Peptides have created a lot of buzz in the fitness world today. Many people are going in the favor of these peptides and consuming them for burning their fat or building their muscles.
But what exactly are they? And why should one take them?
In this article, we will ponder over these questions only and make you aware about the peptides in detail.
What are Peptides?
Peptides are a compound of few amino acids (anything less than 50 amino acids is a peptide), and are essentially the small proteins. They have the same purpose of which most proteins have.
Our bodies need different kinds of peptides in order to function efficiently. Since they are made up of amino acids, the human body needs to consume or produce all the amino acids to form the different required peptides. But as we grow old, some essential amino acids are reduced in production, which also hampers the peptide production. There can be various reasons for this:
- Diet
- Stress
- Physical changes of body, and so on.
Hence, people start consuming peptides externally to fill up the deficiency and achieve the required results.
In nutshell, peptides are the combination of 2 or more amino acids, and work as the proteins in the body. Now, let’s talk about the benefits of using these external peptides.
Benefits of Peptides
Peptides basically act in 2 different ways inside a body. Some of the peptides act as hormones, while others act like neurotransmitters. Many of these peptides control the body on how it should react to the physical exercise and the diet.
Besides this, peptides are also needed to influence the production of growth related hormones, the human growth hormone, also known as HGH. Sufficient amino acids are needed to produce this hormone. Naturally, the human body becomes incapable of producing those required acids as it grows old. So, peptides fill up the required duty.
These days, peptide supplements have become pretty common. Many people buy peptides to achieve their fitness goals and help with other health issues such as joint pain, lack of energy, sleeplesness and the list goes on.
If we talk in terms of external impacts, here are few benefits you will get from consuming peptides:
- Increased energy
- Burn extra fat
- Build muscle
- Improve your athletic ability, and so on.
Since peptides are smaller protein molecules, the body digests and burns them very fast as compared to other big molecules. This way, the effects show very quickly. Also, peptides are more stable inside the body, maximizing their benefits.
These peptides are totally safe to consume. So far, around 60 peptide drugs have become legal and have been approved to consume in the United States, Japan, and Europe. Besides this, around 160 peptide drugs are currently in active clinical development. An additional 260 have undergone tests in human clinical trials.
Most of the research concludes the benefits of these peptides, why one should take them and finally the risks to consider when doing so.