Peptides are everywhere right now. Your feed, your group chat, your friend who swears by them. But almost nobody is explaining what they actually are, or how far the evidence has really come.

In this Sunday Best Bits, Cassie is joined by Dan Sipple, the functional naturopath, for the conversation that cuts through the noise. What peptides actually are, why the research is younger than the marketing suggests, and the misconception Dan is seeing most in the metabolic space.

It's a short one. Under ten minutes. But it might change how you read the next peptide post that lands in your feed.

In this episode:

• What peptides actually are, in plain language, and why some are made by your own body
• Why Australia's regulation of peptides sits differently to much of the world
• Where the human research is really up to, and why so much of the existing data traces back to Europe and Russia in the 1970s and 80s
• The thymus, and the little-known role it plays in telling your immune system what to attack and what to leave alone
• T regulatory cells, why they're often low in autoimmunity, and where peptides may fit in the future
• Dan's honest answer on whether peptides are being oversold
• Why peptides are better thought of as short and sharp rather than long-term
• The risks that come with staying on them too long
• The biggest misconception Dan is seeing right now in the metabolic space, and what he's observed when people come off

The full conversation with Dan Sipple on gut health, autoimmunity and peptides is available now. Search In With Cassie wherever you're listening.

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About Cassie:

Cassie Davenport is a degree-qualified naturopath and nutritionist, co-creating achievable and sustainable solutions using evidence-based research combined with traditional herbal medicine. She believes small changes create big impact.

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Website: https://www.cassiedavenport.com.au/

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Episode content is for educational and entertainment purposes only and is not a substitute for personalised professional advice.

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