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By Kent Holtorf, MD
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I did not plan to give this talk. I arrived at the AIMS Symposium, realized how much of the room was aesthetics, and did not have a single slide on the oral skin bioregulators we have been working on for years. So I rebuilt it. What is happening in that room is worth paying attention to, because beauty and functional medicine are being pushed together and nobody has decided yet whether the plastic surgeons, the regenerative doctors, the orthomolecular people or the naturopaths end up owning it. The premise underneath all of it is simple enough. People who feel good on the inside want to look like it on the outside, and the inside is where the instruction actually gets written. So I skipped my usual hour of theory and went to the data. What a peptide is, what a bioregulator is, and why the distinction matters: peptides bind at the cell surface and signal, while bioregulators are two to four amino acids, small enough to enter the nucleus and sit down on the DNA, turning genes of aging down and youthful ones up, one tissue at a time. Then the skin studies. Sirtuin 1 and 6 and collagen synthesis in young and aged cultures, markers of proliferation and repair going one way, caspase-3 and MMP-9 going the other, and a human trial on a placenta derived dermatologic peptide measuring wrinkle depth, elasticity, hydration and pigment across twelve weeks. After that, the parts of the catalogue people ask me about most: the thyroid bioregulators and the separate thyroid axis version that is the one that touches antibodies, the brain and vascular bioregulators, the pancreas work in type 2 diabetes, muscle and grip strength, and the long-running biologic age trials out of Russia that rotate five to seven bioregulators and track telomere length and methylation age. I also tell the story of where all of this came from, which starts with the Soviet military noticing that its cosmonauts, jet pilots and submariners were aging far faster than they should have been. Take the mechanism seriously and the aesthetic result stops being the goal and starts being the receipt. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Kent Holtorf, MD has spent most of his career on the patients other clinics send away: tick-borne illness, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, CIRS, mast cell activation, long COVID, and the multi-system cases that never fit one specialty. He is the medical director of Holtorf Medical Group, the founder and medical director of Integrative Peptides, and president and medical director of the National Academy of Hypothyroidism, a nonprofit built around the argument that thyroid diagnosis in the United States has not caught up with its own published literature. He came to peptides as a patient first. Years of chronic Lyme, Babesia, and Bartonella that did not respond to high-dose IV antibiotics ended in heart failure from fibrosis, and it was a course of peptides picked up abroad that turned it around. He has since given close to a hundred CME-approved presentations worldwide, published in peer-reviewed journals, sat on editorial boards in endocrinology and specialty medicine, and written Mold Illness: The Peptide Protocol for the Rapid Treatment of CIRS. This talk is the first time he has taken the bioregulator work into aesthetics. - - - - - Social Handles: Website: https://holtorfmed.comhttps://integrativepeptides.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativepephttps://www.instagram.com/holtorfmedicalgroup - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

What if weight loss isn’t about willpower, but restoring what your body lost along the way? In this episode of Peptides and Longevity, Dave Knapp shares his journey through obesity, type 2 diabetes, GLP-1 therapy, sobriety, and faith, revealing how peptides, lifestyle change, and spiritual surrender reshaped his health and purpose. - - - - - Dave Knapp is a podcaster and founder of On The Pen, an obesity medicine news platform focused on educating patients about metabolic health, GLP-1 therapies, and emerging peptide science. After struggling with lifelong obesity and type 2 diabetes, Dave transformed his health through research, lifestyle change, and integrative approaches combining medication, supplementation, and faith. Through his platform, he helps individuals better understand obesity as a complex metabolic condition while encouraging sustainable health habits, personal responsibility, and long-term wellness. Website: https://onthepen.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/onthepen.official/ - - - - - Are you a health practitioner exploring peptide therapies? Learn more at www.integrativepeptides.com and use code PODLIFE for practitioner savings. For AI-driven insights and tools to support peptide protocols, visit www.integrativepeptides.ai - - - - - Holtorf Medical Group Website: https://holtorfmed.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holtorfmed/ Instagram: IntegrativePeptides https://www.instagram.com/integrativepep?igsh=MXNjOHpuM3Fpb21hZA== Holtorf Medical Group https://www.instagram.com/holtorfmedicalgroup?igsh=dWhnenZyM3g0ajZk&utm_source=qr NAHIS https://www.instagram.com/nahypothyroidism?igsh=NnUwYWtsZWRkaTRx Kent Holtorf, MD YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0S6Kaa1V9-dfo2sPyZPT6A Produced by DrTalks https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

I keep coming back to one idea in this talk: the immune system is not a side character in aging and chronic illness—it is closer to the director. I lay out the teeter-totter first: the TH1 and regulatory side against the TH2 and TH17 side, and how the thymus winding down from childhood on quietly shifts that balance until an aged immune phenotype takes over. From there, the dominoes are familiar to anyone who works with complex patients: hypothalamic and pituitary hormone dysfunction, mitochondria slipping into the cell danger response, leaky gut, cognitive fog, and the low-grade inflammation that tracks with how old you actually are on the inside. Then I spend real time on senescent cells, because that is where a lot of the longevity research has landed. These are worn-out cells that should be cleared and instead stick around, secreting the inflammatory signals that show up in the diseases we associate with aging, while falling natural killer function lets them pile up. I connect that to the chronically ill patient, who is often carrying a heavy senescent load from an unresolved infection or autoimmune process, and I make the case for immune-directed peptides and bioregulators, the third-generation oral tools I have been working with, as a way to work on that layer. It runs dense, and that is on purpose. The more you know here, the more you know you do not know. - - - - - About the Host: Dr. Kent Holtorf, MD, has spent most of his career on the patients other clinics send away: tick-borne illness, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, CIRS, mast cell activation, long COVID, and the multi-system cases that never fit one specialty. He is the medical director of Holtorf Medical Group, the founder and medical director of Integrative Peptides, and president and medical director of the National Academy of Hypothyroidism, a nonprofit built around the argument that thyroid diagnosis in the United States has not caught up with its own published literature. He came to peptides as a patient first. Years of chronic Lyme, Babesia, and Bartonella that did not respond to high-dose IV antibiotics ended in heart failure from fibrosis, and it was a course of peptides that turned it around. He has since given close to a hundred CME-approved presentations worldwide, published in peer-reviewed journals, and written Mold Illness: The Peptide Protocol for the Rapid Treatment of CIRS. - - - - - Social Handles: Websites: https://holtorfmed.com; https://integrativepeptides.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integrativepep ; https://www.instagram.com/holtorfmedicalgroup - - - - - PODCAST Thank you for listening. Please subscribe and share. This podcast is produced by DrTalks.com https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

Most people reach for another coffee when their brain is tired—but what if the real issue is how your brain makes and spends energy? In this episode of Peptides and Longevity, Dr. Gregory Kelly joins us to break down what nootropics are, how caffeine impacts focus and mood, and why mitochondrial health and chronobiology matter for sustainable brain performance. Dr. Gregory Kelly is a naturopathic physician and the director of product development at Neurohacker Collective, where he guides the development of nootropic, mitochondrial, immune, and healthy-aging formulas. He is the author of ‘Shape Shift,’ was editor of the Journal of Alternative Medicine Review, and a contributor to the Textbook of Natural Medicine, with more than 30 publications indexed in PubMed. Before entering naturopathic medicine, he served as a Navy officer and earned an engineering degree, later redirecting his curiosity toward how people and traditional cultures care for their health. He has taught advanced clinical nutrition, counseling skills, and doctor–patient relationships at the University of Bridgeport and the College of Naturopathic Medicine. With over two decades immersed in supplements, natural medicine, and chronobiology, his work centers on nootropics, anti-aging, regenerative medicine, weight management, sleep, and the timing of biological processes that shape performance and health. Website: https://www.qualialife.com/people/greg-kelly LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gregory-kelly Visit www.integrativepeptides.com and use the code PODLIFE to get 10% off your first purchase. Holtorf Medical Group Website: https://holtorfmed.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holtorfmed/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holtorfmedicalgroup/ Kent Holtorf, MD YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0S6Kaa1V9-dfo2sPyZPT6A Produced by DrTalks https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/

Aging may begin in the immune system long before symptoms appear. In this Peptides and Longevity episode, Dr. Kent Holtorf breaks down the science behind peptides, immune balance, inflammation, mitochondrial health, sleep, brain function, and why peptide therapies are being explored as tools to support healing and healthy aging. - - - - - Kent Holtorf, MD, is the founder and medical director of Holtorf Medical Group. His work focuses on complex endocrine dysfunction, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Lyme-related illness, hormone optimization, and integrative approaches for patients with symptoms often unexplained by conventional medicine. He is also associated with Integrative Peptides and the National Academy of Hypothyroidism. Website:https://drkentholtorf.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/holtorfmedicalgroup/ - - - - - Are you a health practitioner exploring peptide therapies? Learn more at www.integrativepeptides.com and use code PODLIFE for practitioner savings. For AI-driven insights and tools to support peptide protocols, visit www.integrativepeptides.ai - - - - - Holtorf Medical Group Website: https://holtorfmed.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/holtorfmed/ Instagram: IntegrativePeptides https://www.instagram.com/integrativepep?igsh=MXNjOHpuM3Fpb21hZA== Holtorf Medical Group https://www.instagram.com/holtorfmedicalgroup?igsh=dWhnenZyM3g0ajZk&utm_source=qr NAHIS https://www.instagram.com/nahypothyroidism?igsh=NnUwYWtsZWRkaTRx Kent Holtorf, MD YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0S6Kaa1V9-dfo2sPyZPT6A Produced by DrTalks https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
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