While our bodies can create L-carnosine, its also found in beef, pork, and chicken
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Ipamorelin is studied as a selective ghrelin mimetic it binds the growth-hormone-secretagogue receptor (GHSR-1a), the same receptor the hunger hormone ghrelin uses, and in research settings appears to stimulate GH release with relatively limited effect on other hormones such as cortisol, prolactin, and ACTH
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