All About Peptides with Dr. Adam Boender | 017

Dr. Adam Boender: People deserve to feel well. People deserve to heal. People deserve to know that they can live a legacy, not just leave one behind, that they can actually have joy in their life.

Dr. Fab Mancini: Hi everyone. This is Dr. Fab Mancini, and I'm super excited that you're here with us, because today we're going to be talking about peptides. Yeah, I know you've heard about peptides. It's all over the news. Google search for peptides has increased tremendously over the last few months, and I wanted to bring to you the person that I consider the leading force behind this movement. Dr Adam Boender is a leading expert in regenerative medicine, therapeutic peptides and also bio optimization. He's the founder of regenerative treatment centers and co founder of QA regen consultants. He specializes in non surgical, integrative services designed to address chronic conditions and their root causes. Today, he is going to be talking a little bit about his international work on cellular repair, metabolic health, longevity science, and also the fact that he couldn't be more excited about this topic. So Adam, it's so great to see you again, man, I tell you, ever since I saw you the last time, I can't get peptides out of my head.

Dr. Adam Boender: Yeah, the they're phenomenal. They truly are right? I'll just, I'll preface with this, whenever we start talking, I'm probably going to say the word awesome a lot. I'm going to say phenomenal. I It's interesting in the world of medicine. And we get this doc, and I love, I've loved connecting with you since we've met. I mean, as fellow chiropractors and just people that are passionate about progress. Truly, the excitement just comes out. And I can't help it, you know, I'd rather not use all the big medical terms and just stick with the cool stuff, quite honestly, but truly, yeah, man, peptides are, they are the wave of the future. I truly believe, when it comes to to medicine and the therapeutic effects that they can actually have just because of their specificity, their safety, their efficacy, they are truly transformative. They absolutely are well,

Dr. Fab Mancini: One of the things that I love about your lecture is attending your lecture, first of all, was transformational for me, because you're one of the best speakers that I've ever seen. But more importantly, you truly understand this subject. You know, the even in the healthcare space that I'm in, functional medicine, doctors, medical doctors, chiropractors, osteopaths, naturopaths, you know, peptides is really something that we don't cover very well in our school. So in our traditional education, it's not like they break it down. A lot of this, as you know, is new science. A lot of this is where the claims of people being able to try peptides for different things and people claiming the benefits that it had. So let's break it down. So let's start primarily by for those of people out there that are unfamiliar about peptides. How would you define peptides in the first place? What would be the simplest form that for somebody that never heard the word peptide? What would you say? How would you define it?

Dr. Adam Boender: Yeah, so peptides are very simply. Their amino acids is what they are. So most people have heard of what amino acids are, but they are amino acids that are in a very specific sequence. And it's typically between two to 50 different amino acids that are put together. And the best way you can think of that is like the alphabet, okay? So we have a through z, we have all of these different letters, and when we want to create a word, we have to actually take those letters out and we put them in a very specific sequence, you know, whether it's a DA or a, or and, or whatever it may be. And if you change just one of those letters, it completely changes the word. The same thing with peptides, the amino acid sequence has to be very specific. So, you know, like we've heard of BPC, 157, very specific sequence, epithal and very specific sequence. You move one and you have a completely different peptide and and ultimately, what they are are, they are basically signaling molecules in the body our body produces now. They're already made, and they work very, very well, so that that is really how how peptides work, is, they are ultimate signaling molecules that elicit a response within our system

Dr. Fab Mancini: Now for people to understand. And I just want to reiterate, these are natural substances, right? Yes, yeah, this is already substances that the body has created and the mechanisms have already lived within our bodies. So I often heard you talk about peptides as a software update. So tell me a little bit about from a consumer perspective. Let's say that I want to experience what the benefits of peptides are. How would you define this software update? I mean, what? What is it that by me introducing peptides in. Of my body, what exactly can enhance in my healing, recovery or in my health process? Because, as you know, a big percentage of Healthy People are utilizing peptides, not only for decreasing inflammation and and other things, but also more for longevity and able to leave their best as long as they can. So how would you describe this terminology of upgrading your software?

Dr. Adam Boender: Yeah, and that's, that's where I talked you talked about bio optimization and and, you know, there's the term biohacking has been used for so long. I think I, I pushed pretty hard on that when you listen to me the last time speaking. And so I want to make a clarification within that, because we hear of, like, the biohacking industry, a lot of these people that are pushing, you know, biohack this or that. And it's, there's a lot of FAD work within that. It's like, this is the biggest thing. Now, this is the next biggest thing. Whereas biohacking, I've always described as something that is forceful, it pushes your body into a response, whereas peptides, they help to in a sense, when they bio optimize, it's utilizing what your body already has, but bringing it to a level that can actually utilize it. Again. I truly don't feel that our bodies are deficient of anything. I think that our bodies are inefficient at utilizing what it has. And I described this actually, to a good friend of mine the other day, she was calling me because her doctor said, hey, you know, like I was told that my LDL levels were here and I'm nearly on death's bed, and they don't know how I'm alive. And she was freaked out, but yet she's feeling okay. These things are happening. And I said, you know, I said to what I go the thing is, when, when lab markers happen, when, when numbers are off. What is actually happening is that your body is in a survival mode. Your body will always do what it needs to do to keep you alive, to allow you to survive. And when numbers are off, it's just a signal to say, hey, how do we tweak this? Or how do we move it? So when it comes to peptides, knowing that our body actually naturally produces something like BPC 157 or epithelium, which is a great one for longevity. You know, it affects the pineal gland. It actually hits three different enzymes that can reset sleep cycles. It helps with telomerase. It helps with DNA repair. So knowing that it produces that when somebody is literally looking for a change, these peptides are going to optimize the effectiveness of what your body already has in your body is probably, I would say, exhausted. We talked about cellular exhaustion, signal exhaustion. It's like reading glasses. And this is usually analogy I use, is it's reading glasses. It's not pushing the body, but when we put reading glasses on, it focuses on the thing that we're looking for specifically. And peptides are very specific. It's not going to weaken the eyes, just like it's not going to weaken your receptors or weaken weaken the end result. It's going to optimize what needs to be done. And that's really the foundation of peptide therapy.

Dr. Fab Mancini: Well, you know what I love about that is because I've always said that the best products that we can put into our bodies are the ones that are aligned with nature. Is the same from you, because you've educated me really well as you educate many of us doctors around the nation. Is peptides really is an enhancer of what's already there, and some people need a little more than others, but let's talk a little bit about your experience in this world when it comes to potentially diminishing or reversing chronic disease. We know that we have an administration that has made it very clear that the number one crisis in America is chronic disease. It's over 90% of our cause is what's making our loved ones suffer is where traditional medicine has not been very effective in reducing over the years. How would you share with us? Maybe? Why don't you share with us? Maybe one or two cases of where you have seen where peptides can be potentially a great consideration for people if they're struggling with some of the chronic diseases that right now are pretty much the majority of the conditions that people are suffering from.

Dr. Adam Boender: Yeah, no, absolutely. I think one of the first ones that comes to mind now I'm actually gonna talk about my son and my daughter. They actually both had concussions, actually, in the in the same week, I'm Lena, my daughter's a national I do need to to shout this out. She just won her national competition this last weekend, so she's a national champ, but she's a flyer. She got dropped to hit her head. You know, she she missed quite a bit of school. My son played lacrosse. He got hit, head, flung back, hit the ground, and you could tell, you know, that he was dazed. He didn't know what was going on. And I understanding that. And just I think of head injuries, you know, trauma that has happened from auto access, the effect that can happen down the road, chronically with our brain is, is pretty detrimental. I. I started giving my kids dihexa It's a peptide that actually helps with neuronal synapses, reconnecting those synapses helps with cognition, recognition and healing. A lot of the research supports its use in things like Alzheimer's and dementia, which are chronic diseases. You know, I think all disease starts with disease, and then, because it continues, just has this cascade effect. Aging, ultimately, is a disease. It's just an acceleration of that miscommunication. And so I got my kids on dihexa immediately. They didn't know what I was giving them. They just said, Okay, Dad, I'll take the pill you're telling me to take. Within about five days, my son was listening to something like this. Us talking about how di hexa does this, and he looked at me, and he just goes, Hey, Dad, like, this is weird, like it helps with focus. And I said, Yes, and he goes, the last three days, I've been hyper focused and not knowing why, and I think that's one of the biggest things, is what we can in a sense, obviously, he had an injury, but that can lead to chronic issues. But if we can be proactive instead of reactive, that's really, I think where, where the state has to go is, is, is waiting until the crisis to try to find a solution, and so prophylactically, that's where I think peptides truly can play a role. You know, there are conditions like cancer, there's conditions like autoimmune conditions, and I've seen many of clinics I've worked with and clients that have utilized a peptide like thymosin alpha one. You know, our thymus gling actually dissolves, goes away over time, but it works very, very well on immune system function in inflammation. So utilizing a peptide like famosan Alpha One reduces inflammation naturally increases NK cell therapy, or NK cell activation, natural killer cells, which can target cancer and build that self immune system to again, help to lessen that inflammatory response. Because we know that chronic disease, massive inflammatory issues, chronic inflammation, which suppresses the immune system and has these effects. So, you know, a lot of it is really where the research supports it and and I've been fortunate enough to be able to see some of the true experiences and clients and other people and even clinics utilizing these to transform the lives of patients. And, you know, we can go into diabetes. We could go into what some of these GLP ones are doing when utilized, right? Ultimately, they're utilized to help regulate insulin levels. They're showing now that there's tremendous research for neuronal benefits, same with BPC, 157, I can go on and on, because these things are awesome.

Dr. Fab Mancini: Well, let's, I mean, you brought it up, and I think it's important to because right now, the GLP ones are probably the most talk about peptides out there. In fact, may very few people know that there is many peptides like the GLP one that have been helping people tremendously with their conditions. So why don't we break down? In your opinion, because you've seen this grace. You've been in this space, you've trained the doctors, you talk to patients and consumers, yeah. Where do you see the value right now? All the GLP one, especially as you know, we have a major problem with type two diabetes in this country, and we have an obesity pandemic that is all over the place. So where do you see the benefits there, and what are the really the facts behind that? Because I also see some misinformation, and unfortunately, marketing sources that tend to over promise and under deliver. But what is it that we really need to know about? Probably the most popular peptide, or even substance out there that is just going crazy, not only in the United States, but all over the world? Yeah,

Dr. Fab Mancini: Well, let's talk a little bit about another one that has gained tremendous amount of attention, and that is NAD. So tell us a little bit about, in your opinion, what is the value of NAD peptide right now, not only when it comes to longevity, I know it's associated a lot with cellular information, but also aging, anti aging. So what would be your take as to why has that peptide become so popular?

Dr. Adam Boender: Also, yeah, well, so I'm gonna on that NAD is actually it's a coenzyme. So it's a coenzyme that your body naturally produces as we age. It becomes less efficient NAD as it goes through the Krebs cycle. So we're going back to, like early science, this Krebs cycle, which produces ATP, that's adenosine triphosphate, that's the energy source for our cells, that gets into our mitochondria that allows us to well, to live our life, to produce more energy. So entity is supposed to be recycled well as we age due to environmental factors communication, it's not able to do so, but when utilizing that through subcutaneous injections, im IV, there's a couple things that it does. I mean, it replenishes that ATP, so increases that mitochondrial energy, but actually helps with serotonin, dopamine reuptake, helps with gut health. So it really is a revitalizing coenzyme that, yes, I always called it like the Superman or the Superwoman vitamin coenzyme. That's like, it's a boost, and it works so so well. Now a little trick of the trade that I tell people, if you really want to get like the beyond superhuman energy, then I typically will combine that with a peptide called mod c. It's a mitochondrial derived peptide that works internally within that mitochondria, or even SS 31 that actually helps with mitochondrial DNA repair. So sometimes, stacking those things, you get energy that you've probably never experienced again. Well, I just turned 44 so if I could have energy like I did when I was 34 or even 24 I'll take it. That's not a promise. This is a disclaimer that that doesn't mean you always will, but yeah, those are some incredible peptides to even bring on with NAD to really kind of boost that energy so you don't have that, you know, that midday slump, and you can just feel like you again.

Dr. Fab Mancini: Let's talk a little bit about how peptides have been integrated into the healthcare system. We're seeing that more medical doctors are adding peptides to the regimen function. Neuromedicine doctors, for sure, being the leading torch. I've even seen chiropractors that are integrative doctors that are adding peptides into their solutions, and the same for osteopaths and others. So tell me a little bit about why should a doctor, especially a doctor that's trying to get to the root cause of a problem, why should I consider peptides, and is this something that, even though they weren't trained in school, is it something that could be easily integrated into their practice?

Dr. Fab Mancini: Now we talked a little bit about GLP one and NAD, what would you say are another three that are very in demand because of their effectiveness in the body,

Dr. Adam Boender: Yeah, DPC 157 is going to be one major one, and a lot of times it'll be utilized with thymosin beta four or TB 500 combined. They call that like the Wolverine stack, like the comic book character, just to the accelerated healing process. And they work very well synergistically. Now, BPC stands for body protection compound. It's actually naturally produced in your gut, the GI tract, because I mean our gut, our skin, they heal very rapidly. So there are components in there and peptides that allow that process to happen at BPC naturally increases endothelial nitric oxide, so that vascularity effect, it's used for gut health prones. And then joints, that's a big one for joint health, because we know ligaments, tendons very avascular. They don't get a lot of blood supply, which is why they're hard to heal. And then TB 500 helps with extracellular matrix production, activating stem cells to be produced fiber and collagen and so that stack really has some tremendous benefit. You know, I always go to dihexa just because of his neuro neuronal but the full reset peptide that I have just been blown away by with its efficacy, the results is epithelium, and a lot of it was early on research from Dr kavitz and out of Russia, he is. He's no longer with us, but, I mean, he really is, like one of the godfathers of peptide map therapy. But epithalin is, as I mentioned earlier, it's a DNA reset. So how many people do we know that just need a reset within their system? Ultimately, it's like we have a lack of communication, we have a lack of resources, you know, we don't have the right environment. And so when we can re establish that on a DNA level, you know, and allowing the the telomerase. So, you know, our telomeres shrink as we age, every cell replication. So if we could slow down that replication process, then we're going to have longevity and the effects that it has overall. One of our good friends, she wears a whoop watch so she documents everything her sleep cycles for restful sleep and epithelium. You do it's a 10 day cycle, 10 milligrams a day for 10 days. You only do it twice a year. You. Within three days, her restful sleep went from like she was only getting like 30% of that deep, restful sleep, up to like upper 50s into the 60s, and she just shared her story like two days ago. It's six months out, and her sleep is still solid. It hasn't gone back. So now those are just a few of those are my favorites. Quite honestly, if I have to pick a few, I would keep going. But I know we don't have a lot of time.

Dr. Fab Mancini: No, no, no, and what I love to hear is that is so fascinating, because for most people that may be listening right now, they're not familiar, they're not familiar with all these peptides. For you, this has been your your wheelhouse, this in your space, but I also have known you for many years, and I know that you are very scientific evidence based type of provider. So let's talk a little bit about where are we in the science of peptides, and especially, what are you seeing there that has allowed pep test now to be utilized so much more, and potentially maybe even be fully integrated into our healthcare system.

Dr. Fab Mancini: Well, I love about the fact that it's becoming more and more accessible for the public. I love the fact that we're seeing more writings and more education, not only in books, lectures, programs, podcasts. We've seen some of the biggest podcasts out there talking about the benefits of peptides. What would you say in closing is, the one thing from all the experience that you gather, all your ability to witness the value that it brings someone's life, you know, especially someone that doesn't feel there's any hope out there for them. What would you say is the one thing that you wish everybody would know about peptides that you've been exposed to that for so long that you still feel a lot of people don't understand?

Dr. Adam Boender: Yeah, I truly think that in the world of regenerative medicine and peptide therapies and these modalities is that people deserve to feel well. And I think too often we live in such a sick, chronic disease state that we become defined by that disease, and we get stuck in it, and we almost feel people feel like they don't deserve to get there they want to get to a place. In effect, most of the people I talk to, they don't recognize even who they are. And I think utilizing these modalities that are safe, that really are in a sense of utilizing the natural ability that our body has, that that people deserve to feel well, people deserve to heal. People deserve. Nerve to know that they can live a legacy, not just leave one behind, that they can actually have joy in their life, because chronic illness and dis ease is not joyful, and it has a ripple effect that goes beyond just that individual. Or it affects families, it affects communities, and I just see a vision where, you know, we can be a country, I say a person, to a family, to a city, to a state, to a country that can truly redefine what health is, because health is human. That's ultimately what it is. And so yeah, what I would say is people deserve to live their life in abundance and and I want to be a part of that.

Dr. Fab Mancini: Well, I just want to say thank you on behalf of so many people that you've impacted with your life work, and for those of you that are listening, I hope you enjoyed and got tremendous value on this one subject that I'm extremely excited about, because of not only what it's doing for so many people that are struggling with chronic disease, but also the fact that more and more research is coming about and more implementation is happening across the healthcare and it's one thing that you should look into. I'm going to go ahead and put here in the in the notes, the information, where you can actually get more information and reach out to Dr Adam directly, so that way you can also benefit. And if you want to experiment it, just ask, because this is the one thing that I can tell you from personal experience, I think you're going to be extremely surprised, extremely grateful that peptides have coming into your life. It is one of the most exciting things that are happening in regenerative medicine, but I'm also seeing great, great results in our mission of reducing and reversing chronic disease. God bless you, and I will see you on the next show.

Dr. Adam Boender: Thank you.