It works by upregulating the body's own healing mechanisms, not by introducing exogenous hormones
balance is key
High-sugar, high-fat (HSHF) diets significantly lead to an imbalance in the ratio of bacteria in the phylum Acidobacteria, Firmicutes and Thick-walled bacteria to those in the phylum Anaplasma, Aspergillus, Cyanobacteria, and Actinobacteria, which impairs the gut barrier function, and activates microglial cells in the brain, generating inflammation and affecting the cholinergic system to increase the risk of cognitive dysfunction (58, 59)
WHAT IT TREATS Stubborn fat, slow metabolism, low energy during dieting, and weight loss plateaus
This reduces inflammation
Reclassification is not supposed to be a route for unapproved drugs to get into the market, Janet Woodcock, a former FDA chief deputy commissioner who helped oversee the 2023 assignment of the peptides to category two due to safety concerns, told ProPublica before the meeting