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“Comment ADAM and I’ll send you everything you need to know about the peptide and muscle loss truth every woman over 40 needs to hear. I sat down with fitness expert, IFBB Pro, and co-host of the Mind Pump podcast Adam Schafer (@mindpumpadam ) because we need to talk about the use of peptides in women over 40 and I wasn’t leaving without real answers. What GLPs are actually doing to muscle and bone. Why the scale and the mirror are both lying to you. How you can be doing everything right, hitting your protein, lifting heavy, training five days a week, and still be destroying your body from the inside out. We also got into the gray market peptide industry, eating disorder screening, diet culture, and the question nobody is asking before handing these things out. I’m not anti-peptide. I’m not anti-GLP-1. I just think women deserve the full conversation, not just the benefits, not just the before and afters, but the real tradeoffs that nobody’s talking about. If you’ve ever felt like the peptide conversation was missing something... This episode is for you. Comment ADAM and I’ll send it straight to your DMs.”

The claim that GLPs affect muscle and bone is scientifically supported at a high evidence tier. A major 2025 clinical advisory from four leading medical organizations explicitly documents muscle and bone loss as a recognized challenge during GLP-1 therapy, and two active human clinical trials are currently investigating these effects in older adults and those with diabetes. While the creator did not cite a specific study, the concept is firmly grounded in current clinical practice and emerging research.