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Peptides
Hello hello B, Daniel and hello Community!
hope you all had a wonderful summer.
Asking about peptides today. Been seeing quite some posts from people in the health community using peptides as some sort of supplements. All I know is that peptides are a sort of amino acids. But what are the health benefits other than helping with muscle building and recovery?
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Hey ,
I hope you enjoyed your summer! Good to have you back 🙂
Peptides are a short string of amino acids. For example, glutathione is a peptide made of 3 amino acids and is therefore called a tripeptide. Creatine is also a peptide. Secretly you already know a few peptides.
There is no real good answer to your question since there are many peptides with different kinds of roles in the body. Consider amino acids as Lego building blocks. Depending on how you connect the blocks, the function can differ.
GABA is for example a “neuropeptide” which is made of glutamate and a glutamate variation attached under the influence of vitamin B6. GABA is an example of a neurotransmitter. But even hormones can be peptides. Examples of peptide hormones are for example insulin, glucagon and prolactin.
Collagen peptides are often used for skin, hair and nail health. The function can therefore vary considerably.
Here are some peptides sold as supplements that are lesser known
BPC-157 is a peptide that is often used for joint recovery. NMN is a peptide which is an intermediaire of NAD+.
Maybe you could specify what supplements you are curious to?
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hope you had a good summer too!
Yes peptides seem to be making a lot of noise lately, especially in the biohacking circles because peptides, like you rightly said are amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. So their functions are many!
And they’re able to make lab-made peptides to perform specific benefits and they range wildly. You’ll find them in anti-aging products, skincare and muscle growth peptides, hair growth and even in supplements like collagen, protein shakes, etc.
If you’re curious to learn more, checkout Jay Campbell. He’s considered the OG peptide user and one of the early pioneers. He has a book and course (click here).
Hope that helps!
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Thank you and .
Happy I already use may of the mentioned peptides in my daily life.
What made me curious was the fact, that as B said, it makes a lot of noise lately and I kept seeing peptides in ampules and was wondering if that is something “new”
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