Not so much on today's episode, but on many previous episodes of the Huberman Lab podcast, we discuss supplements
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Peptide Science 14 min read Five Peptides Every Endurance Athlete Should Understand From Mitochondrial Signaling to Connective-Tissue Remodelingand How AI Helps By Tony Medrano, LongevityPlan.AI Five Peptides Every Endurance Athlete Should UnderstandFrom Mitochondrial Signaling to Connective-Tissue Remodelingand How AI Helps By Tony Medrano | CEO & Co-Founder | LongevityPlan.AI | March 2026 Introduction: Why Peptides Are the New Frontier for Endurance Athletes In the spring of 2015, a small laboratory at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology announced something that made exercise physiologists sit up straight: a sixteen-amino-acid molecule encoded not in our familiar nuclear DNA but in our mitochondrial genome could, when injected into obese mice, replicate many metabolic benefits of exercisesuppressing weight gain, reversing insulin resistance, and boosting endurance
These injections can significantly improve various aspects of your health and daily life
Aside from acute kidney failure, other most severe risks include: Liver toxicity Anaphylactic shock Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (a life-threatening skin reaction) Blood clots Neurological symptoms (like headaches, dizziness, numbness) A PDS report documented 69 cases of adverse effects , including renal failure, endocrine disorders, and severe allergic reactions
Many patients cycle through years of vague complaints before receiving a diagnosis