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One thing I've noticed when reading the posts of delusional Essendon fans is the repeated claim that peptide AOD9604 is "not a performance-enhancing drug". I'm not sure where they're getting their info from (the Essendon FC spin doctors??) but it's a blatant falsehood.
Yes, it's an advanced anti-obesity drug. It has abdominal fat-burning capability. But it also replicates the muscle-building effects of human growth hormone
Here's some basic information I found:
Let's stick to the facts and stop spreading lies.
Yes, it's an advanced anti-obesity drug. It has abdominal fat-burning capability. But it also replicates the muscle-building effects of human growth hormone
Here's some basic information I found:
AOD-9604 is a variant of growth hormone which has fat burning properties and may be used by athletes to increase power to weight ratios by better utilisation of fat stores. During clinical trials it was also found to have an anabolic effect on cartilage tissue and may promote cartilage creation and repair and have a capacity to enhance muscle formation.
AOD is a peptide 15 amino acids long which mimics a small portion of the growth hormone that has the fat reducing effects (increases fat metabolism). It works by mimicking the way natural growth hormone regulates fat metabolism but without the adverse effects on blood sugar and growth that is seen if unmodified growth hormone is given. It stimulates lipolysis (break down of fat) and inhibits lipogenesis (non fat food being stored in the body as fat).
AOD has been shown to target abnormal fat stores, and to prevent fat from being stored in the cells. Studies have shown that it reduces the most stubborn fat regions (like abdominal fat). It also has other benefits including increasing muscle mass, increasing IGF-1 (insulin growth factor) in a positive way to metabolise fat, and increase the amount of energy burned for the same amount of activity.
Other benefits which have been shown include an improvement in osteoarthritis. It does this by increasing cartilage and collagen production in the joints to increase the thickness and repair some of the damage. It has been shown to improve muscle, tendon and ligament repair, improve bone density which may have positive effects on osteoporosis.
AOD is given daily either as an injection or transdermal cream. The effects are accumulative and continue to improve while taking it.
Let's stick to the facts and stop spreading lies.