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NAD+ Injections vs NR and NMN
Precursors Explained Most people who spend money on NAD+ injections believe they are delivering NAD+ directly to their cells, and that the injection is more powerful than a pill because it skips digestion and goes straight into the bloodstream. The first part of that is true. The second part is where the logic breaks down. To understand why, you need a map of how NAD+ actually works in the body, because without that map, the argument for injections sounds perfectly reasonable. NAD+, which stands for nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, is a molecule your cells use as a kind of electron shuttle, picking up and dropping off charged particles to power the energy production happening inside your mitochondria. Every cell in your body needs it constantly, and your total NAD+ supply turns over multiple times per day, meaning your body is continuously breaking it down and rebuilding it. The problem is that NAD+ is a large molecule, and large molecules cannot pass through cell membranes the way small ones can. The membrane is a selective barrier, and NAD+ does not have a direct transport mechanism that lets it cross intact into the interior of the cell where it is actually needed. This is where the injection story gets complicated. When you inject NAD+ into your bloodstream, the molecule circulates. But to get inside a cell and reach the mitochondria where it will be used, it cannot enter as NAD+. Instead, it gets broken down outside the cell into smaller components, specifically into something called nicotinamide, which is a simpler building block that cells can actually absorb. Once inside, the cell reconstructs NAD+ from that raw material through a series of enzymatic steps. The molecule you paid to inject was disassembled before it was used. What your cell actually worked with was the breakdown product, not the original compound. This is not a flaw in your biology. It is the system working correctly. Cells maintain tight control over what enters them, and they have sophisticated machinery for building NAD+ internally from precursors. The same machinery runs whether the precursor came from an injection, a supplement, or food.
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@Abran Pruneda danm it should have given credit where its due.
Tirz/Reta
Has anybody here ever stacked Tirzepatide and Retatrutide in small doses? Right now I've been on Tirzepatide for 2.5 months at 2.5mg. Thinking of adding Reta at 1-2mg. Tirz on Monday and Reta on Thursday. Any thoughts or experience with these two stacked? Thanks!
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@Abran Pruneda glucogon effect has studies not to be effective till 4mg
Where do you get your grey market peptides?
As I’m sitting here sipping my coffee and planning new episodes for the pod, I started wondering where you guys are sourcing your peptides. Obviously, I use Offline and Premier Pharmacy for mine. So, where do you get yours? Are there other companies I should check out? Have you had any issues with those vendors? I am truly curious. John
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I use Orbitrex, Apex-Peptides, Pro-Elite. The first 2 I use as they have first responder and or military discount. Apex even has nasal sprays already reconned. I have also access to telehealth for tricky ones I want to make sure I have oversight Like Mots-C when first starting out. elliemd.com
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@Alex Rodriguez I like my companies where you can use several discount codes and effective peps
Perimenopause
Hello! I have a friend having a hard time starting perimenopause.. what peptides do you recommend? Help please. Thaks
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I have listened to Johns episode and a few others. I hear from many of these that a microdose glp1 helps. My sister started tirzepitide and she said for the first time in years she had no hot flashes at night and that was with low dose. Hope that helps.
Peptides Organization
Peptides Organization Hey team, I’m newer to Peptides and wasn’t prepared to see how much it would have my attention and interests. Meanwhile I am accumulating a lot whether it’s supplies, tools, and most of all peptides. Does anyone have any tried and true organization for it all. Or any team mates want to share how they keep everything organized?
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question to you both do you buy in bulk from direct distributors? Would you be willing to share your source as so many are out there and who do you have faith in?
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Average Joe looking to be better. Army Retired, LEO Retired. Time to take care of myself, recreate my body after years of beatdown work.

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