What peptides should you take?
Peptides. These amazing compounds promise to help you lose belly fat, gain some lean muscle, improve your skin, and even help with hair growth. But which should you actually take? How do you take them? Hell, for how long? Well, it all may appear a bit more complicated than it actually is - even though it is pretty complicated. This is why most people opt for peptide guides and coaches to help them.
How do Peptides work?
Before we delve into which peptides to use we need to understand how peptides work. Peptides are chains of amino acids that are bound with peptide bonds - hence the name. Depending on the sequence of amino acids and the length the peptides will have alternating effects.
Peptides do occur naturally in nature, particularly in your body. Medical engineers would alter or change these amino acid sequences for beneficial effects such as a longer half-life, a stronger reaction, or fewer side effects.
Today, peptides are used in medical and therapy units to help those that are dysfunctional. Certain peptides can even be used to even improve the lives of those that are healthy. Here are the best ones to opt for.
Peptides that Increase Growth Hormone Production
Peptides that increase growth hormone production are the most popular ones. An increase in growth hormone has been linked to improved muscle growth, fat loss, better skin health, and even better hair! Most of this will take place either via direct human growth hormone interactions or via increased IGF-1 increase.
Using pure human growth hormone is not legal (unless prescribed), so, you have to opt for growth hormone secretagogues. These include CJC-1295, Ipamorelin, GHRP-2, GHRP-6, Tesamorelin, and Sermorelin.
For optimal results, you would typically stack two - three of these as they work far better together.
Peptides for Fat Loss
Peptides that help fat loss are actually already used in the medical world as an anti-obesity treatment - well, certain ones are. The mechanism in which they do this differs wildly from one another.
Peptides that increase lipolysis (the act of actually causing fat loss from the adipocytes) include any of the ones that increase human growth hormone production (see above), AOD-9604, HGH-Fragment, and Carnitine (not a peptide, but worth mentioning).
The other fat-loss peptide that needs to be mentioned is Semaglutide, which regulates insulin levels, slows gastric emptying, and decreases appetite.
These don’t typically need to be stacked with one another, but most individuals do.
Peptides for Muscle Growth
Peptides for muscle growth are sometimes used in the medical world to help those that suffer from muscle wastage. Athletes and the general population might also use these to beef up a bit. These will all work in various different ways, similar to fat-loss peptides.
The peptides that increase human growth hormone will all aid in muscle growth. They do this by increasing IGF-1 production in the body. IGF-1 will bind to all the cells in the human body and enable growth - including muscle cells and bone cells. As a nice bonus, these will also boost skin and hair health.
Or, if you’d like to just skip the whole HGH process, just use pure IGF-1. This can be purchased in various forms, like IGF-LR3 (a longer version - a longer half-life) and IGF-DES (an altered version with improved performance).
Do take note that there is a direct link between IGF-1 and cancer cell growth. If you have a family history, watch out.
There are various other peptides that can help with muscle growth. PEG-MGF can aid in recovery and muscle growth. ACE-031 and Follistatin are known as myostatin inhibitors. Myostatin is a naturally occurring protein in the body that limits muscle growth. By inhibiting it you could potentially unlock a world of gains.
These peptides are almost always stacked with one another.
Peptides for Anti-Aging
Peptide therapy has become incredibly popular for its ability to reduce the signs of aging. This is mostly used by those who want to improve skin and hair health. The way these peptides work differs widely from one another.
First, all the peptides that boost HGH production (and pure IGF-1) will aid with improving skin health as well as hair health. Then, we get to the interesting stuff.
Matrixyl is known as a lipopeptide – an amino acid chain mixed with fatty acids. It works by increasing elastin and collagen production - both essential for wrinkle and skin health. Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 is a peptide composed of the amino acids glutamine, glycine, arginine, and proline. Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-7 was developed to improve skin tissue as well as nervous tissue, making it perfect for anti-aging.
Copper peptides (such as GHK-Cu) are synthetic peptides that can be found in many skin care products. Copper peptides can improve collagen production as well as help in overall health.
Peptides for Injuries
Injuries can be prevalent in athletes and the general population as well. Of course, we’d like to recover from these as soon as we can. Certain peptides (that are even found in the body) can be used to boost recovery in various ways. There are two main ones we always refer to.
TB 500 is a synthetic analog of thymosin-beta-4 (TB4) and has been found to reduce inflammation while also increasing angiogenesis. The latter of which simply means increased blood flow to the area by helping the body grow more small arteries. BPC-157 (Body Protection Compound 157) is found in the gastric system of the human body. BPC also increases angiogenesis and can reduce inflammation in the gut system.
Conclusion
There are about 50 peptides available - actually, way more - don’t quote me. The point is there is something to stroke your needs regardless of what your dysfunction is.
While these peptides can (and do) help a ton each works in its own way and has its own side effects. Before using anything make sure you do your research about side effects, dosing, and the cycle plan - or, just hire a coach.