Episode 2
BPC-157: the 15-Amino-Acid Peptide From Your Stomach
BPC-157 is a 15-amino-acid chain your stomach lining produces on its own. This explainer looks at what published studies have measured in tissue and gut models, and what remains unknown.
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BPC-157: the 15-Amino-Acid Peptide From Your Stomach
Transcript
- Hi, Peppy again, and this is BPC-157, your body's own
- healing peptide, a 15-amino acid chain that
- your stomach is constantly producing to keep your tissues
- repaired. But your stomach only makes so
- much. And when life adds up, injuries, stress, gut trouble,
- surgery, your natural supply runs short
- and repair slows down. Here's what BPC-157 does. First, it
- tells your body to grow new blood vessels
- into damaged tissue. More blood means more nutrients and
- faster healing. Second, it activates the cells
- that weave collagen, so tendons knit back together. Skin
- closes. Joints feel cushioned again. Third,
- it calms inflammation at the source by stabilizing the
- cells that trigger swelling. Pain comes down.
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