BPC 157: Miracle Cure for Muscle and Joint Injuries or Just Hype? by Jerry Brainum 2/22

 

Whenever I'm asked to recommend a substance that may help to rapidly heal soft tissue injuries, I often suggest BPC 157, although I often add a few provisos to that recommendation. My misgivings about BPC 157 aren't related to any particular danger associated with the drug, but rather that is an experimental medication that isn't manufactured by any legitimate drug company. Now I'm not a particular fan of drug companies, since I consider most of them the most crooked and greedy types of companies in the world. But they must produce their products with a certain standard of purity and safety. Indeed, when anabolic steroids were more freely available years ago, many of the common side effects of the drugs that are common today were relatively rare. The reason for that was that back then steroids were produced by actual drug companies, rather than in black market labs or in someone's bathtub as most of them are produced today. Drug companies must adhere to a rigid standard of quality control that isn't enforced in black-market laboratories. As such, anything can be incorporated in black market drugs, such as heavy metals, various types of toxic chemicals, and even in some cases, actual deadly poisons, although why they are in the drugs is anyone's guess, but is probably related to the lack of quality control in the labs producing the drugs.

Compared to anabolic drugs, such as anabolic steroids, growth hormone, and others that are offered for sale on the black market, BPC 157 is relatively benign. The problem is, however, that since you must purchase it from "homebrew" companies you can never be assured that you are receiving the potency that you paid for, or even if the drug you're purchased is actually BPC 157. It could be nothing more than a saline solution or salt water. This probably explains the widely divergent feedback that is expressed about the healing effects of BPC 157. When I posted a video about BPC 157 on my YouTube channel a while back, the comments under the video ranged from complete satisfaction and enthusiasm about BPC 157 to statements that it did nothing to aid healing. Of course, if the product that you purchased from some Internet site didn't contain any BPC 157, you wouldn't expect to notice any healing effects, unless you were subject to the placebo effect.

Don't discount the power of the placebo. It may surprise you to learn that many of the more popular food supplements produce their benefits through a placebo effect. For those who aren't familiar with the placebo effect, it refers to ingesting a substance that contains no active ingredients or properties but nonetheless seems to produce beneficial effects. Simply put, if you strongly believe that something will work, it often does. How can that be when the substance contains no active ingredients?  With a strong enough . . .