Wanted to share this story from a chat with a community member. She is 36 years old and has been struggling with Inflammation, edema (water), is the tension for the past six years. Tried a variety of functional protocols and made only small amounts of progress. After being on Reta around 2 mg/week for the past six months, she has lost 11 lbs., And is in the best shape of her life! I hadn't seen her for the entire six-month period, and it honestly took me a few minutes to recognize her, which is a testament to how transformative these molecules can be!

Lp(a) went from 91 to 64!!! I only checked this marker about a year ago, and had been on Tirzpeatide from May to December, but this was a big win because supposedly you only need to check this once because there is "nothing" you can do about this genetics marker and this peptide proved otherwise! LDL went from 105 to 99 Non HDL went from 119 to 115 Total Cholesterol went from 181 to 176 Triglycerides went from 56 to 69 ApoB went from 89 to 79 HbA1c went from 5.4 to 5.1 Insulin went from 3.2 to 2.5 Fasting Glucose went from 82 to 72 The other biggest win was on my CGM - anytime I had any carbs or sugar - unrefined or refined) (even paired with protein), my blood sugar would spike to 230! Now, with tirzepatide it never went above 170 - and I tried all kinds of food - juice, a cookie, GF pasta, meat with rice. My glucose has never been high, but using a CGM showed how sensitive I was to grains and sugar.

Which peptides are your favorite to improve sleep quality and how would you use them?

"I put my mom on 5mg daily for 5 days on, 2 days off because she was having hernia surgery. Anesthesia that can impair mitochondrial activity, and SS-31 can protect against this. She had incredible energy the day after surgery and a beautiful recovery (of course, BPC 157 was part of her pre and post surgery protocol, too!)" -reposted from @Meki Blackwell

I have a client that has been using tirzeptatide for addiction healing. He currently has a food addiction but previously it was alcohol and before that it was opioids. Even micro-dosing tirzepatide has been really helpful as a cognitive support tool. He describes it as "clearing the mental fog of cravings" which has been allowing him to think more clearly.