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Welcome back, warriors! In this episode of Peptide of the Week, JD Denham is joined by Nora Adam (Wholesale Director at Forge Bio Lab) and Tiffany Marie Davis nutrition practitioner, peptide integration specialist, and retired IFBB Pro for a deep dive into gut health, hormone optimization, functional testing, and why most people are being dismissed by the very system that's supposed to help them.

Chapters:

00:00 – Intro & Guest Introductions

01:18 – Tiffany's Fertility Story & Being Dismissed by Doctors

04:43 – Becoming a Nutrition Practitioner

06:08 – Functional Testing vs Standard Labs

09:34 – Vaccine Injury Case & Medical Gaslighting

17:22 – Why Doctors Dismiss Patients

19:30 – The Gut-Brain Connection

20:14 – Top 3 Root Causes: Trauma, Food, Eating Disorders

27:25 – The Anti-Inflammatory Diet

33:19 – How Peptides Actually Work

36:33 – GLP-1s: Benefits, Risks & Misuse

39:45 – Minerals, Copper & GLP-1 Side Effects

44:52 – Fasting & Autophagy: Women vs Men

54:49 – Where to Start If You Feel Unwell

1:02:46 – Outro & Where to Find Tiffany & Nora

We cover:

🦋 Tiffany's story

– Competing as an IFBB Pro destroyed her hormones by age 26 hair loss, amenorrhea, miscarriage, dismissed by every doctor she saw

– Doctors threw metformin, birth control, and dismissals at her none addressed the root cause

– A doctor refused to prescribe T3 because she assumed Tiffany wanted it for weight loss she then miscarried

– Went back to school, earned 13 certifications in nutrition, became a board-registered nutrition practitioner

– Now works entirely in functional testing and root cause healing

🩺 What functional testing actually reveals

– Standard labs are a snapshot they don't tell you WHY

– Most doctors only run one thyroid marker there are eight

– Elevated LDL on keto, carnivore, or RETA is expected your doctor probably doesn't know that

– APOB + hs-CRP are far better cardiovascular risk markers rarely tested

– Functional tests Tiffany runs: gut zoomer, hormone zoomer, organic acids test, heavy metals, mycotoxins, mineral panel, celiac, food sensitivities

🔥 The three root causes she sees most

– Trauma: held in organs (gallbladder = resentment/anger), disrupts the gut-brain axis, spikes cortisol, blocks proper hormone signaling

– Food: our food supply is not the same as 30 years ago — seed oils, dyes, GMO crops, herbicide-sprayed produce, and modified grains are destroying gut linings

– Eating disorders: nutrient deficiencies and intestinal abuse from restriction, bingeing, or purging cause cascading hormone and gut dysfunction

💊 GLPs — the missing piece nobody talks about

– Women losing hair and nails on GLP-1s are malnourished gastric emptying slows nutrient absorption

– Must pair with: magnesium, electrolytes, copper mineral, digestive enzymes, liver support (TUDCA + ergothioneine)

– Copper deficiency is extremely common on GLP-1s and almost never tested

– GLP-1s are a tool not a lifestyle. Use them to build momentum, fix the base alongside them

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Peptide of the Week: Gut Health, Hormones & Root Cause Healing with Tiffany Marie Davis

Peptide of The Week

Peptide of the Week: Gut Health, Hormones & Root Cause Healing with Tiffany Marie Davis