Oral GHK-Cu capsules — waste of money?

Q
Joined 2026
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12/27/2025 · 543 views

Saw a supplement brand selling oral GHK-Cu capsules with big 'anti-aging' claims. My understanding is tripeptides get destroyed in the stomach and this is basically charging $60 for expensive copper. Am I wrong?

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T
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theoreticRegular
12/27/2025

You're right. Oral tripeptides are almost entirely hydrolyzed in the gut. Any copper that survives is just copper. You can get that from beef liver for $2.

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dr_doubtRegular
12/28/2025

Waste of money. The oral peptide supplement category is 95% people charging a premium for 'peptide' on the label when what's surviving to circulation is amino acids or nothing.

N
Joined 2026
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12/29/2025

If it could be taken orally it'd be a drug, not a $60 bottle of capsules with a website that won't tell you what the active dose is.

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