Ep 44 | Swallow This, Part 2: Creatine and Peptides
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Perimenopause is apparently the new Black Friday for supplement marketing, and this episode is here to check the receipt.
In part two of the Swallow This supplement series, Dr. Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su and Dr. Amy Voedisch dig into the body-building-adjacent products showing up all over social media, including peptides, creatine, and the many “miracle” promises aimed at people who are tired, foggy, sweaty, and understandably over it.
They start with peptides, the trendy injectable alphabet soup being marketed for healing, metabolism, anti-aging, and performance. The verdict? Big no. We think you’ll understand once you hear what peptides actually are and why FDA-approved peptide medications are very different from what is being sold online. Then the Docs turn to creatine, which thankfully has more information and science behind it and does not immediately need to be thrown into the medical dumpster fire.
This episode covers what looks promising, what looks sketchy, what is probably safe, and what should absolutely not be injected into your body unless you are in an actual doctor’s office and not a cash-pay wellness cave.
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