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Peptide Expert: What Do Peptides Actually Do? (EXPLAINED) - Dr Alex Tatem

Peptide Expert: What Do Peptides Actually Do? (EXPLAINED) - Dr Alex Tatem

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The FDA silently banned 19 peptides overnight, now RFK Jr is reversing it all. Dr Alex Tatem reveals the truth behind the cover-up, and what peptides can really do for your body. Dr. Alex Tatem is an internationally recognised urologist who has studied peptides for 12 years and runs a men’s health clinic. He also hosts a YouTube channel dedicated to demystifying peptides and men's health. In this explains: ◼ What peptides are, how they work, and which ones target your health problem ◼ Why the peptide industry is quietly approaching the size of the entire AI sector ◼ Why male fertility is collapsing globally and what's silently driving it ◼ What low testosterone is doing to your body and how to fix it ◼ Why 30 million men with erectile dysfunction are never told about the most effective fix 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:35 What Exactly Is A Peptide 00:05:34 How Peptides Actually Work In Your Body 00:08:54 Why Peptides Are Suddenly Everywhere 00:11:29 The Real Role Of Compounding Pharmacies 00:17:36 Are Pharma Companies Prioritizing Profits Over Patients? 00:20:42 Why Peptides Are Back After Being Banned—What Happened Behind The Scenes 00:21:16 The Most Shocking Patient Transformation From Peptides 00:22:46 When You Should (And Shouldn’t) Use Peptides In Your Life 00:24:48 The Latest FDA Update 00:26:25 How People Are Actually Getting “Illegal” Peptides 00:28:01 How To Take Peptides Safely -What Most People Get Wrong 00:29:58 Why Big Pharma Feels Threatened By Peptides 00:38:09 How Peptides Could Transform Your Insulin Levels 00:39:02 Do Peptides Work As Creams? What You Need To Know 00:40:50 How Peptides May Unlock Better Cognitive Performance 00:43:18 The Future Of Muscle Retention On GLP-1s—What’s Coming Next 00:48:23 Ads 00:49:25 The Hidden Trade-Offs Of Peptides No One Talks About 00:52:29 The Real Benefits Of Different Peptides—And How They Compare 00:57:50 The Peptide That Could Change Your Sleep Quality 01:02:18 What Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s? 01:06:00 Ads 01:07:53 Is There A “Super Peptide” For Anti-Aging? 01:11:24 The Truth About Peptides And Erectile Dysfunction 01:12:16 Why Medicine Burned Me Out—And What It Reveals About The System 01:19:17 The Enhanced Games Explained—And Why They’re So Controversial 01:23:06 How To Improve Erections Enjoyed the episode? Share this link and earn points for every referral - redeem them for exclusive prizes: https://doac-perks.com Independent Research Document: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DOAC-Alex-Tatum-Independent-Research-Further-Reading.pdf Follow Dr Alex: X - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/DS0mGd3 Instagram - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/36mqqnE YouTube - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/4SagDuv Website - https://link.thediaryofaceo.com/5WRUIrQ The Diary Of A CEO: ◼️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ◼️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ◼️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ◼️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ◼️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ◼️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Pipedrive - https://pipedrive.com/CEO LinkedIn Marketing - https://www.linkedin.com/DIARY Wispr - Get 14 days of Wispr Flow for free at https://wisprflow.ai/steven

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Intro

"This may be the most controversial thing we have on this table. This is a peptide that absolutely torches belly fat at a disproportionate rate. And what we found is not only do patients lose an incred..."

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3:35 - 5:34
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What Exactly Is A Peptide

"Peptides are a structural class of medications. The best way to think about peptides is that just like we have small molecules which are drugs that are very small taken in a pill and have a wide rangi..."

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5:34 - 8:55
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How Peptides Actually Work In Your Body

">> Interesting. Okay. So insulin is a peptide. >> Insulin is a peptide >> because it's a series of amino acids >> amino acids that are put together. >> Okay. So you said that the combination of amino ..."

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8:55 - 11:29
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Why Peptides Are Suddenly Everywhere

"far, but so far we haven't seen any precipitous negative effects in human patients when taking this. Okay. But we need more data. I am mind blown and I'm very very excited. We've got all of the se sev..."

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11:29 - 17:37
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The Real Role Of Compounding Pharmacies

">> And you say compoundingies, you said that a few times. What is a compounding pharmacy? Just just so I'm clear on the definition. >> Back in the 1800s or early 1900s, if you ever needed a medication..."

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17:37 - 20:42
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Are Pharma Companies Prioritizing Profits Over Patients?

"know, he himself has characterized that move done in 2023 as being illegal. >> With everything you know about the medical industry, do you think it is plausible that big farmer >> 110%. >> Didn't want..."

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Why Peptides Are Back After Being Banned—What Happened Behind The Scenes

">> So they banned these peptides that we have here, >> correct? >> And we're sat here 2 years after the ban, I believe, roughly 2 years after that ban. >> Yeah. >> And suddenly everybody's talking abo..."

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21:16 - 22:46
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The Most Shocking Patient Transformation From Peptides

">> What is the most incredible impact that you've seen peptides create in a patient? >> Oh my gosh, I have the best story for you. So, one of the most frustrating uh things about my practice is treati..."

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When You Should (And Shouldn’t) Use Peptides In Your Life

">> And that started with a peptide. >> It started with a peptide. So I we've got lots of peptides on the table in front of you. We will go to into them individually, but just can you give me a a highl..."

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24:48 - 26:25
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The Latest FDA Update

">> And it's worth saying that there was some significant news today. >> Correct. >> What happened today, but also what's going on. And just for anyone that doesn't know, it's April the 15th. >> Yes. S..."

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26:25 - 28:01
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How People Are Actually Getting “Illegal” Peptides

">> Wow. >> Yeah. Pretty wild. And I've got to say, how does So, some of them are becoming legalized, but even the ones that aren't legal right now, a lot of people are taking them anyway. >> Correct. ..."

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How To Take Peptides Safely -What Most People Get Wrong

"everyone, >> which is the legal framework. Okay, so how does one take a peptide? >> That's a great question. So what's interesting is that, as we mentioned, you know, peptides are just made up of buil..."

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Why Big Pharma Feels Threatened By Peptides

"the most controversial thing we have on this table. And by farmer's estimate, it might be the most dangerous thing to their entire business model because this is trozepatide, the exact same thing that..."

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How Peptides Could Transform Your Insulin Levels

"life. >> What about some of these metabolic disorders and diseases in terms of like insulin yeah resistance? People on the di the audience are very interested to learn about insulin. I see that a lot ..."

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Do Peptides Work As Creams? What You Need To Know

">> And do any of these peptides come as like creams or as pills or anything like that? If you look online, you can probably find a version of everything. But if we're talking about actual legitimate f..."

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How Peptides May Unlock Better Cognitive Performance

"it. Mhm. But on that point of energy and cognition, if I wanted to become a better podcaster. Yeah. >> And you know, I sit here sometimes, sometimes we do two in a day, which means I might sit here fo..."

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43:18 - 48:23
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The Future Of Muscle Retention On GLP-1s—What’s Coming Next

">> going to be quite a crazy world when everybody seem is going to be injecting themselves every every day. I mean, we're already getting to that point now with the Zen where I've got loads of people ..."

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Ads

"the marketplace. I run multiple companies that have multiple sales teams and one of the things as a founder of a company that's often confusing is you find it hard to figure out where sales are. So ab..."

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The Hidden Trade-Offs Of Peptides No One Talks About

">> When your patients come and see you, Dr. Alex, what are they asking you most frequently as it relates to peptides? What are like the top three questions you get asked the most? >> The first thing I..."

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52:29 - 57:50
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The Real Benefits Of Different Peptides—And How They Compare

">> It's good at stripping abdominal fat. Belly fat. >> Belly fat. This is what it's known for. Yeah. >> It's good at stripping belly fat. >> Stripping belly fat specifically. So, bodybuilders actually..."

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The Peptide That Could Change Your Sleep Quality

">> So what would happen? Let's just take this one. Somatropen. >> Yeah. >> Somatropen. If I bought this for research purposes, >> research purposes only. >> And I started injecting some of this into m..."

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What Happens When You Stop Taking GLP-1s?

">> We talked about um tepatide semiglutide. One of the questions that's front of mind for everybody, whether they're taking them or watching others take them. Sure. Is what happens when you stop. >> W..."

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Ads

"and say, "Why didn't this particular ad that I ran on this platform work for me? Maybe the copy wasn't good, the creative wasn't strong, but usually the problem is they're not having the right convers..."

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Is There A “Super Peptide” For Anti-Aging?

"for anti-aging in skin and some of those issues? >> Oh, for skin, GHKQ. So it's key. >> Yeah. So this is, you know, uh probably the most well-known peptide for uh use for skin complexion and uh I mean..."

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The Truth About Peptides And Erectile Dysfunction

">> Your specialtity is erectile dysfunction. >> Yeah. So my specialty is this branch off of urology that we broadly call men's health. Okay? And so what that incorporates for us is going to be low tes..."

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Why Medicine Burned Me Out—And What It Reveals About The System

"ago and you were very different. >> Yeah. >> You've changed a lot. So, I will I will tell you this. Um, medical training in the United States has gotten better, but it is grueling. It's absolutely gru..."

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The Enhanced Games Explained—And Why They’re So Controversial

">> The last thing I wanted to talk to you about is linked but random. >> Yes, >> it's the enhanced games. Let's do it. I I am so excited about these. So, um, >> do you know them? >> I do very well. So..."

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How To Improve Erections

">> She brought it and I didn't I didn't ask her to show me. It makes me like I get full body shuddters when I hear about this stuff. Yeah. The thought of putting that up my penis. >> Well, >> you can ..."