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Chapter 1: What are peptides and why are they trending?
Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and this is Science Versus, the show that pits facts against internet phenomena. Today on the show, peptides.
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Here are the top five peptides I'd recommend to glow up before summer and flex on your ex respectfully.
Chapter 2: What is the peptide revolution happening in medicine?
Well, then you know that peptides are everywhere right now. Peptides. You want to know more about peptides? Look at my stash. I'm really into peptides.
Peptides are huge right now.
Chapter 3: What is MOTS-c and should you consider taking it?
No matter what you're struggling with, an injury that won't heal, belly fat that's pissing you off, low energy, gut issues, there is a peptide for you. People are buying this stuff off the internet, injecting themselves with it and saying that it's life-changing. I have never been this confident, felt this good, looked this good. You wouldn't be on these.
For the uninitiated, there are many different peptides out there that people are injecting.
Chapter 4: Can BPC-157 really help heal injuries?
But one of the biggest and most popular is called BPC-157. It's a fan favorite of Joe Rogan's. Andrew Huberman has injected it into his back. People often take it alongside another peptide in what's known as the Wolverine stack. Not so much because it makes you hairy, I wish, but because it's supposed to help heal injuries fast.
There's one peptide that seems to be good for everything, and that's BPC-157.
BPC-157 is primarily known for healing, but it has a massive ability to heal your guts as well.
It's so effective. I mean, I can't even begin to tell you.
Another popular peptide out there is called MOTC. Folks on it are saying they're losing weight, getting energy, and they reckon it's even gonna make them live longer.
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Chapter 5: What are the potential risks associated with using peptides?
There is a peptide that works like a workout you never actually did, and it's called MOTC. You are leaner, you are more vascular, and your muscle definition is better.
My eyes are, like, open wide. My brain is firing.
Chapter 6: How do peptides like MOTS-c affect weight loss and energy?
I am so clear.
Guys, it's like you have unlimited energy.
But not everyone is so excited about peptides. There are the peptide heretics out there that say... You are injecting what now? This is a bad and potentially dangerous idea that could apparently even increase your risk of cancer. Those pot pies are going to kill you.
Those pot pies are going to kill you. What are you even doing and where did this come from? And who told you this was a good idea?
Chapter 7: What does the science say about BPC-157's effectiveness?
Every time I log in, there's another influencer in my feed raving about some compound they probably heard about on a podcast three weeks ago.
A podcast?
Me? Today on the show, can peptides heal you?
Chapter 8: Are there serious health risks linked to peptide use?
Will they really put a peptide in your step? And the truth is that away from the internet hype, there is actually a potential revolution happening in medicine around peptides. So today on the show, we are going to find out what scientists are excited about here. We're going to look deeply at the science behind these two massive peptides, BPC-157 and MOTC.
And I know there are a bunch of other peptides out there. So if you want to know the science on those, just let us know in the comments. And finally, we're going to look at what are the risks here. Are those peptides going to kill you? When it comes to peptides, there's a lot of... It's so effective. But then there's science. Science vs. Peptides is coming up just after the break.
Welcome back today on the show, Science vs. Peptides. And the first thing you have to know is what on earth peptides are. So peptides are short chains of amino acids strung together, and you can think of them as small proteins. In fact, some scientists even call them microproteins. There's thousands of peptides swimming in your body, and some do very important things, like insulin.
That is a peptide. Another peptide? GLP-1s, the blockbuster weight loss drugs. They mimic an important peptide in our bodies that regulates blood sugar and helps make us feel full. So peptides are real things in science. But to know more about the current hype and what scientists are pumped about here, we need to meet this guy.
Hey there. Hi. My name is Hassi Cohen.
Hussie Cohen is a professor of gerontology at the University of Southern California. And he thinks we are at the cusp of a revolution when it comes to peptides. And to understand why, we need to go back to a time when perhaps you felt like you were personally victimized by Regina George. Lose My Breath by Destiny's Child is playing on your MySpace page. Maroon 5 isn't quite so irritating.
And the human genome has just been decoded. That's right. It's 2004. An international team of researchers announces that after 13 years, they've found all the genes hidden in our DNA. And if you need some biology 101, genes are instructions that tell your body to make proteins. Proteins like hemoglobin or collagen. And Hassi remembers finding out just how many genes there are in the human body.
People said there are 20,000 genes. That's it. And they do everything. Which I always found to be a little bit mysterious. I didn't really think this could be true.
Hussey figured that humans are so complicated. Some 20,000 genes to make everything in your muscles, bones, brain, eyeballs, sphincters. Even at the time, one headline said this was unexpectedly low. And back then, there were clues that there's more to us than that. So when you look at our entire DNA, you roll it out like toilet paper. Those 20,000 genes are a tiny fraction of the role.
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