking thyroid medication. And they don't say that to someone taking insulin, and they don't say that to someone using antidepressants or taking hormones. But when it comes to weight, we moralize it. And I think that's because weight loss has been like, it's just been sold as like a character trait instead of a health outcome. So I what I really want to talk about is the shame around it and why you're feeling judgmental. Is that a weight story that you need to work out in yourself? Like, okay, why does this trigger me? Oh, it's because I'm frustrated, because I'm not able to lose weight. Or yeah, it's annoying because I like at first it triggered me as a trainer because I was like, well, just do the work. Like, just work out and eat healthy. You don't need to freaking take a shot to lose weight. That was literally my thought process as a trainer until I did the research for three years and understood it on a deeper level. So also, I'm gonna say this like when people say you're cheating, there's not some game that we are all like in. Like, there's it's not a game. Like, if somebody wants to feel their best and they want to use peptides to do that, that's okay. And if people are doing it in an unhealthy way, that's on them, right? It's their life. Like, we don't need to add shame and say, Did you see so-and-so? Oh, this person's on it, this person's on it, this like it's it becomes like this weird morality thing, right? And and I'm just here to educate so we can take away the shame and let people do what they want to do, right? And um, okay, let's talk about like GLP ones are not risk-free. There are real side effects, and it can be really scary. And that's why they should be prescribed and monitored, right? But shame isn't medicine. So we're not, we're not gonna shame each other on who's on a GLP one, who's not, how Sally lost 20 pounds. Like it just becomes this really, especially in with women, okay? So here's what I've seen as a trainer: the people who do best long term are the ones who treat GLP1s like a support tool while they build the foundation. And that is strength training at least three times a week, at least, bare minimum. Okay, I would like to see four to five, but that's me. Um, but at least three times a week. Adequate protein. Most women are already not eating protein. Add a GPL GLP1 in there and they're not eating at all, that's really scary. And that's actually how you lose muscle, and that's why people are gaining so much weight when they get off. They just get 40% of people gain the weight back. 40%. If you are not keeping your muscle and you're not eating enough protein, okay. And if your dosing is too high, where you feel like you don't want to eat, that's bad. You still want to have hunger cues. You still want to be able to have a healthy appetite. Okay. If you're not eating, you're gonna lose hairs, um, bone density, muscle, and that's your longevity. So you are in fact trading being smaller for being healthier, and that's not what we want. Okay. So you need adequate protein, hydration, fiber, um, sustainable habits, and a plan for maintenance, right? Are you gonna be on this forever? Because if not, we need a plan so that you don't gain the weight back, right? And then people who struggle are usually the ones who are undereating, like dramatically under eating. They're not lifting, they're losing muscle, they feel weak and they feel tired, they feel nauseous. And I'm like, what are we doing here? Right? Like, what's the point? If you feel worse, that's not a good thing. Okay. So there are people who are abusing it, there are people who are trading being skinny for being healthy, but it doesn't mean that people who are using it are automatically doing something wrong. Does this make sense? I'm trying to change the conversation so we come from a place of education, not judgment, right? And that's why I always say tools can be neutral, right? So um let's talk about how to find a reputable company that you can trust. And here's where people can get hurt, okay? Research use only is a red flag. If you see peptides that are marketed as research use only or not for human consumption, and they're clearly being marketed to humans, that's a red flag. So the FDA has issued warnings about unapproved GLP1 drugs being sold online. Um, companies that are marketing products that are like research use only. So we want to be very, very careful about the type of compounding pharmacies that you're using. Okay. And I'm not here to attack compounding pharmacies. Compounding is like is great, right? But you need to understand that it really matters where you get them. Okay. So the FDA has warned about dosing errors with compounded um injectables um or using salt forms. And that's just, you just have to know exactly what you're getting if you're gonna put it into your body. Okay. So what does reputable look like? It has to have a real medical intake form, not a two-question form. It has to have a licensed provider who's asking about your health history, your medications, um, your goals, your labs. It looks like education, like a reputable, a reputable clinic wants you informed, not dependent. Um, it'll look like transparency about sourcing and pharmacy, and it will have a plan that includes like a lifestyle foundation. Okay. So no ethical provider should pretend that a peptide replaces nutrition, movement, and sleep. Okay, I just want to make that very clear. So any it can get crazy out there. Like right now, there's a lot of influencers that are pushing peptides, and that's fine because I understand, like, if something helps you and you're excited about it, and great, you can get a kickback from it, like awesome. But you have to be so careful because they'll push you. Like, I had a friend be like, hey, my influencer friend's telling me I need these six peptides to take all at once, and I don't know this pharmacy. I'm like, no, like trust a doctor, have a physician, have somebody looking over, make sure that you're not stacking ones that you shouldn't be stacking. Like, you just have to be smart about this world, okay? And um, this is why I did want to talk about the dangers of mixing. Oh, wait, sorry, I forgot to say one thing. You want to look for a pharmacy that is 503A certified. Okay, that means they've gone through all the testing. It is a legit pharmacy. Okay, so ask that 503a certified pharmacy. Here's the dangers of mixing peptides without a doctor or a reputable pharmacy because you can get peptides anywhere, like it's crazy right now. But you got to be careful because you are messing with your body, okay? Um, peptides are affecting your endocrine signaling, your metabolism, your immune response, and your appetite regulation. So the risk is the wrong dosing, the wrong timing, drug interaction, uh, interactions, impurities or mislabeling, inconsistent concentration, your lack of monitoring, and then lack of a plan if side effects show up, right? So you just want to be really, really careful. If you want to explore peptides, do it with a qualified medical oversight and reputable sourcing. Otherwise, you are really gambling with your health. Okay. So here we go. Here's the takeaway from this episode. Peptides are not magic, they're not auto, but they're also not automatically unsafe. Okay. They're not a shortcut. They are tools that are biological messengers that can have really helpful benefits in the right context and meaningful risks in the wrong context. And whether you use them or not, you should understand them because they're not going away. Okay. And your foundation really still matters. If you're a woman listening to this and you want to feel good in your body long term, you have to strength train. You have to eat enough protein, you have to sleep, like consistency, right? Peptides don't replace that. They don't replace your habits. So you'll waste your money if you don't have the habits. Okay. And I also want to say you don't need to justify your choices to anyone. Like, you don't owe anyone your medical, what you're taking and what you're not taking. You don't need to justify that to anybody. You don't need to carry shame for using support. Okay. I am a peptide neutral um trainer where I'm like, great, if you want to use it, I will help you. If you don't, you don't have to. I've trained clients for over 18. Years and no one ever used peptides before that. And everybody, like, you know, like you can still see incredible results without using peptides. So I don't want you to feel pressured to use anything just because it's popular. Okay. So I hope that this was helpful. I know that was a lot of information. It was way longer than I thought. But I do, I just want to make sure that I'm like giving you as much information as possible so that you can be informed, you feel empowered. And I also want you to know I'm not pulling these stats out of thin air. Some of the resources that I use for reference are the guidelines inside the CDC for obesity prevalence, the New England Journal of Medicine trials for GLP1 outcomes, the FDA safety communications around compounded products. So like I'm using reputable sources. I want you to know that. And I'm learning so much myself just through my certification alone. So if you have questions, please let me know. Like I want to help you understand the peptide world. I have personally seen incredible um results with peptides. Like I have seen overall body inflammation go down. I've seen muscle repair. I've seen it help with my injury and with digestion and gut health. So I've had a very positive experience with some of these peptides. And um I want women to understand the tools that are out there. If you do feel like something's off, peptides can be an incredible tool to help you. Okay, I hope that this was helpful for you. Thank you for joining me. 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