BPC-157 is a synthetic pentadecapeptide (15 amino acids) derived from a protein found in human gastric juice
As of April 2025, there were 270 active shortages, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
If you have a health condition, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have anemia, or struggle with an eating disorder or disordered eating, you should steer clear of both Noom and WW, says Roxana Ehsani, RD, the national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Yet abundant research indicates that this dietary approach not only doesnt work for type 2 diabetes but may actually make the condition worse
Holehouse AS, Kragelund BB (2024) The molecular basis for cellular function of intrinsically disordered protein regions