Peptide Expert: What Do Peptides Actually Do? (EXPLAINED) - Dr Alex Tatem

This may be the most controversial thing

we have on this table. This is a peptide

that absolutely torches belly fat at a

disproportionate rate. And what we found

is not only do patients lose an

incredible amount of weight, but they

also get the best improvements we've

ever seen in their liver health. It's

absolutely wild. And I think this is

going to be a trillion dollar drug when

it comes out. And I brought you here

because you're an expert on this subject

matter. And it's worth saying that there

was some significant news about this.

>> Correct. from the FDA saying that in

July they are going to consider

legalizing seven peptides and by

pharma's estimate it might be the most

dangerous thing to their entire business

model.

>> So do you think it is plausible that big

farmer didn't want these in the hands of

regular people because they can't patent

this and it's powerful

>> 110%. Because the question isn't what

can peptides do, it's what can't they do

and we've got several peptides here in

front of us and I want to go through all

of them.

>> Let's do it. So, this is probably the

most well-known peptide for skin

complexion and it improves quality of

hair and nails. And then epialon is

maybe maybe not going to be the fountain

of youth, but I'm very skeptical as far

as that goes. Next, we've got this. And

if you injected that at night, it would

improve your quality of your sleep.

Next, melan too. And this will actually

end up giving you a deep tan in response

to just a little bit of UV sun exposure.

It'll also give you some of the most

impressive erections you've ever had in

your life. So, be warned. And what else

have we got? Oh my gosh. There's

methyline blue where people take it and

they think it's going to make them live

forever. Don't take this. It literally

will stain your nails blue and your hair

blue. These two here stimulates building

muscle. This one can aid with healing

after an injury. And then is this this?

This this. It's crazy. It's wild.

>> So why don't I take it?

>> Well, we need to talk about that because

there are trade-offs.

>> But also outside of the world of

peptides for a second. I've got these

three vials. Do you know what those are?

>> Yeah. This is unfortunately our future

if we're not careful.

>> Explain. So, what we've got here is

representing the fertility trajectory

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Dr. Alex Tatum.

There's this word that has exploded in

society in recent times. In fact, when I

look at the data, people searching this

word has increased by 400%

just recently. And that word is

peptides.

I have no idea what peptides are. I'm

someone that wants to be healthy, that

wants to optimize my health, wants to

live long, doesn't doesn't love aging.

>> Yeah.

>> And I'm told that this word peptides is

somewhat linked to it. So, I've brought

you here because you're an expert on

this subject matter. I've watched your

videos on YouTube. To start at the very

beginning, Dr. Alex.

>> Sure. What the hell is a peptide?

Peptides are a structural class of

medications. The best way to think about

peptides is that just like we have small

molecules which are drugs that are very

small taken in a pill and have a wide

ranging effect throughout the body.

Peptides are derived from little pieces

of amino acids which think of them as

the Legos that make up the human body.

The Legos that make up proteins. These

are fragments of proteins that are

designed to specifically target certain

receptors and affect cells in a very

targeted fashion. Or a best way to think

about it is a very specific targeted key

to unlock a very specific lock. So

instead of a small molecule that may

have a wide ranging effect throughout

the body, peptides are much much more

focused.

>> So you've got different types of Lego

cubes here. Would they be different

types of peptides or are they different

types of amino acids that come together

to make a peptide?

>> The best way to think about it is my son

loves Legos, which is why I'm glad that

we have these here. But he can take the

same set of Legos and he can build a

rocket ship and then just a few minutes

later he can build a pirate ship and

then he builds a race car. And he's

using the same Legos, but he's creating

very, very different things that all do

very, very different things. And so

peptides have become incredibly popular

because yes, we have some really

fascinating peptides that can help with

anti-aging, with healing, and with

tissue repair. We're going to talk about

some of those hopefully, but they can do

so much more than that. The first

peptide that was actually isolated and

used in medicine, was insulin back in

1921.

And then all the way in 1985 in the

world of urology which is where I was

trained we had luplide which is a

different peptide that again also had

peptide like insulin but instead of

having wide-ranging metabolic effects it

had an endocrine effect. It was designed

to shut down the production of

testosterone for prostate cancer

patients that needed to have their

testosterone taken away.

>> Interesting. Okay. So insulin is a

peptide.

>> Insulin is a peptide

>> because it's a series of amino acids

>> amino acids that are put together.

>> Okay. So you said that the combination

of amino acids forms a key.

>> So what is the lock?

>> The lock could be a cellular receptor.

It could actually be regulating a

certain pathway within the cell.

>> Okay. So let me repeat this back to you

to make sure I understand it. So

peptides are like a key.

>> Yes.

>> Which you can make by configuring amino

acids in a certain way. And there's

different locks in our body that these

keys can go into. So if I take, you

know, we got some peptides on the table

in front of us here. So, a a good way to

think about it is this. If you've got a

hammer, right, which is what a lot of

small molecules are, like you can do a

lot with that, right? Like you could a

hammer in a nail, but if you try to use

that hammer when you're trying to put in

a screw or you're trying to put

together, you know, a table that you got

from IKEA, it may not always end the way

that you want to. And that's the problem