In this dynamic episode of Rush to Reason, Dr. Scott Faulkner engages with expert biohacker Jeremy Sova and peptide specialist Josh Gardner, unveiling groundbreaking insights into the world of peptides. They explore the limitations of traditional delivery methods and introduce a revolutionary oral dissolving film technology by Instamed that promises high bioavailability without the hassle of injections. Whether it’s enhancing beauty, boosting immunity, or improving cognitive function, this episode might just be the game-changer you need.
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Welcome back, listeners. Dr. Scott Faulkner on this Health and Wellness Wednesday, 560 KLZ, filling in for John Rush. I have in studio my guest, Jeremy Sova, expert biohacker. We have to my left, Josh Gardner, who is an expert in peptides, and Regina Naebritt, who’s just brilliant in everything, including mental health.
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No, not everything.
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Most everything. So before the break, just to give folks a recap who are just hopping in their cars, heading home now. One, be safe because the sun’s getting ready to set here in Colorado. So be very careful. We also had a moment of silence for the six troops that lost their lives over in Iran. Actually, they’re in Kuwait. So pray for their families, okay? And pray for wisdom for our president. I did also offer for John’s listeners on two days reduction in stem cells. I’m offering a 30% off. I do not discount stem cells, but in this case, I’m offering this. But you must take advantage of this on this Friday or Saturday. So call the office, 303-663-6990. That’s Castle Rock Regenerative Health dot com. If you want to go online, you can book yourself an appointment or just call the office 303-663-6990. So, yeah, go ahead. And I wanted to layer on that, too, in the first hour.
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And the waiting list is building, and it’s only 20 spots. So I think you have a handful left. So if you want to get on that list, I highly recommend it because I cannot wait to have it done myself.
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Yeah, so don’t wait. This is not one of those things that’s like, oh, I’ll get to it tomorrow. Price is going up. Price is going up. And if you miss it, you guys know me. I don’t discount things. Because we have the best and there’s no reason to. So with those, give the office a call. Josh, we were talking about peptides. Specifically, you had mentioned several great ones that you recommend in this world of cellular senescence or zombie cells. The thymusin alpha-1, GHK copper or GHK-CU. For those of you who forgot chemistry, CU is the atomic symbol for copper. And then the BPC-157. We just started to talk about delivery methods and oral versus your new technology. So why don’t you explain that again to the audience?
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So luckily for you guys as well, all three of those are available with the new technology. So no more shots. No shots needed. TSA friendly. No dosing errors. No cold packs. No cold packs. No just added hassle and cost. Shelf life of what? Shelf life of two years. Two years. You get a box from Dr. Scott and it lasts you a full month so you know when you need to give him a call and re-up on your supply. So we were kind of touching base on the new technology called ODF. And I’ll come back to that. But first off, we have traditional delivery technologies with peptides. We have the injection. There’s nasal sprays, which is slightly newer. There’s trochees, also slightly newer. And then there’s capsules. Now, the issue with trochees and capsules in particular are once they hit your mouth, it’s basically expensive chicken, right? So your body is designed to start breaking down amino acids the second it hits your saliva, which at the end of the day are peptides. They’re just amino acid chains. So when you’re taking these peptides orally, not only do they get broken down in your mouth, you swallow them, they start to, you know, kind of lose bioavailability from the GI tract. And then ultimately they go through the liver and you have first pass effect. So the kind of standard number with orals, and this is a capsule is about 10% bioavailability. Now there’s better oral methods, um, like liposomals, which is basically a peptide wrapped in a fat cell. And those are around 40%. So that’s kind of been the gold standard in terms of bioavailability when it comes to an oral delivery. Now, going back to ODF or this sublingual dissolvable technology where it goes and sticks to either the cheek or the buckle or the palate or the roof of your mouth. So once it’s there, The active in this new delivery technology pulls it straight through the mucosa membrane and goes right into your blood. So bioavailability, which they did a pharmacokinetic study, which was presented at one of the biggest forums for medicine or longevity medicine, which is A4M. in las vegas last year and in this study they did the glutathione strip glutathione’s great for detox you know senescent cells we just touched on that um but the bioavailability was 94 percent so that is revolutionary um rivaling and in some cases higher than the bioavailability of injection and again no need to shoot yourself no need to cold pack when you’re traveling or you know, worry about it in your fridge or pulling six units when you should have pulled five units. All of that mess is taken out of the equation when you have these pre-dosed oral dissolving films from Instamed. There’s seven different SKUs, which is what we call it right now. Thymosin alpha-1 for immune, GHKCU for beauty or collagen production. We have BPC-157 for repair, CJC-1295 ipamoralin for strength, We have PT 141 plus for intimacy and then NAD for energy and glutathione for detoxification. So you’re pretty much covering all umbrella categories with just these seven products.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, I want to touch on NAD in particular because I know it works across all seven that you mentioned, but it’s one that a lot of people have been using for quite some time for longevity, and they would use it either intramuscular injection or IV bag. And to your point about the bioavailability, the NAD plus in the IV bag and in the muscle shots, they’re finding in the lab that it’s getting into the blood plasma, but it’s not converting from the blood plasma into the cells, right? And for some reason, when you go mucosally above the blood-brain barrier, it’s getting into the mitochondrial cells five for five in the lab. So it’s actually more affordable and more efficient and better bioavailability than all the people that are going out and getting these IV bags, and they’re sitting there for two hours to get the NAD+, and these athletes are using it. So I assume that that is the case across all the different peptides, that if you’re taking them via shot or via IV, that it’s not going to be as good as the technology that we’re talking about here, which I’ve changed to across the board.
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IV is the gold standard in the eyes of peptide gurus. We know IV is typically the easiest way to have the highest bioavailability when it comes to any medication or peptide or whatever it might be. And I don’t want to say that this is going to replace injection by any means. I think injection still has its place in the market. But when it comes to a daily user, it is 100% a comparable alternative where you will not sacrifice quality.
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I’m going to go out on a limb and I’m going to say it is going to replace it. There’s absolutely no reason to give yourself a shot. Why would you do that? I hope it does. Because a lot of these things, people are complaining of the histamine release. So they get these red welts, and it’s painful, and it burns. Itchy. Thank you very much.
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I did THQ. I did it on my belt, and I was like all day long.
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It burns. The blue copper burns. I was itchy all day long. So I can tell you firsthand, because we’ve been selling these now for, what, four and a half weeks, and every person that I have converted over – they’re like, oh, thank you so much. This is a game changer. I can do this all day, every day. But man, I cringe when I have to give myself those shots.
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No, and I like that Josh is explaining the oral because I have a confusion with clients that it’s still oral. you’re putting it in your mouth but the difference is is the way it’s going into your body so yes both pill and the sublingual are oral because you’re putting it in your mouth but the way it’s being processed in your body is different yeah it attaches to the venous plexus and goes right into the neurons and the brain cells and mitochondria it doesn’t go down through the gi track and the liver that’s the huge difference yeah so as a doctor let me take a crack at this
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Actually, let’s take a break. And then when we come back, I’m going to take a crack at this because it’s going to be a slow explanation. But so people get that mental visualization of what is the difference. So we’re going to take a quick break. And then when we come back, I’m going to explain what is the difference. Dr. Scott Faulkner, 560 KLCB. 560 KLCB. We’ll be right back.
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T.J. here again with Al Smith of Golden Eagle Financial. Al, I’ve talked to retirement advisors before, and I don’t hear a lot of them talking about passive income, but I hear that in a lot of other spaces. So can you tell us a little bit about that and how that applies to retirement?
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Well, yes. And those aren’t necessarily things that I do myself personally, but many of my clients own real estate. And if they’re careful with how they vet their tenants, they’ll have a nice stream of income coming in. I’ve also met people who have investments in oil and gas, which generate a nice stream of income. I even know someone who has a rather expensive camper trailer that he will lease out to other people who want to go on a camping trip.
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So it seems like kind of the sky’s the limit for those kind of things. And how do you help guide folks through that? Or how does that apply to the different products and services that you give to folks?
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Well, I certainly don’t discourage it. But what’s nice about it is these are things you can invest in. And they’re totally separate from your IRA and the plan that your employer has, your 401k. These are things that you can do. completely independently of retirement plans through your work. And depending on how those are treated tax-wise, they can be a real enhancement to the other sources of income in retirement, your Social Security, pension, 401k, things like that.
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And that’s one of the things that we really love about Al Smith and Golden Eagle Financial is they get relational, and Al takes the entire picture into consideration. Al, tell folks how to get in touch with you if they want to schedule an appointment with you.
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Well, you can reach me at 303-744-1128. And if you’re driving, get in touch with KLZ, and they will put you in touch with me.
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And as always, you can find Al on klzradio.com slash money. Al, thanks.
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Well, you’re welcome. Thank you, TJ.
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive. This is John Rush.
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This is actually Dr. Scott filling in for John Rush on this Health and Wellness Wednesday. The nice thing is John gives me the first Wednesday of every month, so that’s why Jeremy and I, you get to listen to our voices along with Regina. But you gave us some disheartening news. You’re going to probably be leaving us in the summertime. Is that true?
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Yes, but I’m going to travel back.
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Oh, okay.
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I bought the Frontier. I’m not a big fan, but I’m a big fan of their special. You pay $350 for the year and you fly all you want. There’s some blackout dates, but it’s amazing.
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Yeah.
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So I’m going to use it and fly back.
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Good. All right. And Josh, you’re just going to be here whenever we need you, right? Hopefully. I might take advantage of that Frontier flight though as well. Yeah, click your hill three times and you’ll be here.
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We’ll totally see.
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And I’m chained to the desk, so no worries.
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That’s right. Good. So I was going to attempt – I know doctors sometimes talk Dr. E’s, but I’m going to give people that mental or visual reasoning why this oral disintegrating strip is different than swallowing a pill. So we’re going to start with the pill. So take your favorite pill that you take in the morning or your supplements or whatever. You put it in your mouth. As Josh said, the enzymes in your saliva are designed to start to break down peptides, amino acids. Then it goes down your esophagus into your stomach where it hits what? Hydrochloric acid, pH of about 2. So certain things, certain foods are designed to be broken down by acid. And then it goes out through your stomach into the first part of the small intestine, the duodenum. And when it hits that, your gallbladder squeezes, if you have a gallbladder, and it dumps bile, bile salts. So bile is designed to break down fats. And at the same time, you have through the common bile duct the pancreatic juices that comes from the pancreas. So that’s what digests the steak that you ate last night. So that’s why if you get a gallstone clogging up the common bile duct, pancreatic juices back up and your body is eating itself literally from the inside coming out that’s why pancreatitis is such a horrible condition and it hurts so badly because your body is literally literally eating itself so you got saliva you got hydrochloric acid you’ve got bile and you’ve got the pancreatic enzymes to break down carbohydrates so as that ball of juice is moving down through the small intestine The way God made you is there’s certain areas drop off, like the bus stops. So certain chemicals, electrolytes, water drop off at certain parts of the small intestine, and then it drops down through the cecum into the large intestine where other things get metabolized and through the bloodstream. So once, let’s say your bus stop is the third one, right, for these peptides. as now it has to move across the gut barrier. So usually it’s an act of transport. Sometimes it’s passive, but oftentimes it’s an active transport. So now you’ve got to make sure that your body is able to move that peptide across that mucosal barrier into the bloodstream. From there, now it’s in the bloodstream, in the venous system. The first place it goes is through the hepatic portal vein to your liver. And what was your liver designed to do? Metabolize things. That’s what you called the first pass effect. So that’s the oral route, so taking pills, things like that.
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It’s a long route.
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And let me layer on one more thing. Okay. There’s 35 million-plus Americans that take a proton pump inhibitor every day for gastroesophageal reflux disease or heartburn. Mm-hmm. That makes it even worse.
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Correct. So bad. Yes, thank you for that. That’s the first pacific. That’s why you say the bioavailability. How much of that – let’s say it’s 100 milligrams of X that you just took. That’s why, Josh, you said about 40 percent bioavailable. That means only 40 milligrams – gets into the system or as low as 10. Yeah, that’s on a good day. So ladies, those of you who have your doctor has you on, say, an estrogen patch and they have you on oral progesterone. Let’s say it’s 100 milligrams of progesterone. That’s why the progesterone isn’t working so well, because you’re only going to get about 10 milligrams into the system.
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They’ll just keep upping the dose.
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Correct. That’s why I like the topical creams, because same principle, we’re bypassing the gut, the hepatic portal vein, and the liver through the first pass effect. So we can use lower doses through a transdermal approach. Now, what Josh is talking about is… Let’s imagine you’re watching ER reruns, right? And a guy comes into the emergency room and is having chest pain, angina. We know it’s his heart. What’s one of the first things we do? Yes, we give you an aspirin. But the second thing we do is give you a nitroglycerin under your tongue. Why do we put it under your tongue or sublingual? Because what Jeremy was talking about is there’s something called a venous plexus. That’s fancy words for a huge collection of veins in that area. That’s a plexus. And so by putting it right under your tongue, it gets into the bloodstream instantly. We bypassed the mouth. We bypassed the stomach. We bypassed the intestines with the bile and the pancreas and going to bus stop number three. It gets instantly into the system. Now imagine you’re Mr. Peptide, let’s say NAD+. I put it at the roof of my mouth. That same principle applies to the venous plexus that’s at the roof of your mouth. So it gets into the bloodstream instantly. And oh yeah, by the way, that particular blood supply there is able to bypass something called the blood-brain barrier. It is very, very difficult to get things past the blood-brain barrier. God put it there for a reason. That’s why people have meningitis and things like that. It’s very hard for us to treat it because it’s hard to get antibiotics and things like that across the blood-brain barrier. So when we put an NAD strip at the roof of our mouth, It actually gets past that right to your brain. And remember what we’ve said in previous conversations. What cells in your body have the most mitochondria? Neurons. Brain cells. Right. In one neuron, there’s 2,500 mitochondria. Multiply that by 85 billion. So if you’re not having adequate NAD, and remember we said you can’t orally take NAD, and if you’re afraid of giving yourself a shot or whatever or doing an IV, who can come in and do that all the time? So we know that you’re gonna be deficient. So that’s when people start experiencing brain fog, and fatigue, and sluggishness. And they’re like, geez, I just need another cup of coffee. And I go tell my doctor, and he says, oh, your basic labs are fine. You must be okay. You are not okay.
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Just sleep more.
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Just sleep more, right. Or you’re depressed. Here’s an antidepressant. Yeah, there you go. Change your relationship. So hopefully that explanation explains what Josh was trying to explain, why these strips are so – effective. I mean, 94% of that medicine gets into your bloodstream versus 10 to 40%. And the shots, we’ve already said, I can’t stand giving myself a shot. I’m a guy. I’ll admit it. I’m a sissy. I have to have Judy give me my shots now. I’m that bad. But when these things came along, I’m like, sign me up. And now Jeremy… You’re a fan.
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Yeah, I mean, I don’t mind shots. I take two or three a week of all kinds of different things. But with the NAD over age 40, it drops off so precipitously that you need to consistently supplement it. So you couldn’t get an IV every day or give yourself a shot seven days a week. I take 100 milligrams every morning of these NAD submucosal venous plexus strips, and it is absolutely a game changer. And my red blood cell analysis shows that it’s saturated in a way that I couldn’t believe, and I think it’s continuing to climb. I don’t think I’ve plateaued yet.
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No. And that’s the amazing thing is even if you’re a kid, you give it to your son.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah. Yeah. So even younger people have a lot of NAD plus in the red blood cells naturally throughout the body. But to your point above the blood brain barrier and those mitochondrial neurons firing, it’s a sense of alertness and energy that it gives these kids a boost almost to the point that it looks like like something the anti-doping agency would get involved with eventually. But this is a natural thing in your body, so I don’t see that happening. But it is so noticeably different that he will not leave for the rink without NAD strips at this point.
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Yeah. And as I’ve said before, you lose 50% of the NAD every 20 years you age. Yep. So that’s why you have brain fog. One of the reasons why. It’s multifactorial oftentimes, but that is a huge one. So Dave, we have a caller asking a question about peptide. So Dave, you’re on the air with Dr. Scott and friends. What’s your question?
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Yes, I just missed a portion of your conversation. So I’m on proton inhibitors, and I’ve been looking into these NAD and BPC-157, but I’m just kind of confused. Do I need to be, or why do I need to be, or should I be on peptide? Any kind of a peptide like that and what dosages or, you know what I mean? I just clear up some confusion there because I don’t want to do anything that’s going to counteract medicine. And the unfortunate thing is I’ve been on that proton inhibitor for the last probably 30 years.
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Yeah. So Dave, I’ve been on a PPI for 22 years myself with it was as bad as grade three esophagitis and gastro esophageal reflux disease. And it’s in my family. There is no counteraction as a matter of fact, since I’ve been using these peptides in this anti-aging regimen that I’m on as a biohacker, I’ve gotten rid of the esophagitis entirely. I’ve cut the PPIs to three to four days a week instead of seven. And I found it to be very beneficial to layer on NAD+, glutathione, and BPC with the proton pump inhibitors. And I’m taking 40 milligrams of Nexium, so it’s the higher dosages. So as the non-doctor in the room, I’m going to kick it to the doctor in the room, but that’s my personal experience.
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Yes. So as we were discussing, Dave, yes, you do need NAD. Everybody needs NAD. If you’re 40 or over, I can guarantee you you’re deficient on NAD. And so as I was trying to explain, some of these medicines that you take need acid, an acidic environment, right? A pH around two, that’s what hydrochloric acid is. Well, now you’re taking a proton pump inhibitor. So in the Let’s go back to chemistry. HCl. H has a plus sign. It’s a proton. So your cells around the gut lining produce hydrogen along with chloride, which has a negative sign. You combine that, you get hydrochloric acid. That’s why the pH on the acidic side is down around 2. There are certain things that need an acidic environment to be absorbed or to be broken down. Well, oftentimes by taking a proton pump inhibitor, you’re kneecapping yourself. You’re not getting all the medicine through the system. So not only are you not getting the 10 to 40% absorption, you’re getting even less. So when you take these strips and you put it to the roof of your mouth, now you’re up at 94%. So you’re starting to fill your tank with NAD. And why do you need NAD? If you’ve missed our previous conversations on mitochondria, remember mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. And so your body has to have certain vitamins, chemicals through something called the Krebs cycle to take ADP, adenosine diphosphate, and convert it to ATP. ATP is the octane that’s in your gas tank. You must have it or you don’t function. So if you don’t have NAD+, you don’t have octane. You don’t have ATP. If you don’t have resveratrol, if you don’t have CoQ10, if you don’t have L-carnitine, If you don’t have alpha lipoic acid, all these things you need, including the NAD. So the short answer is not only you, Dave, but every listener needs NAD plus into their system. The best delivery method now, so you don’t have to take a shot or an IV, is the strips. Now, as far as the BPC-157, Josh, tell him, does he need BPC-157?
SPEAKER 06 :
In my humble opinion, everybody needs BPC-157.
SPEAKER 17 :
It stands for body protective compound.
SPEAKER 06 :
Exactly. It has been found in the GI tract. One of the first things it’s going to do is it’s going to heal your GI tract, your leaky gut. It’s being studied in the Mayo Clinic for a cure to Crohn’s disease. Exactly. And the short answer is everybody struggles with inflammation in their body. And if you want to aid your body in getting rid of that systemically, you’re a candidate for BPC.
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Yeah, I can talk to both vitamin D. Why I need 6000 I use a day and some people need three or four is because of that proton pump inhibitor. that I limited. So I wasn’t getting the bioavailability from the D because of the PPI. But on the track that we’re talking about peptides wise with, um, you know, the NADs and the glutathions, it’s very important to make sure you’re getting the bioavailability that you need. And it goes back to getting your biomarkers done and knowing because this stuff can be confusing, but you sit down with a doctor and you look at the blood work and they’ll pinpoint you safely in the areas that you need. But all of these oral peptides that we’re talking about pair very well with proton pump inhibitors. I think it actually has made my situation much healthier in my esophagus and my heartburn because I’m using these peptides and I’m weaning off of the PPE’s eyes over time.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah. So Dave, hopefully that answers your question. And if you want that free consult, you want to talk about it, again, call my office or go online, the 303-663-6990. I’m happy because I’ll do a bad business model, but it’s a free consult. And I’ll hold your hand and look at where you’re at, what you’re taking, and tell you, yes, first steps. We need the biomarkers because if we don’t measure it, we can’t manage it, and we sure as hell can’t optimize it. So that’s the first step. And then if you’ve got your regular doc and he’s going to help you, then I’ll give you a roadmap. If not, I’m happy to help you out. So, Dave, thank you for the call. We’re going to take a quick break, and then we’ll be right back with more to come. Dr. Scott Faulkner, 560-KLZ.
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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560. Welcome back, listeners. Dr. Scott Faulkner and friends. So thank you, Dave, for that question on peptides. Folks, if you have any more questions, we’re happy to answer them. 303-477-5600. Again, 303-477-5600. So talking about peptides, we want to transition now and talk about metabolic dysfunction. Which is another hallmark of aging. There you go. Sounds like a mouthful. So, Jeremy, metabolic dysfunction. Take it away.
SPEAKER 17 :
Okay, so the metabolic system, you know, you’re basically talking about, you know, most people think blood sugar regulation, hemoglobin A1C, making sure that you don’t get into prediabetes or full-blown diabetes. But the metabolic system is a whole lot more than just those threats. With insulin, and we talked about mTOR earlier, that, you know, that mechanistic target of rapamycin, which we’re managing with senolytics and rapalogs. Now, when we want to weave this in with the peptide conversation, I want everybody to kind of hear this, because I hear so much confusion out there. Everyone hears about these GLPs. They hear about Ozempic, and they hear about Monjaro, and they hear about Wegovy, and they hear about ZepBound. And everybody listening knows somebody that has a very good success story. They’ve lost a ton of weight. All of a sudden, they’re non-prediabetic anymore. Those GLPs, that stands for glucagon-like peptide. Those are peptides. So when we talk about peptides in general and we’re naming off all these different peptides, it’s from that same category. So if you’re a little bit hesitant about, well, these peptides really work or do they not work, take a look at the GLP-1 agonists as peptides and look what they’re doing for the world or for this country in particular. So I wanted to throw that out there because most people don’t kind of have a one-to-one with GLPs and other peptides. It’s the same mechanistic things that are going on with amino acids in the body and way more than I understand as just a biohacker, but I’ve used the stuff and I know how well it works. So, GLP peptides are very good for metabolic dysfunction, as we’ve seen. I microdose, you know, terzepatide every couple of days in small doses. I’m at my perfect body weight composition. It’s helping with my insulin that I track better. But it also helps with brain function. It also helps with my cardiovascular abilities. So these glucagon-like peptides have so much more good to give than society understands because they just think of it as like the skinny shot. And it’s unfortunate that most people can’t get it covered under health insurance unless their A1C is over 5.7 or they’re morbidly obese and they kind of have to struggle with some of the costs. The costs are coming down for some of these, which is great. But we’re going to talk about other ways to fix the metabolic system beyond the GLP peptides. We talked about metformin earlier. We talked about hormone balancing. If you get your biomarkers done, you’re going to look at a hormone panel. And, you know, doc is going to say, oh, look at these hormone mismatches that you have going on. Let’s address those with bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. So that’s a way to help the metabolic system. And something we’re going to talk about at length next month is the gut microbiome. That’s very important for the metabolic system as well. And a little bit further down, I’d like to talk about, again, I bring it up, therapeutic plasma exchange and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Those two things also are extremely important to help this metabolic dysfunction hallmark of aging. So with that kind of overview in that bucket, I’m going to kick it back to talk about some of the other peptides that can help in this particular arena for the metabolic system.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and folks, remember, when we say metabolic, metabolism. So part of that is your thyroids in there, your insulin level, and your cortisol, things that your doctor never checks. We check with 110 biomarkers, and I cannot tell you how many people I have found with disorders, and they’re like, oh, my gosh, and it’s the key that unlocks a lot of their issues. So as we’re always saying, if we don’t measure it, we can’t manage it, and we sure as hell can’t optimize it. And so by going that extra mile, finding these metabolic dysfunction things, Because it’s not a knee-jerk reaction. You come into a med spa or a doctor, you’re 30 pounds overweight. You’re like, doc, can I get on Ozemp because I saw a TV commercial or I’m going to go on HIMS or HERS or one of these other onlines. You’re not going to talk to a doctor. You’re not going to get good advice. So you’re kind of left to your own. to kind of pick, oh, well, this one, based on cost, is cheaper. Yeah, but like Jeremy said, if you have metabolic dysfunction, if you have insulin resistance, your A1C is, let’s say it’s, 5.9. Okay. You’re insulin resistance. Remember folks, we’re calling Alzheimer’s type three diabetes. You’re heading down that path. You’re already on that train. It’s just a matter of when are you going to get to the station? These medicines can actually reverse insulin resistance, reverse diabetes and and help heal you so you don’t get these disorders going down the road.
SPEAKER 17 :
And to layer on, we talk about what we call the hidden, the fifth horseman in the immune system. Metabolic dysfunction is one of the four horsemen. You’ve got cancer, heart disease, metabolic dysfunction, and brain disease. When you get these biomarkers done, you’re going to take a holistic look at all of these things, and you’re going to say, oh, well, I need potentially to look at an autoimmune disorder that I have or maybe full-blown autoimmune disease that we can reverse or tap the brakes on. But metabolic dysfunction could be related to other things that we’re talking about here. And just buying a GLP-1 online and sticking yourself with it, yeah, you’re going to probably lose some weight. But in the grand scheme of things, you need that doctor-patient, I guess we call it concierge medicine, where you really look on a patient-by-patient holistic view of everything in the body, the blood, the cells, the organ systems, everything. And I’ve gone like way into the weeds here where I’m tracking 730,000 different things because I just get so excited about the results that I’m getting from all of the biohacking. So I try to simplify it down into baby steps for those that are just kind of entering into this realm. But it’s a complex matrix. But if you find, you know, the right doctor and you have the right budget and you got an HSA plan, You can really take over your health and extend your health span. I’m going to lay across the tracks here and say that I can prove 10 years at least. 10 years is a lot of health span and a lot of time for you to be able to do the things you like to do with the people that you love or you’d otherwise be degrading down into a chronic disease path. And most people, they have blinders on. They don’t know any better because of the old medicine model. So my goal of coming here every month as a guest is to help break that paradigm.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yes. And that’s exactly what we do. And again, it’s a bad business model. But where else are you going to get a 30-minute consultation? And then get your biomarkers for $710. 110 biomarkers. I had somebody try to pay cash the other day at Quest. It’s over $7,000, folks, for $710. Then I give you 45 minutes to go over everything. And I never finish up in 45 minutes because I find so much wrong with folks. Then I got to sit there and put together the plan.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, not only do you find something wrong because I’ve worked with you, Dr. Faulkner, you educate people. I don’t think it’s a bad business model because when people hear you connect with them, they want to stick with you because you’re there really to help people and you’re there to take them on a journey of educating themselves with their body.
SPEAKER 17 :
The first step is not be afraid. Don’t be afraid to look. I have people that I love dear to me that are like, I don’t want to know because I’m sure it’s real bad. And I get it, but we’re at the point now in history with the technology we have in regenerative medicine that we can reverse this stuff even in later stages. The earlier you find out something that’s wrong, the easier and the cheaper it’s going to be to fix it. But putting your hands over your eyes and ears is the worst advice anybody could ever give because for the price of like two concert tickets today – you can find out everything that’s going on inside your body, then you can decide how far you want to go with it and what you want to do to fix certain things.
SPEAKER 07 :
And I try to meet you where you’re at, right? So if you don’t have a ton of money, then it’s like, okay, let’s get your mitochondria in order. Let’s get your hormones fixed. Let’s start with that and see if you don’t feel better. Now, if I come up with a plethora of things, I may say, okay, you’ve got the financial wherewithal. Let’s get your NAD fixed. Let’s get your hormones fixed. Let’s get your thyroid dialed in. Let’s get your whatever else. If your liver is off, how do we fix that? So I will meet you where you’re at in your budget. I don’t want you to go bankrupt on this stuff. But I want you to start on that journey and feel what it feels like to start reversing this and actually feel well. Because like Jeremy said, when you start to get a taste of feeling well, you want more of it.
SPEAKER 17 :
Yeah, Operation Superhuman is real. It continues to snowball. I can’t believe it. And I did have a conversation with a close confidant that really doesn’t have the means. And I said, look, if you’re interested in getting healthier and moving towards optimization… you can, a lot of things you can do for free, right? You can fix your sleep. You can put the right exercise regimen together. You can do breath work and get at first light and do meditation and focus on your stress and health management. You can eat the right foods and afford the cheap supplements for that nutritional biochemistry. So there’s certain things that you can do on a $0 budget that are going to help move the needle. Now, it may not move it as far as some of the medical interventions that we’re talking about here, but it’s a great place to start. And then when you start to feel better, you can say, well, maybe I do want to open up that HSA account and fund it each year and each year start to put more and more monthly into feeling better and better and better. And I don’t want to come across to somebody, you know, that, you know, this one percenter that can throw money at it and become the youngest biohacker like Brian Johnson. That is not my intention because I’ve actually been spending less and less over time because I’m fixing things that I don’t have to go back and fix again.
SPEAKER 09 :
Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER 17 :
So it actually, it almost crests like a bell curve where you get to a point where then you can, you know, fix all these things and then just start to live a healthy lifestyle. But the craziest thing to me is someone that wouldn’t pop the hood after all the time spent in the gym and trying to eat the right foods and which supplements should I eat. everybody’s different and what’s in your mitochondrial cells and your Krebs cycle and in your blood plasma. When you put that on screen and look at it and then run it through an AI analysis, you’re going to find out there’s so much that you can do for your own body. And I’m talking to everybody. Every single human being can optimize more than they are today. I mean, I don’t care if you’re the best athlete or you’re the healthiest, you got all the best genes. With everything that we have at our disposal now, I had a conversation with a gentleman today that his father passed at 97. He wants to blow way past him and live to 120, and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to do so. And he’s starting to see the ability to achieve those goals and he’s he’s an outlier in this conversation but the data that i’m seeing now if you started um at like age 21 with operation all the things the ultimate biohacker stuff that i’m doing i’m seeing 125 130 of being something that is very easily achievable from a health span perspective And God made us in a way that we can actually perform that. Even in the Old Testament, people were living 200, 300, 400 years. The body was designed, if treated the way it’s supposed to be treated, we just happen now to be unlocking these mechanisms at a speed, at light speed, and trying to give it all to you listeners. And we know it’s a lot. That’s why we keep coming back and back and back. But this stuff is real. And when I put my… case study out around, I think May, when the new facility opens, everyone’s going to see this publicly. And I went from real bad shape to now I’ll go toe to toe with any 48 year old when it comes to the numbers and the ability to push my body as far as I possibly can. And I’m forever grateful, Dr. Faulkner, that you’ve been able to help me achieve this and unlock this within my own personal budget. So thank you for the ability to get that out because it’s so important to me.
SPEAKER 07 :
It’s my pleasure. Thank you. So we’re going to take another break. And then, Josh, we want to hear from you and Regina on maybe your stories and how you guys are handling this because I want to hear the female perspective from you, Regina. And Josh, you’re just an expert in everything, you know, peptides. And I want to hear your thoughts on brain-derived neurotropic factor for, like, people with Alzheimer’s, things like that, because it’s such a big topic now. So let’s take a break. When we come back, we’re going to hear from Regina and Josh. Dr. Scott Faulkner, 560-KLZ.
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SPEAKER 07 :
Welcome back, listeners, to Dr. Scott Faulkner of 560 KLZ. So, Regina, in the last six minutes before we go to a hard break at the top of the hour, you’ve been listening to us. I want to give you an opportunity from a female perspective to just really give your thoughts, your gestalt of what we’ve been talking about. We’ve kind of monopolized the airtime.
SPEAKER 13 :
So I think one thing as a female, when you hit your 40s, you’re dealing with a plethora of things, hormone changes, body changes, and you’re watching yourself age. You’re also feeling that you’re aging. And I always think outside the box. Even when I treat with my clients, I don’t think traditional. I think of how can we become better, right? And how can we do it through science and also emotionally? So I went on my journey with peptides, really going down a rabbit hole, learning how can I connect my hormones with peptides feeling better and also keep the grace of aging physically better. I’m 47, and I have people who tell me, what do you do? And it’s, yes, genetics is a thing. But I also think how I take care of myself is a very important thing. And I think peptides have helped me take care of myself better. It gives me the energy. It gives me the motivation. It also gives me the mindset that I’m able to have drive to take care of myself. The little whispers in my mind are more quiet. My hormones are more regulated because of peptides. And when I say peptides, I talk about NAD, microdosing terzepatide. taking BPC-157, glutathione, big powerhouses, and taking those over a period of time, I know I have helped myself heal things that I felt in my 30s that I don’t even feel in my 40s. I feel like I’m in my 30s. versus in my 40s. It’s like reversed.
SPEAKER 17 :
I even say 20s now. It’s crazy.
SPEAKER 13 :
Yeah, I know. And even my workouts, lifting weights, I feel stronger. I feel that I could last longer in my workouts. And I also feel being 47 and having this hormone disruption, and ladies out there who are listening, it’s a dark hole. It’s like you’re like, what am I going to wake up to now? How am I going to feel today? Am I going to be moody? Am I going to be tired? All these questions. What this does, these peptides, it helps you feel sane. It helps you feel like you have somewhat control over what’s going on. And that to me is a gift. It is a gift. It’s a gift to yourself. And when you do it right and you connect with the right doctor, like Dr. Faulkner, he helps you go on that journey and he’s so passionate and compassionate and he listens. And that is one thing with my journey that I’m thankful for Dr. Faulkner is, is I know that I’m a, I’m a seeker. I’m a seeker of information. I’m not going to take, Oh, Well, that’s just aging. Okay, well, let’s just age. I’m like, no, no, no, no. No, there’s people out there who are not even, they’re living in, you know, in tribes and they’re not having all these inflammation, all these problems, all this debilitating feelings, waking up feeling disconnected from their body. What are they doing? Well, they’ve been doing it for years. They’ve been tapping into stuff.
SPEAKER 17 :
Not eating the U.S. food supply.
SPEAKER 13 :
Not eating. Well, that’s another area.
SPEAKER 17 :
Now there’s cell phones.
SPEAKER 13 :
Well, we talked in the beginning of this show is learning about temptation, learning about being able to put boundaries. And that’s with food. That’s with health. That’s with even people in your life who are draining energy out of you. And I believe women in general, you need to protect yourself from that. You need to be educated and you need to form boundaries. You need to form a relationship with yourself. and peptides i feel give you that space to give that energy that you are lacking because of the differences in your body but then it connects you back and you could feel regenerated you feel a collectiveness within yourself that’s at peace and that’s my journey and i really preach peptides i preach peptides especially for women in their 40s all all ages obviously But women in their 40s, if you are not tapping into some peptides just to feel the difference, to help your biology, just connect better, then you are missing out.
SPEAKER 07 :
Yeah, and remember, like Jeremy said, the GLP-1s are peptides, folks. So if you’re thinking about, oh, should I or shouldn’t I with the Ozempic, Wegovi, Monjaro, Zetbound, and now this latest one, this Reta-Trutide thing, GLP, we call it three, right, so we don’t get sued. It can be overwhelming. But call the office and sit down and I’ll explain all of this to you.
SPEAKER 13 :
And not only will you explain the weight loss aspect, you’ll explain the things that are just even more important. the inflammation lowering and the connective to eating better.
SPEAKER 07 :
Uh-huh. Yes. And giving people that willpower because how many of you when you get home are going to sit down and you’re going to snack out and pig out and then tonight you’re going to sit on the couch and you’re going to eat a bag of Fritos and then you’re going to look at it and go, Oh, why did I eat that bag of Fritos? Right. Or if you had a glass of wine, which turned into two or three, why did I do that? So these things can help you, but you need the right person. So give us a call at the office 303-663-6990. I hear the music. So we’re going to take a hard break. We’ll be back at the top of the third hour. And then Josh, I’ll give you a chance to talk about yourself and your journey. Okay. So Dr. Scott Faulkner, 560 KLZ and friends. We’ll be right back.
SPEAKER 1 :
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