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victorbjorklundtoday at 11:51 AM3 repliesview on HN

Clearly they have effects. Heck insulin is a peptide. And pretty sure it has a benefit for those with diabetes. Dismissing peptides outright is just as silly as thinking peptides are the solution to everything


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estearumtoday at 1:25 PM

"peptide" is just a category of chemical. Some of them do good things, some do bad things, some do nothing at all.

Anyone talking about "taking peptides" as a meaningful sentence is absolutely dismissible in the same way someone talking about "taking chemicals" is dismissible.

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Legend2440today at 12:08 PM

You also wouldn't want to randomly inject yourself with insulin outside of medical supervision, because it can kill you pretty quick.

Injecting poorly-studied grey market peptides seems like a bad idea.

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timcobbtoday at 12:23 PM

How is insulin a peptide? Insulin is a giant folded protein

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