Jun 29, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 10 segments
In this episode, we cut through the hype surrounding one of the fastest-growing trends in health and fitness: peptides. Joining us is Dr. Leigh Baxt, a translational scientist with experience…
Eryn StansfieldHostVinny RussoHostSo, um, because they've become one of the hottest topics, why do you think so many people are actually gravitating towards them right now?
But this hasn't really been a widespread thing in, uh, society until the GLP-1 receptor agonists kind of became mainstream, and everybody is now talking about them because, frankly, they've been a huge paradigm shift in terms of our ability to treat certain conditions, and they're amazing.
I mean, you now have ones like, you know, Retta, that are going to, in theory, make it so people don't need, like, bariatric surgery, um, because their effects are so strong.
So I think as these have become more mainstream, the idea of injecting medications is something that people are becoming increasingly more comfortable with.
And then you add to that the fact that these are peptides, so everybody's talking about peptides.
And then you add on top of that the sort of disenfranchisement of people from, like, the medical community, our issues with our healthcare, medical infrastructure, people not feeling as if they're being heard or like they're not getting treatment or support, um, not being listened to.
You know, I think people are looking for solutions, and so then you create this kind of perfect storm where you go to some Instagram page with some gorgeous woman who's, you know, in her 40s who's, like, super fit and injecting these peptides.
So, um, because they've become one of the hottest topics, why do you think so many people are actually gravitating towards them right now?
But this hasn't really been a widespread thing in, uh, society until the GLP-1 receptor agonists kind of became mainstream, and everybody is now talking about them because, frankly, they've been a huge paradigm shift in terms of our ability to treat certain conditions, and they're amazing.
I mean, you now have ones like, you know, Retta, that are going to, in theory, make it so people don't need, like, bariatric surgery, um, because their effects are so strong.
So I think as these have become more mainstream, the idea of injecting medications is something that people are becoming increasingly more comfortable with.
And then you add to that the fact that these are peptides, so everybody's talking about peptides.
And then you add on top of that the sort of disenfranchisement of people from, like, the medical community, our issues with our healthcare, medical infrastructure, people not feeling as if they're being heard or like they're not getting treatment or support, um, not being listened to.
You know, I think people are looking for solutions, and so then you create this kind of perfect storm where you go to some Instagram page with some gorgeous woman who's, you know, in her 40s who's, like, super fit and injecting these peptides.
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