Huberman Lab Clips
Where BPC-157 peptide comes from and how it affects the body: - Croatian research group in the '90s isolated BPC-157 from a much larger 40,000-unit peptide naturally found in the gut - it is 15 amino acids long and is not something the body produces on its own. - Researchers theorized the stomach contained a cytoprotective compound after Pavlov's gastric juice experiments showed healing effects on GI tissue. - BPC-157 accelerates repair by upregulating VEGF signaling (new blood vessel formation), boosting nitric oxide synthesis, and increasing growth hormone receptors on tendons. - Corticosteroids normally halt wound healing - BPC-157 administered alongside them maintained or even improved healing outcomes in animal models. - In mouse models, BPC-157 reduced intoxication, blunted alcohol withdrawal symptoms, and appears to modulate dopaminergic signaling - effects that get far less attention than its musculoskeletal uses. @AbudBakri on @hubermanlab