Joy Kong, MDRegenerative Medicine Physician, Educator, and Entrepreneur

Deep Dive into PEPTIDES with Peptide Guru - Ryan Smith - The Dr. Joy Kong Podcast #peptides #shorts

14 Apr 2023 · 0 min

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Short podcast transcript excerpt explaining that biological information flows DNA → RNA → proteins/peptides, and that therapeutic peptides are designed to mimic these natural processes. The speakers highlight growth hormone secretagogues as peptides that stimulate pituitary release of growth hormone, noting uses in body recomposition, weight-loss contexts, and athletic performance via improved mitochondrial function.

Our body, you know, starts with DNA. That DNA creates rna, which creates proteins and peptides. And so whenever we're designing these drugs, we're really mimicking body's natural processes as.
Far as weight loss. Of course, the growth hormone secretagues are very helpful. They help with body recomposition.
Those peptides which can increase growth hormone by encouraging your pituitary to release growth hormone. This is one that was done in athletes before it was really done anywhere else, with the idea that if we could increase mitochondrial function, you could increase performance.