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Peptides For Body Enhancement? When Being Human Isn't Enough

Peptides For Body Enhancement? When Being Human Isn't Enough

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What happens when taking care of the body becomes an attempt to redesign it? Peptide injections promising better skin, faster recovery, increased growth hormone, tanning, and other enhancements are exploding in popularity. But peptides are only one piece of a much bigger cultural shift. From cosmetic procedures to “bone smashing,” biohacking, implants, and emerging technologies, the pursuit of self-improvement is moving into territory that would have sounded like science fiction only a generation ago. In this episode of LifeTVnow, Joe Horn, Jamie Woodle, and Donna Howell examine the rapidly growing human-enhancement movement—and ask where the line should be drawn between legitimate medical treatment, improving our health, and attempting to fundamentally alter what it means to be human.
Are we simply finding better ways to care for our bodies? Or are we being conditioned to believe that the human body, as it was created, is no longer enough?
And could today's seemingly harmless pursuit of the “perfect” body be preparing society for something much bigger?
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