{"podcast":{"title":"Proof of Practice Podcast","slug":"proof-of-practice-podcast-7864181","podcast_index_feed_id":7864181,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/8580784.rss","website_url":"https://proofpractice.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/8580784/f1aaae9107d2fca3a629b902a9b55efd.jpg","author":"To cut through the noise in health and wellness — with honest, research-backed conversations that inspire real people to live longer, stronger, and more fully. No shame, no shortcuts, no wellness theater.","episode_count":8,"summary":"Honest, research-backed conversations that inspire real people to live longer, stronger, and more fully.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T00:18:17.665747+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-of-practice-podcast-7864181"},"episode":{"title":"BPC-157, NAD, and the Truth the Wellness Industry Isn't Telling | Dr. Rachele Pojednic","slug":"bpc-157-nad-and-the-truth-the-wellness-industry-isn-t-telling-dr-rachele-pojednic","published_at":"2026-06-08T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-of-practice-podcast-7864181/bpc-157-nad-and-the-truth-the-wellness-industry-isn-t-telling-dr-rachele-pojednic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-of-practice-podcast-7864181","url":"https://proofpractice.substack.com/p/bpc-157-nad-and-the-truth-the-wellness","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200583919/4b234d4f80bc37a277f27f0e51168cc2.mp3","summary":"In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rachele Pojednic, PhD, Chief Science Officer at Restore Hyper Wellness and faculty at Stanford Lifestyle Medicine, to cut through the noise on one of the most talked-about topics in women’s wellness: peptides and NAD. Dr. Pojednic pulls back the curtain on what peptides actually are, why most of the ones being sold online right now have almost no human data behind them, and the very real risks of buying from the gray market. She also explains why NAD IV drips are largely a waste of money (and sometimes genuinely miserable), what the research actually supports for longevity, and why BPC-157 sits at the top of her study list. The conversation ends with a grounding reminder that none of these therapies will move the needle if the foundational behaviors are not already in place. WHAT WE EXPLORE * What peptides actually are and why GLP-1 drugs are technically peptides * BPC-157, growth hormone secretagogues, and the peptides women are hearing about most * Why almost no human clinical data exists for the peptides flooding the wellness market right now * The gray market problem: what you are really buying when you order peptides online * Why NAD IV drips may make you feel awful and what actually works instead * NR vs. NMN: the right dose, the right form, and what the research actually says * Why supplement stacking can work against you (and sometimes make things worse) * GLP-1 drugs at microdose: could they be the longevity therapy of the future? * The foundational behaviors that determine whether any of this matters at all * How citizen science models are changing the way longevity research gets done ABOUT DR. RACHELE POJEDNIC Dr. Rachele Pojednic, PhD, EdM, FACSM, is a nutrition and exercise scientist, Chief Science Officer at Restore H…","meta_description":"In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Rachele Pojednic, PhD, Chief Science Officer at Restore Hyper Wellness and faculty at Stanford Lifestyle Medicine, t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3314,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/proof-of-practice-podcast-7864181/episodes/bpc-157-nad-and-the-truth-the-wellness-industry-isn-t-telling-dr-rachele-pojednic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/proof-of-practice-podcast-7864181/bpc-157-nad-and-the-truth-the-wellness-industry-isn-t-telling-dr-rachele-pojednic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}