Peptide Therapy Explained for Masters Athletes with Dr. Ink Young

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Welcome to the Masters Athlete Survival Guide, where we explore the secrets to thriving in sports after 40.
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I'm John Catalinus, and along with Scott Fike, we'll dive into training tips, nutrition hacks, and inspiring stories from seasoned athletes who defy age limits.
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Whether you're a weekend warrior or a competitive pro, this podcast is your playbook for staying fit, strong, and motivated.
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Let's get started.
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And we're back.
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Hi, John.
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Hi Scott.
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How you doing?
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I'm putting this pen with the clicker down right now.
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Good because I will yell at you like I did last time.
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Yeah, sorry.
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You are an annoying person with hair.
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So, John.
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Yes.
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I don't remember how many episodes ago it was, but we had my colleague and one of my good friends, Dr.
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Megan Fox, on with us.
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Loved her and Transformers.
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More than meets the eye.
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And Megan, you know, we we're talking about general overall wellness and stuff like that.
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And you have in that episode and in other episodes brought up the idea of peptides.
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You know, are they a panacea?
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Are they a bunch of bullshit?
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What are they?
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Especially now, because we see more and more people are looking to them, especially what we saw at the Arnold this year, where basically there was a doctor writing you a script on the spot.
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So we'll get into that a little bit.
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But as we're talking about that with Megan, she said, I have got this genius level friend.
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Was it me?
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Don't know Megan.
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It wasn't me.
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I have got this genius level friend who I think would be a great guest for you guys.
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She knows everything there is to know about peptides.
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So we're like, all right, hook us up.
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And guess what?
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What?
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On the phone with us tonight is that genius friend.
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Come on.
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I would like to introduce our audience and my sometime friend John Catalinus.
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That's me.
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That's him.
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To Dr.
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Ink Young.
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How are you?
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I am wonderful.
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And I have to say to my dear friend, uh Dr.
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Megan Fox, that she is just the best.
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Um, I had an opportunity to work with her earlier in my career, and I love talking about all the things held with her.
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I also need to give a disclaimer that I don't think there's everything you can know about peptides.
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And you'll see as we will probably in tonight's conversation just scratch the surface of what is there and what's maybe coming down the down the pipeline.
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So I'm really excited and obviously honored to have you um be your guest tonight.
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So thank you for having me.
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Oh, thank you so much.
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I gotta tell you, um, I did surprisingly a lot of research for this discussion in the last three minutes.
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No, and I feel like I feel like there's we need to have this episode because there's first of all, there's a giant gap in peptides.
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Um every everything, if you're gonna Google it right now, folks, will go from here's what they are, here's why you should take them, but the here's what they are like, oh, they're peptides.
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That's it doesn't answer anything.
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No, it does not.
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It does not, and it doesn't, it doesn't balance out the risks and the rewards, and there's just a lot of and it's a lot of that health influencer stuff too, right?
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Like, come to my site and buy this.
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I think that's a big part of it.
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But before we go too deep into the conversation, Dr.
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Young, do us a favor, introduce yourself, you know, in terms of your background, you know, tell us a little bit about yourself, you know, any of that type of stuff that might sort of set the stage for you know what we're gonna talk about tonight.
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Perfect.
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Thank you so much.
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And uh maybe you already detected a little bit of accent.
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No.
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No.
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So I grew up in Finland, um, came to the United States back in 1999 as an international student, and then met my husband.
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And 20 some years ago, here I still am.
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So I am a doctor of business, um, and obviously I'm not a medical doctor.
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So any of the things that we'll discuss tonight are not medical advice.
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This is really just education and having heard a few of your episodes, uh, entertainment only, um, and I really think everyone should work with their doctor and consider peptide therapies under medical supervision.
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We can talk about what are what that may look like for someone.
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So you might be like, how did she end up as a doctor of business talking about the peptides and longevity?
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So I started as a personal trainer and nutrition consultant as soon as I was able to get certified and uh worked at the gyms.
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It was the best job ever because I never paid for gym membership.
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I actually first time paid for gym membership when I was 40 years old.
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So um there is nothing better than that.
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There is nothing better than that.
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And um had an opportunity to do a lot of things in the health and wellness space, both in person, in management, and online, um, especially around 2012 when the online space for health and wellness was was really starting to build.
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Um, one of the certifications that I'm most proud of is my precision nutrition certification.
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It is one that I still recertify every couple of years because it is based on habit change.
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It is research-based, and it's really about meeting individuals where they are, whether they're someone who is currently active or whether it's someone who's just starting to think like maybe this is the chapter in my life that it would be easier for me to fit in exercise or competition or something like that.
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So I really don't believe any one size fits fit approaches exist.
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And I think that's really important as we're approaching the peptide conversation as well.
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Um, so when I came to the United States, was here for my undergraduate, then I met my husband who's a chiropractor.
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So I've had this interesting um ability to live this um intersectional life, working in academia, working in healthcare, non-for-profits, wellness, as well as be part of this conversation that naturally happens around chiropractors and that profession about health, well-being, longevity, and how do we stay functional?
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And uh I've always been really curious about holistic wellness, biohacking.
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And I've always been a student and researcher of just wellness.
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Um, and uh obviously now I just turned 49.
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I have the desire to just feel better and age well.
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And I'm sure you can relate to this when we're in our 20s, we just want to look good, right?
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And then when we get into damn good.
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That's why we're a uh non-video podcast, by the way, right?
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Yeah, so but that's kind of like a lot of times our only focus as it comes into fitness and wellness and health.
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And then we get into 30s and 40s, and we kind of want to just also feel good, right?
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Now we want to feel good and live well and look good.
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And then when we get into 40s and beyond a 50s, now it really becomes about living long and not just living long, but living well.
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So I think there's two concepts that we can talk about in terms of the lifespan, how long can we live, but also health span.
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So, how long can we live healthy?
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And I think the research shows right now that typically the last 10 to 15 years of most individuals' lifespan is not spent healthy.
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It's not spent traveling, competing, going to the gym, um, being able to go for a walk, being independent in their homes because we we struggle with chronic disease, we struggle with all kinds of things that really limit our health.
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So that stuff is really, really interesting for me.
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And I never set out to be um a peptide expert, and I don't consider myself expert on it.
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I have just learned a lot over the last two years.
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I really was a student and researcher, and I kept getting questions.
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And anytime you hear the same question a few different times, I'm like, okay, we need to find some answers.
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And I, of course, wanted to find them for myself as well, because I consider peptides one of the tools in a toolbox.
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So there are challenges at different times that we may want to target.
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Maybe it's a recovery, maybe it's a metabolism, maybe it's sleep.
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Sleep is a super common area that many struggle.
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Um, hormones, inflammation, energy.
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So what really fascinated me when I started learning about the different peptides is how the different peptides were designed to support the different functions in the body.
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And then the more I learned, the more I really saw them as um potential solutions in the toolbox rather than the one size fit answers.
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So um, as someone who loves talking about the wellness biohacking and longevity, um, I think we're gonna be in for a great conversation.
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So I hope that explains a little bit about my crazy background of 20-some years and how I've had really an opportunity to live in a lot of disciplines as an academic, which is always a blessure.
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I think one of the things you hit on there, and as an academic myself, you hit on it because it's like we go in a million different directions.
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Oh, shiny thing.
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And when you hear that same question over and over again, it's like I need to find out more about said shiny thing.
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But what resonated with me and has come out in many of the conversations that John and I have had uh both with each other and many of our guests, uh, is when you said it's just a tool in the toolbox.
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Uh and I think that's kind of what we wanted to explore because this tool, you know, you think about it, it's kind of a almost like a multi-tool because you said it at the end.
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There are peptides that can help with recovery, that can target certain medical things, that can help you with sleep.
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So I mean uh at least to me, John, I think that's something I'd like to explore a little bit.
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Sure, yeah, sure.
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So I did a little what is a peptide thing.
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Um because I wondered, and I got interested as soon as I found out that insulin is a peptide, and which helped me understand it because uh Dr.
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Young, I am a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic.
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It's a whole thing that it can happen when you're an adult now, apparently.
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John transitioned from a type 2.
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Yeah, why not?
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And uh so a peptide is nothing more than a short chain protein, actually a short chain amino acid.
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Right.
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But it's a most of them are just signaling um species that bind to the outside of a cell.
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Some of them are hormones like like insulin that penetrate the cell wall.
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But they these are just most of them are just naturally occurring.
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Your body makes them now, and you're basically just I don't know, adding fuel to the fire in a lot of the cases.
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Um but like Dr.
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Young said, if you're not doing that under medical supervision, like for example, some of them promote cell growth or cell regeneration.
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That's great.
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Unless you have cancer, you know.
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So I'm definitely gonna start with uh, hey folks, do not go to cheapchinesepeptides.com and order some stuff.
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I would rather they ordered Cheetos than not a sponsor.
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Cheap peptides.
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And I love the Dr.
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Young, I love the thing you said about the last decade or two decades.
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Um like I I read everything that Peter Atia writes, and that's sort of foundational to what he says.
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Is you you get this sort of waterfall at the end of your life where like, oh, you know, you have heart disease, you should walk more, but I can't walk more because I've got a bad knee and I haven't walked in ten years, so you know I've got some hip, you know, hip issues, and it just compounds.
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And at some point, the it's a storm you can't overcome.
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So getting on this early, I think, is incredibly important.
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But I guess the first question I would have for Dr.
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Young then, John, would be uh what and I know we said you want to be under a doctor's supervision, and I agree with that wholeheartedly.
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Uh but the what and the when.
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Where do you see people sort of hitting into this new media panacea in health and nutrition of peptides?
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Yeah, so I feel like there are um there are kind of uh six um categories or stops that I would like to encourage people to consider when they're first thinking about peptides.
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So obviously the first question is is like, should I take peptides?
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Well, that depends, right?
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Um and um I think Dr.
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Fox was talking about this in your podcast as well.
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Is we really need to find as a first thing, what is our goal?
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What problem are we actually trying to solve?
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Are we looking to improve recovery?
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Are we looking to improve our joint health, um, support metabolic health, reduce inflammation, improve sleep, maintain muscle as we age, or increase energy, which many of those are interconnected.
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So sometimes you may have several of these as your goals, and um there might be a one approach that you can take that will help in several of them.
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But if we think of those six parts that I uh mentioned, I would like to have individuals think of like what is the clear goal?
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So don't start with peptide, because right now, like there are hot peptides in uh in the internet, right?
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So you may be hearing a lot about one peptide, but that really may not be the one that you as an individual need.
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So don't start with the peptide, start from a problem.
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So why are you interested in that peptide in the first place?
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Then as a second part is to look at the fundamentals first.
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Um, and I'm taking us back a little bit because I think this is a really important question, important conversation to have because we all love new shiny things.
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And and I feel like peptides, I think there's 29 more that we're expecting to be approved in the reminder of 2026 or 29.
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There was a ton more coming down the pipeline.
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So it really is something that the fundamentals are always going to be there.
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And I'm gonna kind of just pause us there because the questions in terms of how is your sleep, how is your nutrition, are you strength training?
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If you're over 40, you need to be strength training regardless how much time you have to do it.
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If it's 10 minutes, do the 10 minutes.
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But strength training is gonna be crucial on maintaining the muscle mass.
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And of course, for many individuals, are you managing stress?
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And a habit's as simple as are you hydrated?
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And from research, um then when people are kind of like, Am I doing these foundational habits?
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There's actually seven that really matter.
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And some of these seven may be a little surprising.
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So is it okay if we spend a little time talking about the seven healthy habits in terms of true and sustainable wellness?
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I'm I'm taking notes and gonna change my life.
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So, yes, please.
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Okay, well, I hope to change your life, but I think you're already doing some of these.
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So actually, I hope so.
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The number one healthy habit is community.
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And I feel like with this podcast, you already have one opportunity for community, but you probably have several other communities in your um in your life.
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And if you're listening to this podcast and going, like, I don't know if I have community, let's find your community because the connections really fuel our health.
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Um, research shows that those who pursue their goals in the community are three times more likely to achieve them, no matter what the goal is.
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Like, how big is that?
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That's that's huge, right?
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So we want to think of like, oh, I need the new diet, new um diet plan, or I need that fancy exercise machine or these sneakers.
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No, you know what?
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You need to have a community.
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So let's start from there.
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Um, the second one is nutrition.
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So everyday nutrition habits in terms of eating variety of whole foods, making sure you are eating enough protein.
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Um those are fundamental habits.
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And one of the key nutrition habits I have noticed in my work with individuals over the last two decades is having breakfast.
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I know fasting is a huge trend and it works great for some individuals, but majority of individuals, if they have protein at breakfast within 30 to 90 minutes of waking up, they're going to be able to balance their blood sugar levels for the rest of the day and they will do so much better in terms of their energy, the eating rest of the day, their sleep, and so many other things.
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So, nutrition is the second one.
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Third, we live in a world that our food is not what food used to be.
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So, I do believe in strategic supplementation, in making sure we're getting some essential nutrients in that we're not able to get from the food.
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Um, and if people are very, very busy and they're not having time to eat a variety of foods, then that might get even more important.
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The Ford habit is drinking water.
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It sounds super simple, but it's easy enough to do it.
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So staying hydrated helps in so many different areas in terms of supporting your metabolism, suppressing your appetite.
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It also has a strengthening effect on your immune system.
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So great, great habit to make sure you are doing foundationally.
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I think let me break in real quick here.
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I'm sorry.
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Absolutely that's one of the biggest ones that I've noticed in my life over the last several years, and that I see so many people not doing the amount of caffeine or this or that the people are drinking, uh they're just not putting water into their systems.
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And you know what it does to flush, to to keep the joints, you know, I call it greasing the joints.
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But whatever.
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To me, of the ones you've said, I like them all this far, but the the lack of water hydration, I think, is a key loss in society right now, especially as we age.
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Absolutely.
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And for many women, um, you mentioned the joints, but it also impacts obviously our skin texture, um, hydrate those wrinkles away.
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Yeah, there's a there's a peptide for that.
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I don't need to drink.
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Yeah.
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And it also impacts how well our brain works, right?
00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:57.279
When we're chronically dehydrated, it is not good for us.
00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:04.640
So any of these habits that I'm talking about as a foundational habits, by the way, these are always working brakas.
00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:12.559
Nobody's gonna ever be perfect in all of them, or maybe not even perfect in every just taking a one of them.
00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:21.839
So, water, one of the really good strategies that I've found in practice with um clients is drink water before you eat.
00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:25.200
Like just make it kind of like a habit stack.
00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:28.559
Okay, I'm gonna eat, I'm gonna have a glass of water right before.
00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:33.920
And of course, carrying around your water bottle, having it in your back is gonna help.
00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:42.319
But um these foundational habits are something that ongoingly we need to build mindfulness around.
00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:53.039
So if if somebody's listening and they're like, I'm not really drinking water, take that as your as your one foundational habit, and it's gonna encourage these other ones as well.
00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:58.640
So thank you for snapping me on that because we could we could spend a ton of time talking about each one of these.
00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.599
We still can.
00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:01.599
So we're on we're on four.
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Water was four, I believe.
00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.960
Water was four.
00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.799
Five is exercise.
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We are really designed to move.
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If you think even just in a last maybe 30, 40 years, how much lifestyle has changed.
00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:27.359
And for me, having grown up in a Scandinavian country, in there, everyday exercise is so much easier to come by.
00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:33.759
When I'm in the United States, I have to drive everywhere because most of the communities are not walkable.
00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:42.000
Um there are remotes for everything in the United States, uh, which always makes me laugh.
00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:46.400
So, how can we add any kind of movement into our day?
00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:54.880
Um, I know there's always the jokes about the Weight Watchers parking lots and little things like that, taking the stairs.
00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:58.400
If we don't move it, we lose it.
00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:04.400
So ideally, we would like to have some moderate intensity exercise.
00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:10.960
Ideally, we would have some leisure walking just because it's so good for our mental health as well.
00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:13.839
And ideally, we would have some strength training.
00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:21.039
But the basic exercise that we all just need on a foundational level is just to move more.
00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:24.640
Um, so don't stress about it.
00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:33.279
But if you can get a couple extra steps to your day and lift weights, you're gonna be thankful that you did in 20 years from now.
00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:38.960
Um the number six, this might be a one that will surprise you as well.
00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:49.519
And I don't think we in the United States do very well with this because we are just so go, go, go, high stress culture.
00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:55.200
But uh according to research, humans need a daily silence.
00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:59.359
So, how do you do on your daily silence, gentlemen?
00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:03.839
Um, I'm I'm probably approaching zero.
00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.359
Let's see, I work from home usually with ear pods in.
00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:10.640
Uh yeah, I'm approaching zero.
00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:12.720
I don't drive with the radio off ever.
00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:15.279
Uh yeah.
00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:20.880
I think the only concentrated silence I have when you tell a joke.
00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:22.720
No, that's silence from you.
00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:24.079
Oh that's on your part.
00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.720
Oh, okay.
00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:28.400
Is like as stupid as it sounds when I'm cutting the grass.
00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:32.799
Because cutting the grass for me is a very long process.
00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:34.880
Yeah, but see, I'm still listening to a podcast.
00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.160
See, I don't like, yeah, see.
00:24:36.319 --> 00:24:36.559
I don't.
00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:40.799
I I don't put earphones in, I don't know any stuff, and I'll I'll think.
00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.599
Wow.
00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.400
Wow.
00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:44.640
No, I wasn't saying wow because you were thinking.
00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:52.480
You I knew you, I knew you were marginally capable of uh marginally, but I had never resident fake doctor on this show.
00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:52.880
Dr.
00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:58.240
Young, say say more about this silence thing because this is intriguing and something I don't know that I've tripped over.
00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:06.240
Yeah, it is not talked about as much in our culture, and I feel like there is starting to be more awareness around it.
00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:21.279
But silence really has so many benefits for a body and mind in terms of it's being linked to better mental health, it's being linked to improved relationships, emotional processing, um, enhanced self-awareness.
00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:33.519
Um, you're also going to be interested in the research linking it to reduced blood pressure, um, stress relief, just a sense of inner peace and improved concentration.
00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:44.559
And as I'm interested in how can we keep our brain working the best, there's a lot of research linking the silence into ability to be creative as well.
00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:57.920
It doesn't have to be much, anywhere from five to 30 minutes daily seems to be that kind of a sweet spot in practicing silence and focus and being present.
00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.160
Wow.
00:25:58.480 --> 00:26:01.200
So it can look totally different for everybody, right?
00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.480
Yeah, I guess.
00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:05.200
Question are are you during the silence thing?
00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:13.359
Because John and I at different times have you know looked at the martial philosophies in terms of you know meditation and stuff like that.
00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:22.400
Are you talking meditation or are you just talking shutting the world down and you know letting the brain float?
00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.480
Shutting the world down.
00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:29.200
So this may look like a prayer walk where you're just being mindful.
00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:49.920
It may look like meditation for some individuals if that's what they enjoy, but it may look like you doing your boring household chores, but you're just doing them without any distractions, allowing the the body and mind to rest and process.
00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.599
Do you do do you do that?
00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.839
Like, do you I try to do that?
00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:57.279
How do you how do you apply it to your daily life?
00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:59.680
I do that during my walks.
00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:14.640
So I love learning and I love listening to podcasts and books on audio, and I have really made um conscious effort, mindful effort to not do that during my walks.
00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:28.240
And I do notice there is about this 30-minute mark that I often start getting really creative ideas, and then I have to pull my phone out and try to chop a few of a few of the notes down so I won't forget them.
00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:30.799
But I have personally really noticed that.
00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:40.960
And um there's also the stress, uh, cortisol reducing effects of both the silence as well as the walking activity.
00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:45.920
So I think that is uh kind of a two-in-one from my routine.
00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:51.759
Yeah, and if we do it in the morning in the sunshine with uh our water bottle with us, we're checking boxes left and right.
00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.960
Yeah, exactly.
00:27:55.200 --> 00:28:08.720
Yeah, and I love what you just said because as busy as we are, it really is powerful to find habits that you can we call a habit stacking box that you can put together.
00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:13.839
So if you're already doing something, what else can you combine to that?
00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:21.759
And it might take two minutes more, but now you're getting it out of the wall out of the way, and it's more likely to become a routine.
00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:23.119
Super interesting.
00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.599
I like that.
00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:24.799
I love the idea.
00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.640
All right, number seven.
00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:30.880
Number seven, you're gonna enjoy this one.
00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:32.640
It is any guesses?
00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.720
Do you want to guess what number seven would be?
00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:36.240
Uh daily pizza.
00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.519
Throw stuff at John.
00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:46.559
Number seven is the thing, and none of us probably do enough, and that is sleep.
00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:51.680
Um that laugh was out loud.
00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:53.200
I'm sorry, we're laughing.
00:28:54.160 --> 00:29:05.839
It is uh so essential for our overall health and well-being, and it it affects both physically as well as mental, mental functioning throughout the day.
00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:12.000
And yes, there is that magical like seven to eight hours, but it can be individual.
00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:25.039
But uh research is linking that seven hours of high quality sleep each night consistently to stronger immune system, better moods, better metabolism.
00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:34.240
And if individual is trying to lose weight, the quality sleep is really helping with the regulation of hunger hormones.
00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:43.359
I don't know if you've ever had this experience where you haven't slept really good, and then the next day you want to eat everything on site.
00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:43.920
Yes.
00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:49.920
Um, and that's really those hunger hormones um just being elevated.
00:29:50.160 --> 00:30:02.640
So if we can sleep well, it makes weight loss much easier in terms of easier to reduce the calorie intake and easier to have a healthy metabolism and fat burning as well.
00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:04.160
I I I love that.
00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:21.680
A, because I'm a horrible sleeper, I sleep poorly, but even before you mentioned sleep, um, if we go back to silence, I was I already was habit stacking where like I literally will listen to a podcast, shut it off, and close my eyes, and somehow I'm supposed to go immediately to sleep, which never seems to happen.
00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:24.640
You've left the radio on while you're sleeping.
00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.839
Yes, I have.
00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:37.359
I have, I don't know, maybe I slept learned some things, but yeah, I I think I'm gonna adopt some some period of silence before bed to just kind of you know down regulate.
00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:48.480
You know, I think I I now that I look at it, I guess you could say, because like when I wake up in the morning, I'll lie in bed and just sit and think.
00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:52.799
So I mean maybe that's that sort of oh that's adorable.
00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:54.400
That regulation of silence.
00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:54.960
That's great.
00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:58.559
Because when I wake up, I have I have the mental capacity of a toddler.
00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.920
I know, I know.
00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:06.480
I have your diaper is already full, so really hard to like I start slowly, so there's no thinking.
00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:09.839
But that but I mean, you know, and it's only you know, Dr.
00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:18.880
Young, like you're saying, it's not long, it's not 10 minutes, and I know that's that's for sure, it's you know, maybe five minutes max, but it's a start.
00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:27.279
So I think that's where, you know, to use your term, and I love the term, that's where I can start habit stacking and putting a little bit more onto it.
00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.240
Mm-hmm.
00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.920
Yeah, absolutely.
00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:37.920
And this is a great example just between you two, in terms of how there's not one size fits all in any of these.
00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:43.279
It is just a question of where does it make most sense for your routine?
00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:44.720
And then you practice.
00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:50.000
Does it really work in this time or this part of my daily, daily life?
00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:53.839
And if it doesn't, then you try it somewhere else.
00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:59.759
So I and and of course we go through different different seasons as well.
00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:08.799
So what may work for me in my normal schedule during the summer may not work for me during a busy season uh during the holidays.
00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:17.680
So um not being afraid or uh hesitant to try those different routines where it will naturally fit for you as well.
00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:38.559
Yeah, I think in the wellness space, the saying don't let the perfect get in the way of the good is is a big thing because uh I honestly feel that a lot of people try, you know, they read something, they listen to this podcast, something, and they try it, and they don't do it to a you know a 10 out of 10 level and they give up.
00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:41.759
They're like, Oh, yeah, I can't be silent for a half hour.
00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:45.440
Yeah, but maybe you can for five minutes while you're doing dishes, right?
00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:47.039
I mean you gotta start.
00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.880
I mean, we've had that conversation many times.
00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:51.039
Get off the couch, walk for 10 minutes.
00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:53.359
You know, so you're right.
00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:58.960
You don't build perfect habits immediately, you build a habit.
00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:02.160
Yeah, I don't think anybody's got perfect habits if they do speak for yourself.
00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:07.279
We all would love to be perfect, but we can.
00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:17.200
And they the interesting thing about habits too is the old habits that we're trying to change and get away from, they're always gonna be there.
00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:35.519
I don't know if you can relate to this where you have had a habit that was not serving your health, and you have made conscious effort to change that habit and you have improved, but something happens and you fall right back into that old habit.
00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:37.440
Do you have an example of that?
00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.720
I have one for John.
00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.519
Yeah, what is it?
00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:41.119
Is it energy drink related?
00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.000
Yes.
00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:49.039
If you've if you've listened to any of the podcasts, you know that John and I have an affinity for energy drinks.
00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:52.640
And uh, I don't have an affinity, I think it's a full-on romance.
00:33:53.119 --> 00:34:03.599
It was ginger, uh, how much it a couple episodes ago that she talked to us about the impact of it on blood sugar and and whatnot.
00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:09.920
And John and I looked at each other like, this is like a recovering addict being spoken to us right now.
00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.400
Yes.
00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:17.280
And you go and it's like, okay, so we start cutting down on caffeine intake, whether it's energy drinks or coffee or or however you get your fix.
00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.760
But then something happens.
00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:24.719
You know, you have a bad day, you you don't sleep well, and you've got a lot of meetings at work.
00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:27.760
You don't want to fall asleep in the Zoom meeting or the Teams meeting.
00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:31.119
So you crack that can open, and there comes the first one.
00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:32.480
It's like, wow, that tastes good.
00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.679
Yeah, six more.
00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:42.320
And I don't even think, and I don't know, maybe I've desensitized myself, but I don't think energy drinks work like we think they do.
00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:44.079
Like oh, we're so numb to it.
00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:50.480
Like a good night's sleep is a thousand times better than a mediocre night's sleep and an energy drink.
00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.039
I agree.
00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:53.360
You are not the same human being.
00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.719
So absolutely.
00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.079
Absolutely.
00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.559
Yeah.
00:34:56.800 --> 00:35:06.559
And like I said, we had uh she goes by the diabetes nerd, Ginger Vieira, on here, and she was talking about caffeine, and I wear a constant glucose monitor.
00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:09.119
And um, I had no idea.
00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:12.480
I was fighting trying to get my my my blood sugar down.
00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:17.519
Caffeine is a serious, serious modulator for blood sugar.
00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.719
I was like, oh damn it.
00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:21.920
So yeah, the stem process it did to your blood sugar was nuts.
00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.039
Yeah, it really was.
00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.000
So you're right.
00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:42.400
It's an old habit, and now the problem is I know, but every now and then it, you know, like you said, it's that band-aid over crappy sleep, and crappy sleep typically is because I'm not being silent before bed, and not being silent before bed is because of all sorts of so I mean it's a domino effect.
00:35:42.639 --> 00:36:00.400
Those we talked about the habit there, but you laid out seven habits, seven, you know, seven foundational habits that if you think about it really, if you're into fitness in any way, shape, or form, none of them should be a surprise.
00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:16.000
But I don't think any of us put them all together in trying to to to paint that metaphoric picture to to get us ready to take those next steps, you know, like you said, to diagnose the problem.
00:36:16.159 --> 00:36:16.320
Right.
00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.760
John's over here waving in the early.
00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:20.400
No, I'm waving because I have the world's greatest segue.
00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:23.199
Um so I thought segues were bad for us.
00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.199
Yeah, just don't drive them off a cliff.
00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:25.599
Yeah.
00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:34.559
Um so we talked about these foundational and honestly pretty simple like things we all should be doing, right?
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.840
Well, easy to say.
00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:44.559
Well, yeah, but but you know how many peptides address some of these things, and people like, oh, there's a peptide for sleep?
00:36:44.719 --> 00:36:45.199
I need that.
00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:52.480
Well, maybe you need it because you're not being silent and you're not going to bed at a reasonable time and you're doom scrolling for three hours in bed.
00:36:52.960 --> 00:37:00.400
Um, you know, there's there's a peptide for like skin, and maybe bursts is the water.
00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:03.440
Yeah, maybe your skin will get better just if you were well hydrated.
00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:16.880
I that's one of the fundamental problems I think I have with some of these peptides is they are the new, shiny, sort of dangerous approach to foundational things that we're probably just not doing right.
00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:37.679
And I and I I have a hard time understanding like why would I be willing to risk, especially now where it's hard to get like under a doctor's care for peptides, like I'm gonna go gray market peptides or to like a compounding pharmacy or from a website, and because I'm because I'm not sleeping, like I don't know.
00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.639
Yeah, so there's a couple different things on there.
00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:51.199
So, yes, I love that we were able to get these foundational habits there that are the fundamentals that we can always do better.
00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:56.800
Now, this is where the peptides would come in as a tool.
00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:05.119
So sometimes people are just stuck, and sometimes they just need a little bit of help to correct things.
00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:17.360
And I think the important thing about peptides is that we're not gonna get on peptides, for example, if we're improving sleep and we're gonna wanna be on a peptide forever, right?
00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:17.840
Right.
00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:32.480
So, at regardless, even if we're using that tool, we still need to be aware of what are we doing with this fundamental habit that we're living 365 days out of the year.
00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:53.199
And also when you are working with peptide therapy under medical supervision, you are cycling in and out of the peptides because as they are messengers, you don't want your body to not hear the messages that are naturally coming from the body.
00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:55.920
You want to support that messaging.
00:38:56.239 --> 00:39:12.960
So, for example, someone to use a peptide, they may be on the peptide for eight to ten weeks based on their um medical doctor's um guidance, and then they will cycle off.
00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:29.199
And as there are many different peptides that will target many different things, maybe the focus initially is improving the individual's sleep, but then maybe the cycle after that is more focused on a metabolic health.
00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:37.440
So as we're talking about those six different things you need to consider as it comes to peptides.
00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:51.199
Our second one was peptides don't replace basics, and that's where we wanted to talk about these seven different areas of habits that we can all always continue learning and improving.
00:39:51.280 --> 00:39:51.440
Right.
00:39:51.679 --> 00:39:59.199
And it's always gonna be work around the awareness of how are we doing because life is crazy, right?
00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:01.039
And uh, we're not perfect.
00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:04.159
Well, we look for the shortcut, and that's the problem anymore.
00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:09.280
But I will I will take the opposite thing because I was thinking about this, because they do feel like shortcuts.
00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:18.400
Like I would love, you know, BP7157, you know, like I would love to just put something in my body that helps repair all the little knits.
00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.760
I tried it for my shoulder.
00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.079
Right.
00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:28.480
And here and and the thing is is that yes, they might come like one side of it is they're a band-aid, but the other side is so is aspirin when you have a headache.
00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:33.519
So, you know, I mean, medicine and science are there for a reason, too.
00:40:33.679 --> 00:40:42.480
It's just I think part of the part of the thing, uh part of the problem I have with peptides is we're so early and it's not as regulated as I want.
00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:52.800
And we live in an era now where people hear regulated medicine and they think like they they don't trust the science anymore, which is dumb.
00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:54.960
But I don't know.
00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:56.320
There's a place for these.
00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:57.760
I think we're a little early.
00:40:57.920 --> 00:41:03.840
Like I heard one thing that uh commonly with drugs, there's a thing called LD50.
00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:06.480
It's the lethal dose of 50% of a population.
00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:13.599
Like, for example, if you're doing something that was water-based, you would do an LD50 on goldfish, you know.
00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:17.440
What's what's the dose to kill 50% of a population of goldfish?
00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:19.599
That that is a found cruel.
00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:21.119
I know, I don't like goldfish.
00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:29.199
There's a foundational like like the science of bringing a drug to market, that's sort of a critical threshold.
00:41:29.360 --> 00:41:29.519
Right.
00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:32.480
You need to determine those things, and they don't exist right now.
00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:40.000
So it's really the wild west when it comes to dosing and frequency, and we don't even know the things we don't know yet.
00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:58.000
Like I I've always heard that with like especially with the broccoli headed kids, the 19-year-olds, if you take testosterone early, you you shut down forever your own your own possibility of ever making it, and you're affecting your reproductive health and and all those things.
00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:59.679
We don't know that with a lot of these.
00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:04.000
Now, that being said, Scott, I want to take like four of these.
00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:35.199
So then if you have determined that these are something that you would like to move forward and continue your research and potentially work with a provider to use for your health, um, when you mentioned the Wild West, I think what's really important for us to is distinct between what's considered research grade and what's considered provider supervised peptides, right?
00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:36.880
Um, peptide therapies.
00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:44.239
And this is really where, unless you're researching um this topic, you would not know.
00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:55.599
I actually have a free peptide guide that I put together with some of the resources that I have found that's available through my links if anyone is interested in it.
00:42:55.679 --> 00:43:14.559
Um, but I have had so many comments from individuals who have um reviewed that PDF, and they were like, I had no idea that the peptides I can just buy from some website are considered research grade.
00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:27.599
And um, and those types of peptides, they are often sold online and they are labeled as for research purposes only and not for human consumption.
00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:43.039
Um, they're really intended to do laboratory research, not patient care, not for individuals, but they are being purchased in some cases for individuals to use.
00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:49.519
So the potential concerns with the research crate peptides are that there's no provider oversight.
00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:59.760
There's no medical doctor who specializes in these things and knows what they do and how they would work for this individual.
00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:04.239
There's no obviously no patient, no health screening.
00:44:05.440 --> 00:44:11.039
The purity of those products can be variable.
00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:24.719
And there are certain research grade vendors that are providing the certificates of purity and potency and sterility.
00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:29.599
And but there can be some concerns with those certificates as well.
00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:37.840
And then of course, there's no accountability or no support if something goes wrong.
00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:46.880
So with research grade peptides, you may not know exactly what you're getting and who's actually standing behind that product.
00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:50.320
Yeah, I mean, you you can go into your local supplement store.
00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:55.199
I mean, things on the shelf in popular supplement stores, right?
00:44:55.519 --> 00:45:00.320
I've seen plenty of people pull those supplements off and send them for third-party testing.
00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:04.800
And even then, the active ingredients vary widely.
00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:13.360
So when it comes to peptides that you're buying from gray market, and here's the thing that I think like man on the street, non-scientific people don't understand.
00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:19.519
Sometimes it's not necessarily the peptide, the actual molecule that's helping you in it that's the problem.
00:45:19.760 --> 00:45:20.960
It can be the substrate.
00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:26.559
Maybe it's floating in macadamia nut oil and you have a tree nut allergy.
00:45:26.719 --> 00:45:28.559
I mean, it it's bonkers.
00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:33.599
The other thing that I noticed in doing research for in preparing to talk to Dr.
00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:39.840
Young was there are times that everything that you're taking might be great.
00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:46.639
It might be within legal limits, it might be within medical limits, but then you're also taking something as simple as vitamin C.
00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.920
Oh, synergistic effect.
00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:52.960
Yeah, the synergistic effect of what happens between these drugs is night and day.
00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:58.639
So you're you're taking vitamin C to, you know, protect your immunity and yada yada yada.
00:45:58.960 --> 00:46:07.840
And all of a sudden, you know, you're stickering a dog because that peptide that you thought was helping you as well just shot it through the roof.
00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:09.119
And right, right.
00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:12.960
That effect, that was one of the, I mean, we all know it happens.
00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:18.960
That was one of the really surprising things is the level to which it happens from what I'm seeing in research right now.
00:46:19.440 --> 00:46:20.079
Mm-hmm.
00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:21.519
Absolutely.
00:46:21.679 --> 00:46:23.039
Those are great, great points.
00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:28.800
And I'm glad you brought in the comparison to just everyday supplements, right?
00:46:29.280 --> 00:46:33.280
Because they're not always what they say in the label.
00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:39.920
And that's why having um manufacturers that you can trust is so, so important.
00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:44.719
And we've all seen the counterfeit supplements being sold from Amazon.
00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:47.519
There's been some investigative reporting around that.
00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:49.519
So you definitely would.
00:46:49.920 --> 00:46:58.719
This is this is, of course, my personal opinion, is you would want to be under provider supervised peptides.
00:46:58.960 --> 00:47:11.760
And when you do that, what you're getting is you're getting medical evaluation, you're getting review of the health history and any of these potential interactions that uh the provider can be aware of.
00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:20.639
Um, you also should get a discussion on goals and symptoms and monitoring and follow-up and access to that provider.
00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:25.440
Um, and you also get pharmacy quality standards.
00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:34.000
So, what what are we looking when we're talking about pharmacy quality standards as it comes to peptides?
00:47:34.400 --> 00:47:40.159
We are looking at what's we consider what's called 5038 pharmacy.
00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:56.239
And that is a pharmacy that's a licensed compounding pharmacy that is actually creating a customized medications for that individual patient that's on the provider's gear based on the prescription from that healthcare provider.
00:47:56.480 --> 00:48:22.559
So, in other words, the provider evaluates the patient, determines what medication we're calling the B peptide a medication in this official um um way of doing it, which peptide is appropriate, they will write a prescription, and then that 503A pharmacy compounds that medication specifically for that patient.
00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:40.639
And the 503 pharmacy is then held to these standards that they will need to test quality um and uh make sure that that product is really what it's supposed to be.
00:48:42.239 --> 00:48:45.119
So um I was and maybe you know this.
00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:48.480
You we we keep talking about working with a provider.
00:48:48.800 --> 00:48:52.559
Are there providers out there that will work in the peptide space?
00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:58.159
There absolutely are, and uh and I think it's becoming a specialty.
00:48:58.320 --> 00:49:11.039
Like we see specialty providers, and and and honestly, because of the the vast amount of information, ongoing changes, um, it really needs to be a specialty.
00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:19.039
So I have been able to connect with the group of telehealth doctors that are doing great work in helping people navigate.
00:49:19.440 --> 00:49:30.960
Um and uh um individuals are really getting what I'm seeing as an individual stories are create great experiences through that type of provider care.
00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:52.239
Um, but yes, it's important that um the peptide is not considered one size fits all, it's not a protocol that's just floating in the internet, that it is a customized, individualized medicine with the provider uh prescription.
00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:54.239
I love that concept.
00:49:54.480 --> 00:50:01.679
And I think we hear it sometimes in a very negative sense when they talk about designer medicine or something like that.
00:50:01.840 --> 00:50:18.400
But I mean, in real in reality, better known as reality, that's what you're talking about, is that under the care of a licensed specialist, they are looking at specifically what you need, and then they are designing it for you.
00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:20.480
I love that concept.
00:50:20.800 --> 00:50:36.079
Absolutely, and imagine how that experience is different now from that purchasing something that doesn't even come already made for you, that you're getting additional parts to use it from some other stores.
00:50:36.239 --> 00:50:49.119
So when it comes to peptides, I think people really need to focus least to finding the cheapest option and most in finding the safest option.
00:50:49.280 --> 00:51:00.400
And the goal really ultimately is to support your health, and that always starts with quality products and qualified medical guidance.
00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:16.800
So I can't emphasize that enough how important it is to have that individualized, customized piece and then ongoing communication with the provider as about, well, it's not like here's your prescription, go go use your peptides.
00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:19.840
It's rather how are how are things going?
00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:20.639
What are you seeing?
00:51:20.800 --> 00:51:26.800
Do we need to adjust something and and having that having that relationship with with the provider?
00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:34.480
I think the big thing that you hit on there, and John's brought this up because this was he saw it more than I did when we were at a sports festival.
00:51:35.199 --> 00:51:36.239
Here are the peptides.
00:51:36.320 --> 00:51:38.400
Hey, we got a doctor here to prescribe it for you.
00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:40.400
I'm sorry, I don't know you.
00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:42.719
You've never done any tests on me.
00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:45.280
We haven't had a relationship/slash conversation.
00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:51.840
And there's this guy providing, you know, as John's saying, a script for gray market, basically.
00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:58.480
You know, it's it's okay, put a quarter in this gumball machine, put a dime in this one, and see what comes out, and you get it and you go.
00:51:59.119 --> 00:52:23.519
No, ultimately, we want to, and and we all know that medicine and the field of medicine is very expensive for us, but ultimately you're looking at, and you hit on this when we started our conversation, at making that last 10 to 15 years of our lifespan as positive as possible versus I can't wait to die.
00:52:23.840 --> 00:52:32.800
I've got 10 years of dealing with X, or you know, in John's case, playing pickleball, or gonna extend my life.
00:52:33.760 --> 00:52:36.559
But I think that's that's where we need to start looking at it.
00:52:36.639 --> 00:52:52.079
And I think peptides have that ability, but it's not the panacea that, oh, I need you know, BP 157 or whatever the number is to fix the issues I have with my shoulder.
00:52:52.239 --> 00:52:56.000
No, I need to see the specialist to talk about what's going on there.
00:52:56.079 --> 00:52:57.360
I need to have the analysis.
00:52:57.519 --> 00:53:02.800
Have I hit those seven foundational sort of basic health tenets?
00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:06.079
And then if not, what do I need to get that jumpstart?
00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:12.000
Because you're right, cycling it is the way it has to go because I don't want to shut down my body's ability to do things.
00:53:12.159 --> 00:53:15.920
It might need to be jump started, but it has to be jump started in the right way.
00:53:16.719 --> 00:53:19.760
You know, you both used a word that I was thinking of.
00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:20.880
Um, and Dr.
00:53:21.440 --> 00:53:25.440
I don't know if you know what are the costs involved in this.
00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:27.840
Are they like, am I mortgaging my home?
00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:28.800
Am I selling a kidney?
00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:30.880
Am I uh you don't have kidneys at work?
00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:32.159
Oh damn it.
00:53:32.719 --> 00:53:34.800
I am seeing that's my yeah.
00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:38.800
So obviously it depends on a peptide, depends on a dosage.
00:53:38.960 --> 00:53:48.639
I am seeing anywhere from about$200 a month, probably up to$500 a month, as kind of the the white range.
00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:52.000
There are some peptides that are combination peptides.
00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:57.679
I don't know if combination peptide is actually the proper term, but it will combine a few different peptides.
00:53:57.840 --> 00:54:06.800
So obviously having the different different components of those types of prescriptions will will impact the cost as well.
00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:17.599
So I think if we are considering doing it, like cheap, cheaper, like what is the true value in here, right?
00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:26.639
So we know most of the things we invest in our health are probably not cheap in the sense.
00:54:26.880 --> 00:54:40.880
Um but I would be also curious to see where we're going over the next few years in terms of, I know, HSA type of uh cards and plans are already covering peptide therapies.
00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:45.360
So that would be a way for individuals to make it more affordable.
00:54:45.599 --> 00:55:01.039
But we may see some other options for coverage um as these are getting more into um more into, I don't want to say mainstream, because they have these peptides have been around.
00:55:01.199 --> 00:55:12.719
It's just now with the influencers and social media and the popularity of the GLP1 products, it has just become kind of the talk on the town, right?
00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:21.920
Yeah, I was surprised to find out that essentially peptides have been around for, I mean, insulin's been around forever, but I mean, even these peptides we're talking about now, they've been around 10, 20 years.
00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:22.320
Oh, yeah.
00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:23.280
I had no idea.
00:55:23.519 --> 00:55:24.400
Yeah, yeah.
00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:30.880
And we know that certain athletes have been using them for improving their recovery and so on.
00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:49.760
Um, but as we're talking about the individualization, I also want to point out that just because something worked for the athlete or the influencer or the friend doesn't necessarily mean that it's the right fit for us or you or me or the individual.
00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:57.039
So um the healthcare really needs to be personal and trends are never personal.
00:55:57.199 --> 00:55:58.239
Let me say that again.
00:55:58.400 --> 00:55:58.880
Oh, yeah.
00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:04.000
So health needs to be personal and trends never are.
00:56:04.159 --> 00:56:06.480
So I think that's really important thing to keep in mind.
00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:12.719
Oh, so so my career, my Korean skincare routine that I got from somebody on Instagram.
00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:13.440
What?
00:56:13.760 --> 00:56:18.960
I spent$8,000 this month on creams made from bird nests.
00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:24.159
No, but but that's that's sort of the thing, though, right?
00:56:24.239 --> 00:56:32.880
Like, I mean, and this is gonna label me as old, but kid, these damn kids today, they see it on TikTok.
00:56:33.119 --> 00:56:39.360
They are way more likely to believe it than if an old man tells them John, young LA doctor.
00:56:39.679 --> 00:56:41.840
Yeah, young LA, exactly.
00:56:42.239 --> 00:56:43.119
Yeah, yeah.
00:56:43.199 --> 00:56:45.280
And especially then with AI.
00:56:45.599 --> 00:57:01.679
Um, I was actually on a call earlier today where they told me um the conversation was around AI now being able to um distinct if before and after pictures are truly before and after pictures.
00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.320
Oh, really?
00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:10.960
Because there are there are so many before and after pictures floating on around an internet that are not truly the before and after.
00:57:11.199 --> 00:57:22.639
So some of these um agencies that are trying to make sure that that's not happening, there's actually uh AI software that now can distinct, which is is kind of interesting.
00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:42.559
So we really need to need to not just believe our eyes, but really kind of dive into that um that responsibility that we're taking for our health and for also for our research and asking about the questions in terms of what is the peptide designed to do?
00:57:42.719 --> 00:57:43.840
What are the risks?
00:57:44.079 --> 00:57:45.599
What are the benefits?
00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:48.159
How long is it typically used?
00:57:48.400 --> 00:57:50.800
How can I measure success, right?
00:57:50.960 --> 00:57:55.599
That's always the important question of any actions that we take for our health.
00:57:55.920 --> 00:58:07.039
And most importantly, as we refer back to those seven habits, what lifestyle changes should go along with that peptide therapy?
00:58:07.199 --> 00:58:09.679
And really helping people think long term.
00:58:10.000 --> 00:58:13.199
I think this is like one of my favorite things to talk about.
00:58:13.440 --> 00:58:20.960
That I think people should ask themselves whether they're looking for a quick fix or long-term strategy.
00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:23.360
Quick fix, I guess quick fix.
00:58:23.440 --> 00:58:24.559
Everybody's looking for a quick fix.
00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:25.599
I think that's the thing we should do.
00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:28.159
Absolutely.
00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:54.320
And that's where we need to be honest with ourselves because the people who do the best are usually the ones who see peptides as a tool, uh, part of the broader health plan and as a complement to other health habits that they're trying to build, not as a replacement for them.
00:58:54.559 --> 00:59:06.320
And um, I had an opportunity because I have been around wellness for so long, early 2000s, when the weight loss surgeries were getting popular, they were first coming and getting popular.
00:59:06.960 --> 00:59:32.559
And um at that time, which somebody was telling me recently that um insurance companies no longer, I guess, require the counseling that those initial individuals that were going through the weight loss surgeries, there was a very extensive counseling and behavior modification and um um healthier happy counseling that went along with that surgery.
00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:39.440
So, yes, the surgery was a tool, but it was also a part of the broader health plan.
00:59:39.679 --> 00:59:48.719
And the individual was building these healthier habits that were then allowing them to keep the weight off in long term.
00:59:49.199 --> 01:00:01.360
So I think we need to look at that with the peptides and especially with the GLB1 medications now, because many are using that pot peptide specifically for weight loss.
01:00:01.519 --> 01:00:11.280
Um, research shows that there are several other benefits, especially um based on what I have um seen in the micro dosing way.
01:00:11.599 --> 01:00:26.320
But if individuals are taking that particular product for weight loss, are they gonna be staying on those doses or having to increase the doses for the rest of their lives?
01:00:26.480 --> 01:00:30.400
And then now we're talking about that long-term exposure.
01:00:30.719 --> 01:00:36.400
We're still have the concern of maintaining muscle mass, especially if that weight loss is fast.
01:00:36.800 --> 01:00:39.280
Um, the concern for bone density.
01:00:39.599 --> 01:00:46.159
So, yes, we may be losing the weight, but are we improving our health in the process?
01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:50.960
Because ultimately, why we want to lose weight is to improve our health.
01:00:51.280 --> 01:00:54.559
So I think those are all really important things to consider.
01:00:54.800 --> 01:00:55.440
No, I agree.
01:00:55.599 --> 01:01:05.199
And uh, you know, just to to pile on to what you just said, they put me on Manjaro um very early in trying to control my blood sugar.
01:01:05.599 --> 01:01:11.119
And I am I'm not overweight, I go to the gym, I eat pretty well.
01:01:11.679 --> 01:01:18.480
And I stopped and I didn't stop because it didn't work, absolutely worked, but I it shredded you.
01:01:18.880 --> 01:01:27.199
Yeah, as much as I was losing fat, I was also losing muscle, and everything I've read says that skeletal muscle is so protective as you get older.
01:01:27.280 --> 01:01:31.760
And I just, you know, I weighed the benefits, and I'm like, there's gotta be another way.
01:01:32.800 --> 01:01:34.000
I yeah, I I agree.
01:01:34.320 --> 01:01:35.199
But what have you?
01:01:35.360 --> 01:01:36.400
I'm sorry, go ahead.
01:01:36.719 --> 01:01:37.760
No, please, go ahead.
01:01:38.079 --> 01:01:43.760
I would love to hear what you have found that has worked for you in terms of balancing your blood sugar levels.
01:01:44.079 --> 01:01:46.719
Well, honestly, so new diagnosis.
01:01:46.880 --> 01:01:47.679
Yeah, basically.
01:01:47.840 --> 01:01:50.800
So I and I'm I'm like an evangelist for this now.
01:01:51.039 --> 01:01:56.159
Um, I was diagnosed type two maybe 10 years ago.
01:01:56.480 --> 01:02:02.800
Um I weighed 325, I was muscular but fluffy.
01:02:03.119 --> 01:02:09.920
Um when I was diagnosed, I literally did everything and lost about 80, 90 pounds.
01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:10.480
Yeah.
01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:16.960
Um, slowly and carefully and kind of well, but my blood sugar was still crap.
01:02:17.199 --> 01:02:27.360
And I have been on all the drugs, metformin, jardians, you know, whatever you're watching during prime TV, if you see a drug commercial I've probably been on except for the wet AMD one.
01:02:27.440 --> 01:02:28.639
I think that's your eyes.
01:02:28.880 --> 01:02:32.639
Um and then they did the Manjaro thing.
01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:39.280
And I've actually been contemplating going back to it at like a micro dose because they they ramp up your dosing.
01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:43.840
And I started at I think 0.2 milligrams and got up to like 10.
01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:48.000
And at 10, I didn't want to eat.
01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:55.360
Literally, I you know, I looked ready for the stage when it came to like a bodybuilder, but I felt awful.
01:02:55.920 --> 01:02:56.880
We looked awful.
01:02:57.039 --> 01:03:02.800
Yeah, you looked it, but I mean I remember workouts we had, and yet you expect some muscular loss of strength.
01:03:03.760 --> 01:03:06.960
But you just you hemorrhaged strength.
01:03:07.199 --> 01:03:10.159
Yeah, so so that all happened, and I got off that.
01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:16.159
Well, we we just had a um a diabetes uh diabetic nerd.
01:03:16.320 --> 01:03:17.760
Yeah, the diabetic nerd.
01:03:17.920 --> 01:03:21.679
And uh she's not a doctor, but she's she's not unlike you.
01:03:21.760 --> 01:03:27.280
She's passionate in the space and and aggregates basically all the information that's findable.
01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:33.199
And uh she goes, Have you ever heard of Lada, late-onset type 1 diabetic?
01:03:33.760 --> 01:03:39.599
And she goes, Ask your doctor to do these two tests, and I did, and they did, and it was, and I am.
01:03:39.840 --> 01:03:42.800
So now I can't I categorize myself as a type one.
01:03:43.199 --> 01:03:53.440
They put me on very low dose insulin, well, with meals, and uh boy, my blood sugars are so much different and better.
01:03:54.159 --> 01:03:59.199
And it it's frustrating, and I think it's part of the reason that drives this podcast.
01:03:59.360 --> 01:04:05.760
I spent 10 years sort of sort of feeling shitty about myself because I'm like, why can't I solve this?
01:04:06.719 --> 01:04:09.119
And you have the weirdest peaks too.
01:04:09.440 --> 01:04:09.760
Oh, yeah.
01:04:09.840 --> 01:04:14.800
If I extra if I like if Scott and I were in a gym and I was hitting it really hard, my blood sugar would go up.
01:04:15.119 --> 01:04:16.639
I mean, how counterintuitive.
01:04:16.880 --> 01:04:19.760
But that's I guess that's very type one issue.
01:04:20.400 --> 01:04:34.480
So I think that all that all my sob story goes back to what you said is you need a healthcare professional, or you you you need a health professional in your corner when you're doing any of these things.
01:04:34.800 --> 01:04:35.920
But you need a journey, John.
01:04:36.000 --> 01:04:42.719
I think is a big thing I'm taking from tonight as far as it's not a you know, stick needle in it, it's done.
01:04:42.880 --> 01:04:50.639
It's you've got to have the counsel, you've got to have the foundation, you've got to have all of those things that sort of build that path that you're going to follow.
01:04:50.880 --> 01:04:51.119
Right.
01:04:51.199 --> 01:04:59.920
But even before you get there, like I'm doing the math in my head and I could be spending between like three and five thousand dollars a year on a pepti uh peptide.
01:05:00.719 --> 01:05:05.360
Uh maybe, you know, you know, water is I already pay for water, I take baths in it.
01:05:05.440 --> 01:05:06.159
It's glorious.
01:05:06.320 --> 01:05:07.199
Don't drink that water.
01:05:07.360 --> 01:05:08.159
No, I don't drink that water.
01:05:08.239 --> 01:05:08.559
You're right.
01:05:08.639 --> 01:05:09.119
Good point.
01:05:09.280 --> 01:05:12.719
But I mean a walk, cost-free, right?
01:05:13.039 --> 01:05:15.440
Proper nutrition, you're buying food anyway.
01:05:15.599 --> 01:05:16.480
Buy the right food.
01:05:16.559 --> 01:05:16.960
Yeah.
01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:22.239
It's so silly, and I'm sure it frustrates a lot of medical professionals.
01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:25.440
It's like, hey, hey, doc, I need this drug.
01:05:25.679 --> 01:05:26.400
Oh, okay.
01:05:26.480 --> 01:05:27.760
Um, what did you have for breakfast?
01:05:27.920 --> 01:05:32.320
Well, you know, I went to McDonald's and I had uh well, Megan talked about the right breakfast sandwiches.
01:05:32.480 --> 01:05:33.280
Tell me what you're having.
01:05:33.440 --> 01:05:37.199
Okay, so you're taking cream Okay, that's great.
01:05:37.599 --> 01:05:44.480
Tell me that you're taking it before we start running these tests so we can tailor these tests to find out specifically what it is.
01:05:44.960 --> 01:05:45.760
And I think that's it.
01:05:45.840 --> 01:05:46.800
You know, and and Dr.
01:05:46.880 --> 01:05:55.360
Young, you hit on it when you said you know, back in the early 2000s when they were having, you know, the gastric bypass surgeries or the stomach staplings or the whatever.
01:05:56.079 --> 01:05:59.599
You were mandated to get counseling as well.
01:06:00.239 --> 01:06:07.920
And that even drifted from the the truly grossly obese, bed trapped people.
01:06:08.880 --> 01:06:15.039
You started to see that trend into a more well, you know, I'm 40 pounds overweight and I can't seem to get it off.
01:06:15.440 --> 01:06:16.639
Maybe I need that surgery.
01:06:17.039 --> 01:06:26.239
But that's that's where I'm going with that is that counseling that I think that we need to get back to in medicine, having that relationship.
01:06:26.559 --> 01:06:28.960
You guys want to open a peptide clinic with me?
01:06:29.039 --> 01:06:34.079
I think I think there's a there's space down the hall in the studio or what?
01:06:34.400 --> 01:06:34.639
Why not?
01:06:34.719 --> 01:06:36.480
We'll use the we'll use the spare studio.
01:06:37.679 --> 01:06:38.559
Uh Dr.
01:06:38.639 --> 01:06:40.880
Young, have you have you done any of these peptides?
01:06:40.960 --> 01:06:42.719
Have you tried any of these peptides?
01:06:43.199 --> 01:06:48.480
I have more so been an interesting um bystander.
01:06:48.639 --> 01:06:53.840
I have a very large community that have done a variety of ones.
01:06:54.000 --> 01:07:08.320
Actually, um, one of my dearest friends, she is a great um in one in terms of um really the life-changing effect of peptides, specifically that PBC 157.
01:07:08.480 --> 01:07:16.159
Yeah, she had had uh years of um challenge with sciatica and nothing was helping.
01:07:16.320 --> 01:07:21.760
And within three weeks, she saw significant improvements and has continued to improve.
01:07:22.000 --> 01:07:22.480
Come on.
01:07:22.719 --> 01:07:33.280
So the more I am witnessing these obviously individual results vary, and these these are individuals that are working with uh providers.
01:07:33.679 --> 01:07:38.719
The more I am witnessing them, the more I am going, like, you know what?
01:07:38.960 --> 01:07:47.039
There is definitely something here because I am seeing people get results.
01:07:47.280 --> 01:08:07.280
And um, anytime when people ask me what peptides I've personally tried, I really go back to um, like I like to take a step back and um explain why I became interested in these in the first place, because we never know when these challenges show up, right?
01:08:07.440 --> 01:08:22.159
Like we can do all these foundational habits and we should be doing all these foundational habits, but like the um example I shared with my good girlfriend, she actually is training currently for one of those hydrox events.
01:08:22.319 --> 01:08:22.720
Oh god.
01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:27.199
Where they're yeah, so she is in her 60s.
01:08:27.359 --> 01:08:28.000
Oh, that's awesome.
01:08:28.960 --> 01:08:37.680
Wanting to be fit, but she had this injury that was really holding her back from her health and lifestyle that she wanted.
01:08:37.920 --> 01:08:44.239
And um, it was really, really cool to see and uh witness that improvement on her.
01:08:44.479 --> 01:08:51.600
So um it really fascinates me to learn how these different individuals are doing with peptides.
01:08:51.680 --> 01:08:55.359
And I'm I'm always so thankful when people share their stories with me.
01:08:55.600 --> 01:09:05.600
Um and uh it lets me learn in uh in uh uh as a non-medical professional in the clinical way, seeing what's what's working out there.
01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:09.760
All I can say about the example you just shared is damn, yeah, right.
01:09:09.920 --> 01:09:13.199
I tell you, I still there's there's four of these I still want to try.
01:09:13.359 --> 01:09:14.000
Yeah.
01:09:14.960 --> 01:09:23.439
I know it's um it's hard to not be believer once you are seeing some of these results.
01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:34.399
And um, I thought it might be interesting for us to talk about a few different ones that might be some of the ones that you hear in the media.
01:09:34.640 --> 01:09:34.880
Sure.
01:09:35.199 --> 01:09:43.600
But um just to kind of let the listeners to understand and maybe hear some of the names and what they might be used for.
01:09:43.760 --> 01:09:44.000
Yep.
01:09:44.239 --> 01:09:46.000
So pick your favorites.
01:09:46.319 --> 01:09:50.399
Okay, so obviously we hear so much about the GLP ones.
01:09:50.800 --> 01:10:05.119
Um uh tarcepatide is one that I am seeing um many use under provider supervision that is being used for appetite regulation, blood sugar management.
01:10:05.359 --> 01:10:15.199
The blood sugar management is a huge issue in the United States, and it has a significant impact on individuals' well-being.
01:10:15.439 --> 01:10:25.600
I think um, I think the the percentage is like 70 or 80 percent of individuals, 40 plus, have challenges with their blood sugar management.
01:10:25.840 --> 01:10:39.520
And obviously, there are some uh natural supplements that I've also seen research and um I've witnessed in the in a kind of clinical way of them working, but this one is also helping solve that.
01:10:39.680 --> 01:10:47.840
Um, obviously, the improvements in metabolic health, weight management, and the interesting one is the reduction in the food noise.
01:10:48.000 --> 01:10:54.239
Um, that is one that um seems to be um a big for many of the women.
01:10:54.399 --> 01:11:05.039
We're also seeing some research that say that there may be uh connections to other habits, such as like drinking alcohol.
01:11:05.279 --> 01:11:11.840
So it's not just reducing the food noise, it's also reducing the the cravings for alcohol and so on.
01:11:12.000 --> 01:11:25.119
Yeah, I know from when I was on Manjaro, like it is it is weird, and I don't know that you can completely explain to somebody, but the sudden disinterest in food is odd.
01:11:25.279 --> 01:11:26.800
It's just odd.
01:11:27.439 --> 01:11:37.279
Like it, it's not like it was revolting, it's not like uh like I knew I didn't want it, I just didn't think about food, and it it was a something.
01:11:37.359 --> 01:11:42.800
And I and I've seen one of the newer peptides that come out the Reditrutide, Redomice.
01:11:42.960 --> 01:11:44.079
I hope I'm saying that right.
01:11:44.239 --> 01:11:50.560
Um yeah, I believe that is currently not available under physician's um guidance.
01:11:50.640 --> 01:11:55.600
Yeah, that is only available as uh as a research crate product at this time.
01:11:55.840 --> 01:12:02.399
Yeah, but I think that's sort of the next one because you know it's it's got that third agonist.
01:12:02.479 --> 01:12:11.840
I I forget the the letters of it, but it it does it's and it's supposed to be a little more muscle protective, but we'll see.
01:12:12.239 --> 01:12:12.800
We'll see.
01:12:12.960 --> 01:12:17.279
Yeah, there's definitely going to be more information coming out on that.
01:12:17.520 --> 01:12:35.600
Um, and most people really see the GLP ones as a weight loss medication, but I think they really are a metabolic health tool, especially as it comes to the microdosing um that we're seeing, seeing um in um in some of the research.
01:12:35.840 --> 01:12:44.800
Then obviously, for any of us over 40, the recovery and injury support is a huge interest as it comes to peptides.
01:12:45.039 --> 01:13:06.720
So the PBC 157 is one that many have heard, and that could have benefits for recovery support, tendon support, ligament support, muscle recovery, and also some benefits um um for potentially for gut support, gut health.
01:13:06.960 --> 01:13:24.640
Um and for our age group, I think this peptide is interesting because recovery often takes longer as we age and it becomes more and more important part of being able to do the things that we we want to do.
01:13:24.880 --> 01:13:27.920
So this could be uh a really valuable.
01:13:28.479 --> 01:13:41.920
And um, I have had um conversations with individuals who've had who've used this peptide in preparation for um for surgeries uh after surgeries.
01:13:42.159 --> 01:13:46.479
Oh um, they've used it to recover from injuries and so on as well.
01:13:46.960 --> 01:13:55.439
I've actually used this one when you know we've talked quite a bit about it in you know through all the shows with the issues I have with my shoulder.
01:13:55.760 --> 01:14:04.159
When it first started flaring up, I used it for I want to say 60 days-ish, you know, right around two months.
01:14:04.720 --> 01:14:08.720
And it helped, but I didn't see the results that I thought.
01:14:09.199 --> 01:14:10.720
So I discontinued it.
01:14:11.039 --> 01:14:19.600
But it was at a point where the pain wasn't, ladies and gentlemen, it may have helped, but he also was overhead pressing like a a small Buick.
01:14:20.319 --> 01:14:25.840
So I don't know that he was giving his body necessarily a fighting chance, but that's whatever.
01:14:26.239 --> 01:14:28.159
That was the most sideways compliment.
01:14:28.479 --> 01:14:29.439
No, there's no compliment there.
01:14:29.520 --> 01:14:30.560
Don't don't take it the wrong way.
01:14:30.880 --> 01:14:32.640
I don't know if I was pressing a small Buick.
01:14:32.800 --> 01:14:33.279
That's a compliment.
01:14:34.159 --> 01:14:37.920
You're basically spraying water and gasoline on a fire at the same time.
01:14:38.159 --> 01:14:50.079
But I mean, no, it you know, you say you've talked to people who've used it, and yeah, you know, it and that one is commercially available without you know having um being under medical care.
01:14:50.479 --> 01:14:55.520
You you you you can find those out there, and that's I think that's part of what we've addressed a little bit tonight.
01:14:55.760 --> 01:14:58.479
So what's the next one you got for us?
01:14:58.880 --> 01:15:10.560
The next one I thought I would mention is sort morelin, and that is one related to muscle preservation and healthy aging and um what it's being used for.
01:15:10.640 --> 01:15:16.079
I think you may have mentioned this at the very beginning, um, supporting natural growth hormone production.
01:15:16.399 --> 01:15:16.640
Amen.
01:15:16.880 --> 01:15:17.680
That's on my list.
01:15:18.239 --> 01:15:27.680
Yeah, it also can have some benefits into recovery, sleep, obviously, muscle maintenance, and then overall healthy aging.
01:15:27.920 --> 01:15:39.840
Um, it is interest, I think, for us over 40, just because we become increasingly aware of the mobility, the bone health, the independence, and the metabolism.
01:15:39.920 --> 01:15:43.119
And we need the muscle for all those things.
01:15:43.279 --> 01:15:51.760
So, really, the from building muscle to preserving muscle, I think that one is is an interest for for many.
01:15:52.079 --> 01:16:05.439
Um, and then NAD plus, I feel like this one is one that it is obviously for energy and longevity, but I feel like this is a peptide that most individuals have heard more.
01:16:06.000 --> 01:16:16.640
Um, it is used for cellular energy production, mitochondrial support, mental clarity, recovery, and healthy aging.
01:16:16.960 --> 01:16:22.800
And um, the NAD um plus levels naturally decline with age.
01:16:22.960 --> 01:16:27.600
There's this graph where you can just see the dip that you get.
01:16:28.239 --> 01:16:34.399
And uh that's why this one is, I think, a great interest for anyone, anyone over 40.
01:16:34.479 --> 01:16:34.640
Yeah.
01:16:34.800 --> 01:16:38.000
Um that one I ran into, like, I knew that existed.
01:16:38.079 --> 01:16:42.960
Like you can go to you can go to like your general nutrition place and get that over the counter.
01:16:43.039 --> 01:16:44.880
That that's been around for a little bit.
01:16:45.039 --> 01:16:48.800
And uh one of the people I follow on Instagram that I actually listen to, Dr.
01:16:48.880 --> 01:16:59.199
Gabrielle Lyon, is is very large on the N A N A D and the N M N, which are really hard to say, but uh they are both energy precursors.
01:16:59.359 --> 01:17:02.880
I I think I should have paid more attention to the Krebs cycle when I was in school.
01:17:03.279 --> 01:17:04.720
I would not spell Kreb.
01:17:05.199 --> 01:17:05.760
Excellent.
01:17:05.920 --> 01:17:07.520
It's not crusty Krebs.
01:17:07.920 --> 01:17:09.439
Um easy smells.
01:17:09.600 --> 01:17:15.680
But you know, I wonder I wonder if we had this conversation 10 years from now, what it would sound like.
01:17:15.840 --> 01:17:26.960
Like, are are we being re like ridiculous and like these things are just going to happen and our lives are gonna get better and we're gonna see more healthy 90-year-olds?
01:17:27.119 --> 01:17:28.479
I I hope so.
01:17:29.119 --> 01:17:49.840
Well, the projections for in terms of the market for peptides, um, I think the data that I saw was estimating by 2036, about 80% of the population in US adult population being on some kind of peptide products.
01:17:50.159 --> 01:17:55.520
Um, I think it currently is anywhere from 70 to 80 billion dollar market.
01:17:55.840 --> 01:18:15.119
So obviously, anytime that there's a demand and um market, money to be made, um, that's when we really start seeing these different varieties of products of different quality um and different marketing to pop up.
01:18:15.279 --> 01:18:20.159
So I think that just kind of reminds all of us that we really need to do our due diligence.
01:18:20.319 --> 01:18:59.840
And uh I can't say enough of um finding uh finding a provider that um is specializing and and can supervise the whole approach into health, not just in terms of one peptide, but how those peptides will work into your health history, the other medications, the symptoms, and most importantly, the goals, as we're talking about someone wanting to live to 89 and some other person wanting to live to 89, they may want to do very different things during those uh years.
01:19:00.159 --> 01:19:04.960
So, how does what you're doing really can help you meet those goals?
01:19:05.119 --> 01:19:06.880
I think it's a really important question.
01:19:07.199 --> 01:19:14.800
Well, I did set uh in one of our podcasts we we set the discussion that I'm going to set the 80-year-old deadlift record.
01:19:15.199 --> 01:19:17.039
You were going there, that's why I pointed at you.
01:19:17.199 --> 01:19:17.359
Yep.
01:19:17.520 --> 01:19:19.520
So when I'm 80, I'm deadlifting.
01:19:19.600 --> 01:19:21.680
And unfortunately, I actually found a number.
01:19:21.840 --> 01:19:23.840
Yeah, it's 400 pounds right now.
01:19:23.920 --> 01:19:26.239
So I have to deadlift over 400 pounds when I'm 80.
01:19:26.319 --> 01:19:27.199
So I need to take it.
01:19:27.359 --> 01:19:28.720
Oh, well, here's the thing.
01:19:28.880 --> 01:19:31.680
Yeah, I'll get to 80, and then you know that record's broke.
01:19:32.399 --> 01:19:34.079
Fat and lazy by then I'm not concerned.
01:19:34.319 --> 01:19:34.880
Gonna be?
01:19:35.039 --> 01:19:36.000
Oh, yeah, good point.
01:19:36.239 --> 01:19:39.680
I can tell you this too, and I'm gonna admit this to all our listeners.
01:19:39.840 --> 01:19:49.600
I'm gonna Google like someone, like I'm gonna look into going under care and and investigating this more because this interests me.
01:19:49.680 --> 01:19:55.840
And I I love being in the the cutting edge and versus you know, n equals one kind of stuff.
01:19:56.319 --> 01:20:03.439
Yeah, and there are certainly uh really great resources in terms of education, learning more about this.
01:20:03.680 --> 01:20:13.520
Um, fortunately, I think sometimes people spend more time researching new car than they do learning about how their metabolism works.
01:20:13.680 --> 01:20:30.960
And um, and sometimes, you know, I I know if I find a provider that I can trust, I find a company manufacturer that I trust, I know it takes a big weight off my shoulders because I know I'm getting what I'm looking for.
01:20:31.279 --> 01:20:34.720
Um, but it is important for us to do that.
01:20:34.800 --> 01:20:46.319
And like you said, longevity isn't just about adding the years to our life, it's about really adding life to our years and allowing us to do what we want.
01:20:46.880 --> 01:20:49.119
And for me, that's priceless.
01:20:49.600 --> 01:20:59.199
So I am gonna continue personally researching, knowing that my toolbox is full, knowing that I have my A-line ready to go.
01:20:59.600 --> 01:21:06.640
If there are health issues that I wanna wanna try to solve or that are challenging the way that I want to live.
01:21:06.880 --> 01:21:16.560
So um, but ladies and ladies and gentlemen, let's do our let's do our seven foundational things before we start thinking about sticking chemicals in our bodies.
01:21:16.800 --> 01:21:18.319
Well, yeah, take the steps, man.
01:21:18.399 --> 01:21:21.439
Don't don't don't be a jackass and try to jump to the front of the line.
01:21:21.600 --> 01:21:23.199
No, you can you can do that today.
01:21:23.359 --> 01:21:24.399
Stop listening to the podcast.
01:21:24.640 --> 01:21:25.680
You know, actually, no, don't stop.
01:21:26.159 --> 01:21:27.279
Don't stop listening to the podcast.
01:21:27.439 --> 01:21:32.079
But when it's over, put on your shoes, go outside in silence, and take a walk.
01:21:32.319 --> 01:21:32.960
Drink some water.
01:21:33.119 --> 01:21:34.399
Uh, anything else we can add?
01:21:34.479 --> 01:21:35.520
What else can we lump up?
01:21:35.920 --> 01:21:36.319
Take a walk.
01:21:36.560 --> 01:21:37.359
Yeah, we were walking.
01:21:37.520 --> 01:21:38.880
Well, no, you just said go outside.
01:21:38.960 --> 01:21:41.279
Oh, I can stand on the front porch and drink some water.
01:21:41.600 --> 01:21:44.000
You are gonna be fat and lazy when you're old.
01:21:44.640 --> 01:21:51.279
I really think we cannot speak enough as it comes to those seven habits about the community.
01:21:51.520 --> 01:22:01.199
And when you shared the example about the energy drinks, and we talked about how you have those old habits always there to fall back into.
01:22:01.760 --> 01:22:12.159
What's gonna keep you on the right track and achieving and moving forward and practicing and being okay, not being perfect, it is the community.
01:22:12.479 --> 01:22:24.960
And just that data point that if you have that, that you're gonna be three times more likely to achieve your goals, no matter they are.
01:22:25.600 --> 01:22:35.039
So if that if there's a one thing that I would love everyone to take away from this is really is like, what's your community?
01:22:35.199 --> 01:22:42.720
Maybe it is this podcast, and you come along and you know, uh nerd out on all the things uh with you.
01:22:43.119 --> 01:23:00.640
Um, but what other ways are there to build a community and maybe try some new things, have some regular hangouts with like-minded people, um, and really making time for each other because we all have great friends that we haven't seen in a long time, right?
01:23:01.039 --> 01:23:07.039
So how do we how do we make that a priority and and then through that meet our health goals?
01:23:07.359 --> 01:23:15.119
You know, you you brought up the idea of community, and John and I have talked about that even before we started the Masters Athlete Survival Guide.
01:23:15.680 --> 01:23:24.560
There we are both in uh board members of a foundation, and we've got our our big fundraiser coming up on August 8th.
01:23:24.880 --> 01:23:40.399
One of the things that when we talk to people about this fundraiser, this this sort of event that happens is the sense of community, the spirit, uh, the the compassion and the passion that comes out of that group of people getting together.
01:23:40.479 --> 01:23:59.279
Uh you know, I bought John's talk a lot about trying to pickleball, but you know, the community of people who are there together doing that, can't speak enough about these things and that sort of ability to uh take strength when you're not always doing it alone.
01:23:59.680 --> 01:24:03.520
Yeah, you mentioned the idea of being quiet and you know that it's a solitude moment.
01:24:04.079 --> 01:24:14.960
So being alone at times is not a bad thing, but putting together and having those people that support what you're doing is absolutely priceless.
01:24:15.119 --> 01:24:17.920
And it's one of the things that I think has helped.
01:24:18.239 --> 01:24:27.439
I I know I speak for myself and I think I speak for John on this as well, that it's helped us move forward in some of the struggles that we've had over the last you know eight, nine, ten years.
01:24:27.760 --> 01:24:31.439
Yeah, I mean, shared pain makes pain lighter.
01:24:31.600 --> 01:24:40.079
Like, like it's funny how many things you struggle with that if you say out loud to someone that cares about you, they just look at you and go, You too?
01:24:40.319 --> 01:24:41.359
And yeah, right?
01:24:41.520 --> 01:24:42.880
Like, okay, yeah, me too.
01:24:43.039 --> 01:24:44.640
And this is this is how I got through it.
01:24:44.720 --> 01:24:46.800
And this is oh, by the way, this is how my cousin got through it.
01:24:46.960 --> 01:24:48.720
And yeah, yeah, absolutely.
01:24:50.640 --> 01:25:01.680
Yeah, and uh, that is so valuable because everybody is challenged with something, and um again, this goes back into us wanting to be perfect.
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We don't have to when we have that community of support, so um, leaning into it really, really is powerful.
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So I'm glad you are experiencing that and inviting others to be part of that as well.
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Yeah, well, thanks.
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Well, I think that's a great place to stop because bottom line, the takeaway from this is before we go down this highly uh experimental, emergent peptide route, get with some like-minded people, go for a walk, drink some water, set that foundation.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So, Dr.
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Young, I really appreciate you.
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Um, I'm sure we're gonna ask you on again in the future and we can circle back on because it is uh an industry that's moving so quickly, there'll probably be a thousand changes by then.
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And there's something, I mean, you and I have said we're gonna start looking at it a little bit more now, too.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So we can do more and equals one kind of stuff.
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But I appreciate your time.
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Um I'm still John, am I?
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I that's questionable at times, but I know that I'm still Scott.
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And this was Dr.
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Young talking to us about peptides.
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Thanks, everybody.
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Thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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