I was talking with Joe the other day and while reflecting about our conversation, it made me want to share some thoughts with the group. Sorry for the long post. I did feel it was all important to share. This community was established to help teach everyone how to research peptides so they can learn about them, understand how they work and what they can potentially do to help our overall health and wellbeing. It is critical that every person own this research piece. We are used to going to a doctor, getting a prescription that tells us how many to take and how often to take them. That is not what peptide research is all about. Peptides are truly being researched by millions of people around the world. The peptides that are approved by FDA have those specifics days, times and dosages. The peptides we find on the Internet do not have that. This is the reason it is called research. When you start to truly research peptides, you will discover that there are varying and different opinions and ideas around them. One example I have is Retatrutide. There is a group I use for research, that says it’s best to microdose Reta. Take it either every other day or 3 times a week. Then there is another researcher who says to never microdose Reta. So I had a decision to make about how I was going to research this peptide. I know my body, I know how I react and respond to things. I know I have a very sensitive stomach and I felt like some of the reasons given for micro dosing, were built around reducing the gastric side effects. That made more sense to me to research it that way. Now I had a choice of how I wanted to take it. Did I want to do every other day, three times a week. I felt like every other day was good for me. Smaller doses and easier on my system. I researched it that way and it worked great for me. I later switched to 3 times a week as I wanted to reduce the number of shots in a week and that worked just as good for me. I also know of people who took it once a week and that worked great for them. This one peptide is researched in many different ways and that’s why you need to research it so you can determine how YOU want to use it. This life is your journey. You are responsible for making the choices of how and what you do on this journey.