Food peptides vs therapeutic peptides

Food peptides

When you digest protein, it breaks into peptides and then amino acids. Products like collagen peptides are protein that has been pre-broken into small pieces. They're food: your body digests them into building blocks.

Therapeutic peptides

Therapeutic peptides are specific sequences designed to send a signal, such as GLP-1 medicines like semaglutide. Most would be destroyed by digestion, which is why many are injected. Some are FDA-approved medicines; many discussed online are research compounds that have not been established as safe or effective in people.

Why the difference matters

• Food peptides are regulated as foods or supplements; therapeutic peptides are regulated as drugs.
• Food peptides provide nutrition; therapeutic peptides act on specific receptors.
• A good nutrition base makes any other tool work better, and no tool replaces it.

To learn about therapeutic peptides and the evidence behind them, see theVictory Peptides library.