Wendy Zuckerman

I talked about this with Dr. Corey Mayfield.

We don't know for sure if this is a risk or even if some of these peptides increase angiogenesis in the first place.

But the thing is that if peptides actually do what people are saying they can, if they are modulating your body in all of these different and exciting ways, they probably will have some side effects.

I mean, think about the peptides that we have good research on.

So GLP-1s, for example, they work really well.

But if you're losing a ton of weight, you need to worry about muscle loss.

They can also cause nausea and diarrhea and rarely gut paralysis.

IGF-1, like I mentioned, can increase your risk of cancer and heart disease.

None of the doctors and researchers that you heard from in this episode, Drav, Corey, Keith and Hassi, inject themselves with peptides.

I talked to Hassi about why he's not injecting MOTC.

And while I get the impulse to want to be your best self, and I know how frustrating it is when injuries take a long time to heal, and I also think that the potential peptide revolution happening in science land, it could be super cool.

But at the same time, injecting yourself with stuff that some influencer, or worse, podcaster, is selling you online, as Hassy would say, it's the wrong way to do it.

I guess I'm old-fashioned like that too.

That's Science Versus.

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This episode was produced by me, Wendy Zuckerman, with help from Rose Rimler, Aketi Foster-Keys, Meryl Horne and Michelle Dang.

We're edited by Blythe Terrell, fact-checking by Diane Kelly.