Peptides: The Ultimate Body Hack?

Peptides: The Ultimate Body Hack?

From Science Vs by Spotify Studios

June 4, 2026 · 38 min

About this episode

This episode explores the science and potential risks of peptides, featuring insights from several medical experts.

Peptides are huge right now. Influencers are telling us they can work wonders for all sorts of stuff. Struggling with an annoying injury that won't heal?? Belly fat that's pissing you off? Low energy? Gut issues?? There’s a peptide out there for you. People are buying peptides off the internet and injecting themselves with them, saying it's life changing. But away from the internet hype, there is actually a potential revolution happening in medicine around peptides. So we’re finding out what scientists are excited about here, and we look deeply at the science behind two massive peptides: BPC-157 and MOTS-c. And we’ll also look at the risks: Could peptides give you cancer? On this episode we talk to Dr. Hassy Cohen, Dr. Keith Baar, Dr. Dhruv Khullar and Dr. Cory Mayfield to get to the bottom of this. Find us on Youtube! We're at https://www.youtube.com/@ScienceVsPodcast Find our transcript here:https://tinyurl.com/ScienceVsPeptides In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Peptides are everywhere right now (03:56 ) What are peptides? (04:39 ) The peptide revolution in medicine (09:56) MOTS-c: Should you take it? (15:56 ) BPC-157: Can it heal you? (26:33) What are the risks? This episode…

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Host: Wendy Zukerman

Guests: Dr. Hassy Cohen, Dr. Keith Baar, Dr. Dhruv Khullar, Dr. Cory Mayfield

Topics covered

  • peptides
  • health
  • medicine
  • injury recovery
  • energy
  • gut health

Keywords

  • peptides
  • BPC-157
  • MOTS-c
  • health risks
  • injury healing
  • energy boost
  • gut issues

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