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In this episode, I’m diving into the unexpected benefits of NAD+ injections—beyond just boosting energy. I’ll be sharing my own experience with NAD+ and some of the surprising ways it’s supported things like cravings, mood, and even skin health. Most people hear about NAD+ in the context of longevity or anti-aging, but there’s so much more to it. I’m highlighting three areas that really stood out to me: how it can help reduce addictive behaviors and cravings, how it supports glowing, youthful skin from the inside out, and how it’s made a difference in my emotional resilience and overall mood. I’ll also break down the science behind it in a way that’s easy to understand—so if you’ve been curious about what NAD+ actually does at the cellular level, this one’s for you. Let’s get into it.
Takeaways:
In this episode, we delve into the multifaceted benefits of NAD, particularly its role in energy metabolism and DNA repair.
I experienced unexpected improvements in mood stability and stress resilience following my NAD regimen, illustrating its neuroprotective properties.
Research indicates that NAD may significantly aid in reducing cravings, thus showing potential for addiction recovery support.
I found that NAD injections not only rejuvenated my energy levels but also visibly enhanced my skin's texture and elasticity.
The episode discusses how NAD supports neurotransmitter balance, particularly dopamine and serotonin, which are vital for mood regulation.
There is growing evidence suggesting NAD can improve sleep quality and regulate circadian rhythms, contributing to overall well-being.
Companies mentioned in this episode:
Peptique
Transcripts
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Okay, welcome back, everyone.
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I have been trying to get an episode out now for over a week, so I apologize.
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I love getting content out to all of y' all, but I've been so busy with the launch of the Peptique.
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I'm actually recording this on July 1st.
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I can't believe it's July 1st.
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And I've said this a million times before.
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I wish I was one of these people that had a month or so in advance of episodes that just seemed seamlessly rolled out, but I am it.
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I'm a one stop shop.
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I have to record, produce, edit all the things and it just takes me a little longer.
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And I definitely wanted to get an episode out before the July 4th holiday because I know a lot of you are traveling and if you're like me, you like to listen to podcasts in the car or on an airplane.
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So I've been working fast and furiously on trying to get this particular episode out.
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All that being said, when I was thinking about what I wanted to talk about today, I have a lot of different things that are going through my head and I don't know why this one is the one that just stuck with me, but I think it's probably because I'm currently taking nad, which is what we're going to talk about today.
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And there's a lot of information out there about nad.
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It's obviously extremely popular in the longevity and health and wellness functional health space right now.
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I get a lot of questions about it.
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It's actually not a peptide, but I do get a lot of questions about it.
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And I had some surprising effects from it that I we assumed we're going to get more energy and that sort of thing.
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But there were some other things that I experienced that I thought, oh, this is surprising.
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And the more I dove into it, the more that I was made aware that this is really not that uncommon.
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And there's actually research to back these things.
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But I think it's not talked about as frequently as it gives you the energy boost and the longevity piece and the mitochondria support and all of that.
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It was interesting to me to see how some of these lesser talked about benefits from NAD I experience personally.
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That's what I want to talk about today.
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I'm going to go into three things that surprised me in a good way since I've been taking nad.
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So let's start by talking about what NAD actually is.
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And like I said earlier, it's not a peptide, but it stands for nicotinamide Adenine dinucleotide, and it is a vital coenzyme found in every single cell in your body.
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And it plays a central role in things like energy metabolism, mitochondrial function, DNA repair, and more.
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No wonder we all love it, right?
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But here's the catch.
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Just like everything else, NAD levels decline as we age, and even more rapidly with stress, poor diet, alcohol use, lack of sleep, and chronic illness.
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And that depletion is linked to things like fatigue, chronic fatigue, brain fog, premature aging, and mood instability.
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So injectable NAD bypasses the gut and it delivers it directly to the bloodstream, where it can be used immediately by yourself, especially in high demand areas like the brain and the skin.
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So I want to break down three of them as surprising benefits where NAD injections are actually in research showing game changing potential, but that I personally experience myself.
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The first one is with addiction and craving reduction.
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And where I don't have addiction issues, I definitely have cravings.
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And this is one of the more promising, lesser known uses of NAD was actually in addiction recovery.
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Research and clinical practice have shown that NAD helps replenish addiction brain chemistry that gets depleted by substance abuse, things like alcohol, opioids, nicotine, and even sugar.
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So the NAD is used to restore neurotransmitter balance, particularly dopamine and serotonin, which are critical for the reward and mood signaling in our brains.
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And by supporting mitochondrial function in the brain, the NAD reduces neuroinflammation and enhances brain repair.
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And this helps reduce cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
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So for me, I just realized, like, I wasn't having the cravings, and if I was having wine or something, I really didn't want it that much.
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And so I definitely noticed some subtleties as far as, like, my cravings were concerned.
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So you can start to see how someone has really bad addiction problems or cravings when it comes to food and stuff like that, with how this interacts with our brain chemistry, how this can really be a game changer.
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In fact, There was a:
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And while we need more studies on this, the clinical outcomes in this particular paper highlighted that their patients should improve clarity, mood, and reduce cravings in as little as three to five days.
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And some clinics offering NAD for addiction have even reported reduced detox symptoms and a shortened withdrawal timeline without the use of pharmaceuticals.
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So it'd be interesting even too if maybe you went out, had a big party or something that you went to, would drink a little more than you probably would normally.
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You could try doing maybe an NAD injection the next morning to see if it could get you over that hangover a little faster.
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So if you're not one of these people that severely struggles with addiction or cravings, little everyday uses like that, hopefully not every day, but little uses like that can also.
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I've heard people say that can actually really be helpful.
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But for me in particular, I just noticed because I'm a big.
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I like sweets.
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My cravings are not nearly like they used to be.
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Since I eat very clean, I just noticed I wasn't noticing it as much.
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And when I was, like I said, when I was having that glass of wine, one glass was plenty, and I really didn't want any more.
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It's almost like the wine tasted too sweet to me, which I thought was unique because that was not something that I had anticipated.
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And the only thing I changed at that point is that I'd started this nad.
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So I chalked it up to that's what it is.
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So know that it can help with those things.
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One of the other really cool things is how it can help with skin and anti aging from the inside out.
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Like the episode I did on the GLOW stack, this can help with that too.
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And so NAD works on the cellular level to rejuvenate the skin from within.
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It helps stimulate collagen production, and it supports cellular turnover.
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So meaning old damaged skin cells are replaced more efficiently with newer, healthier ones.
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We all want that, right?
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It also activates sirtuins.
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These are the longevity genes which are involved in DNA repair, and they reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, which are both major drivers of visible aging as well as internal aging.
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So you're not just getting better skin, you're repairing the underlying damage.
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Pretty cool.
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There was a study in:
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And this is the biological aging of cells, and it actually improved skin barrier function.
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People often notice a glow or a reduction in redness or even softening of fine lines after consistent NAD therapy.
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And I did a round of the GLOW earlier this year.
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And as soon as I got off that, I started this NAD plus.
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And I've just like.
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I've continued to see more cellular repair in my skin.
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My skin just looks better, feels firmer, the elasticity is better.
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I've had people mention it to me.
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My daughter said something to me the other day about how good my skin looked.
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And so I definitely think that the NAD is contributing to that.
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And that is something that I wasn't expecting, cuz I was really thinking, like I said earlier, I'm just gonna take this to maximize my energy.
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And it, it definitely has done that.
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But the skin rejuvenation was this other benefit that I wasn't anticipating with using NAD plus.
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All right.
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Mood, anxiety and stress resilience.
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So if you think about it, our brain runs on energy.
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And when your mitochondria are depleted, it shows up at low mood, anxiety, brain fog and irritability.
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So here's where the NAD steps in with that.
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It supports the serotonin and dopamine synthesis and it also reduces neuroinflammations, which is increasingly being linked to depression and anxiety disorders.
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It also supports the stress response by improving the function of the hypothalamic pituitary, adrenal, the HPA access and reducing cortisol dysregulation.
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So many people report feeling calmer, clearer and more emotionally stable within hours to days of an NAD injection.
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And there was a:
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But I will say for me, I have definitely felt the mental clarity at a higher level than I did before I started taking nad.
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I definitely felt the stress resilience.
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Resilience.
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I struggle with cortisol, keeping that in check, having imbalances there.
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I did an episode recently on adrenal fatigue.
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That's me.
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And I will just tell you that I feel like out of everything, the stress resilience and the cortisol regulation, that this has really helped me with that.
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I had just felt calmer, but also just the ability to be still and focused and get things done, particularly as I'm trying to get this new company launched and all of the stress and stuff that comes with that.
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And so I have really loved the way that has that that benefit have impacted me personally.
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But all three of these things combined has just made my experience with NAD this go around been very positive.
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I did an episode a while back about how I'd used it before it backfired on me.
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So I had some other things that were out of balance and I was overdoing it.
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So go back and listen to that episode so you don't make that mistake.
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But this go round I made sure that I was set up properly for it.
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And man, I am just absolutely loving it.
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And so you said, that's great.
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Tara, what protocol do you do?
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Okay, let's talk through protocol because there's a lot of different opinions on this and you know how I feel about this stuff.
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If you listen to me for any length of time, that we always start super slow.
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Let me also premise this by saying that I've never done the NAD IVs.
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I know they're gaining popularity, I have mixed feelings about them, but I can't really objectively say anything since I've never had it done.
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I just know that the mega high doses that you get from that can make you feel really bad at first.
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And I'd like to avoid that experience if at all possible.
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And then you get the benefit of it.
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It's pretty short lived feeling bad.
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The feeling bad part I think is pretty short lived.
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From what I've heard and what I've read about it, the mega doses can often can sustain you for long periods of times.
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As far as the protocol that with the injections, most of what I read says to do it two to three times a week.
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Do you know 100 to 200 milligrams, two to three times a week per injection?
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I have found for me that I like doing a five day on two day off protocol.
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So I get that steady stable boost every single day.
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And I originally started out doing 25 milligram doses and that worked great.
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This is one of those things that you take and you feel immediately.
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You don't have to wait for the results.
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You will feel the impact of it very quick, which is awesome.
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And so that 25 milligram dose for me was a great starting point.
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Then I slowly titrated up to about 50 milligrams which is what I'm currently doing.
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I know some people that will do a hundred milligrams a day.
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It really just depends on your unique biochemistry.
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I'm not going to recommend that you do anything other than start very slow until you see how your body responds.
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I personally like doing the five days on two days off protocol better than doing it a couple times a week.
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For those of y' all that are hung up on injections and don't want to do injection five days a week, then you can up the amount you're taking and do it two to three times a week and see how you feel on that.
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And right now I'm going to do like a 10 to 12 week cycle of this and then I'll cycle off of it.
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There's mixed things that you will find out there that says you should cycle on it or cycle off of it again.
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There's just not enough research out there yet to say how long you should do this.
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And so that's why I'm always going to tell you to cycle off of it, even if it's just for a couple of weeks, and then cycle back on it to give your mitochondria a rest.
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You can do other things during that time if you want.
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If you're wanting an energy boost, things like mot C5Amino1, those are all going to help the mitochondria in a different pathway.
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And so if you're worried, if you're one of the people that are taking it and you worried about losing that energy that you get from it, you could try doing that combination while you're off of it.
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I plan on doing that.
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When I finish, I will report back to everyone what that was like.
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But do your own research.
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I'm telling you, it works for me.
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When it comes to people that are going through addiction, withdrawal, those are really high doses.
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I'm not an expert in that.
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Most of those are done by IB for extended period of time.
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But do your own research on that if that's something that interests you.
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But I don't know that you're going to get the benefit with coming off some sort of addiction issue.
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Recovery by doing the protocol that I just discussed.
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With injections, maybe from a maintenance standpoint, yes, but not initially.
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So do your own research regarding that.
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If you have really severe fatigue issues, too, there are different protocols out there for that as well that can help really boost your mitochondrial health in order to get rid of that fatigue.
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But if you're just one of these people like me, who's getting older, I turn 50 in 12 days, y' all, and you really just want to feel the energy levels that you did when you were younger, then the protocol I just discussed would be a great one to start with.
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And I think that's it as far as this topic is concerned.
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Oh, let me say this.
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One of the other things, too, that I found interesting is it's been helping me with my sleep.
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You always want to take this in the morning because it does give you that energy boost and you don't want it to interfere with your sleep.
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But there is some research out there suggesting that it can help regulate circadian rhythm cycles.
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And I will say my sleep has been better.
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I'm going to do an episode soon.
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It may be the next one on what my sleep protocol is right now that has transformed my sleep.
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So it's been a real game changer.
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But this is part of it.
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I really do feel like this is part of it.
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Know that as well.
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And I think that at this point will wrap this episode up the Peptique.
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It's supposed to officially launch next week.
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Thank you to everybody who has reached out.
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We are shipping out orders every day right now.
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I get so excited every time I get one in.
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I love being able to bring these amazing products to you in a safe way that you can use even though we sell them for research purposes only.
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You can do your own research as your N of 1 and figure out how these peptides can work for you.
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Please feel free to reach out to me.
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I get questions almost daily off of the podcast.
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Last week I did a call to Action to follow thepeptig Hepeptique on Instagram and that the first a hundred people that commented podcasts would get a huge discount.
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That has come and gone.
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A hundred people came very quickly and that code has been given out.
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But if you want to sign up for VIP access to get all the good discounts, you can do that by going to vpepti.
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Com and you can get on our VIP list.
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I have about 500 people or so on it so far I think can't remember a lot of people signed up for that.
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So that's amazing.
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And you will get first access to all of our new products and you will get consistent discount codes that you can use with every single purchase.
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Let's see what else.
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Oh, I'll put all this stuff in the show notes.
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Continue to follow me personally at westwellness ats.
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I'm still doing all the nutrition and that sort of stuff on West Wellness by also the sidebar of the Peptique with the peptides and stuff but they cross reference each other constantly and I think that's it in regards to housekeeping.
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I hope everyone has a lovely safe 4th of July and be looking for more information for the Petite coming up really soon so you don't have to go through anymore to order.
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You can just go directly to the website.
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Again, send me your questions if you have any questions at all.