Welcome to Peptides for Women. I'm Jennifer Woodward and this
is your podcast for smart, honest conversations about
peptide therapy and midlife Wellness.
We cover everything from GLP ones to BPC 157, plus the
foundations that still matter, sunlight, steps, strength
training, protein and minerals. So if you're ready to feel
better with science, back tools, and natural habits that actually
work, you're in the right place. Let's dive in.
I have to address the question I get more than almost any other
question, More than what do I do about my belly fat, more than is
this perimenopause, and honestly, probably more than
questions from my own family. Where do I get my peptides?
So here's the answer. I've been working with LEMD now
for about a year and I genuinely love them.
The physician oversight, the quality of the peptides, and the
business opportunity they've built for practitioners like me
is the real deal. If you want to order your own
peptides, the link is in the show notes.
It's super easy. And if you're a practitioner and
you want to talk about how LEMD can work in your own practice,
reach out to me directly. The conversation is free and
it's a good one. But a couple of quick disclosure
is because I'm a legally responsible adults, if you
purchase through my show notes link, I do earn an affiliate
income. Thank you.
I also want to be clear that I'm not a doctor and I don't
diagnose, treat, or prescribe anything.
I'm just a woman who did a lot of research, has a lot of
feelings about her hormones, and now has a podcast about it.
OK, now let's get into it. Welcome back to the Peptides for
Women podcast. I'm Jennifer Woodward, and I've
got a treat for you guys today. Welcome, my friend Jessica.
Jessica Loftus is an integrative genetic specialist,
nutritionist, personal trainer, and pro FMG athlete with nearly
19 years of experience helping thousands of people transform
their health. As a cancer survivor, she brings
a deeper, more personal level of understanding to the work she
does and the lives she impacts. She's currently expanding her
expertise by becoming a Certified Integrative Health
Practitioner, continuing her mission to help others achieve
optimal health from the inside out.
Jessica, I'm so happy you are here.
Thanks for being on the show. Hey, thank you for having me.
It's a it's a treat for me too. You guys, I met Jessica just a
couple weeks ago when both of us were thrown on an impromptu
teaching panel about peptides. And I look next to me and
there's this gorgeous woman starting to talk about peptides
and genetics. And I'm like, Oh my gosh, I have
to get to know you. And she is so kind and so sweet.
We had some great discussions there during that peptide
training, and I was fascinated by her story.
There's so much that I want to get into with you guys so you
can learn about Jessica, too. But the first thing I think is
maybe most fascinating that I literally just learned before we
hopped on to record is that she had a scholarship to do pro bull
riding, and that's why she resides in Oklahoma.
So let's just start with that, Jessica.
Yeah. Well, actually I had did that
stuff when I was younger prior to college from the scholarship
was mainly for like barrel racing and roping and all that
kind of stuff. And honestly, I know it's crazy.
They're like, you actually give scholarships for that.
And I'm like, yes, they do. I started rodeo when I was four
years old and honestly just fell in love with it.
I also played like competitive softball and got scholarships to
do that D1, but actually turned it all down to rodeo.
You know, it's just, it's one of those things rodeo and that
whole culture and community is it's like a lifestyle.
And that was just something that was always like really valuable
to me and to be able to continue to do that.
I was like, you know what, this is where I'm at and there's just
something about a horse and like, that's my partner in
crime. You know, I actually still have
a horse today and still do that barrel racing as a hobby, you
know, definitely a lot more low key than I had been back in the
day. But yeah, I mean, it's something
I've done my whole life. I'm a country girl at heart,
still currently live out in the middle of a field and I love it.
I'm curious to know, So what was your upbringing like?
How did that come about? That primed you to become AD 1
athlete and a barrel racer? Yeah, yeah.
Well, honestly, I just have always been in sports.
I've always been an athlete. I played all kinds of sports
growing up. You know, rodeo was just that
one another thing that I did right.
That's something my dad was like a ranch guy, you know, from back
in the day. And then we started out on a
pony at four years old, start going to some junior rodeos.
And then eventually I got competitive in that and then
just continued to get competitive in other sports and
started doing travel softball and, you know, just kind of I'm
I'm an all in kind of gal. Like, I just love excelling at
things and just continuing to grow and whatever I do.
And so that's kind of always something that I took to doing
at a young age with everything. And so it just kind of kind of
turned out to where I had some options.
But honestly, I'm just so thankful for the lessons that
it's taught me. I mean, both from rodeo to
softball, just, you know, having that competitive mindset, it's
really crazy how much it helps you in your adult life too.
Yeah, sports are a fantastic training ground for life.
So true. Yeah, Yeah.
Do you have brothers? Like, is that the culture that
you do have? Yes, so I have a brother that's
about 18 months older than me, so we're very, very close.
I mean, he's one of my obviously best friends growing up.
I mean, we were, you know, let's just say I got some thick skin
and I know that I had to throw a punch.
Like I learned the hard way, you know, which I'm still so
thankful for those things these days, right?
Like, you know, my brother and I are like being so close in age,
you know, you just, you Roundhouse a little bit and it's
just, it's been that way. And my brother was actually a
bull rider. He did the, you know,
professional rodeo circuit for a long time, was really good.
Ended up getting into a really bad accident.
He went back and, you know, kind of gave it his last shot and
ended out really well. But, you know, continued on.
Now he's a dad and all that kind of stuff.
And it's just, it's funny to kind of see how far we've come
from that lifestyle. But yeah, my brother and I are
super close. We've always been that way.
Thankful to have him. And it's funny because he's
always been one of my biggest supporters and I, I just can't
thank God enough for that. You know, I love to hear that my
oldest 2 are 15 months apart, my son's 20, and then my daughter
is almost 19. And so to hear how you guys as
adults, I've just kept that bond so strong and have been such big
supporters of each other is really encouraging.
Oh yeah. Oh, yeah.
And he's honestly even with like the whole cancer journey.
I mean, you know, I, I feel like I almost handled it better than
he did, you know, and it's crazy because he just, he's just
always been been there for me, you know, but always like you
made sure that I knew what I was doing and always watch my back.
And so just to have that kind of support on the back end because,
you know, the world isn't necessarily always so
supportive. So to have that kind of support
at home has always just been a blessing to me.
Amen. I definitely want to get into
that. I just don't know what the
timeline looks like because we have this 4 year old girl who's
rodeoing and then roping and barrel racing.
So naturally she becomes a pro FMG, the athlete, right?
What's the story there? Yeah, okay, so that's kind of
well, because I got into personal training when I was
like 19 and so did that through college and I just always really
loved it. And then it's crazy because
while I was going through my masters, I graduated and then
had my daughter shortly after that.
And it was one of those kind of decisions where we're like, OK,
do I stay at home or do I continue to, you know, go into
the workforce and all this kind of stuff?
And so we decided that I should stay at home with my daughter.
And so I just kind of kept my online personal training stuff
going, But I struggled hard postpartum like that.
I went through some postpartum depression.
You know, it was just, it was different for me not working.
I'm I'm very much an extrovert. I'm also an introvert extrovert
kind at the same time, but I do love people, right?
I love being around people. And so just to kind of be at
home all the time and not really being out was just kind of a
weird transition for me. And honestly, even not working
really. And so then, you know,
struggling with the body image issues and all that kind of
stuff, I was like, you know what, I'm going to compete in a
show. I need to get my body back after
a baby. I need to set some hardcore
goals and just give myself something to work towards.
And so about seven months postpartum, I started training
for my first show and then I did a show about 5 1/2 months later
and ended up winning my first show.
And so that's kind of, I didn't, I didn't get my pro card.
I did end up winning. There was like, I mean, 20 girls
in my category that were phenomenal.
But there was a couple little things that they're like you're
not quite pro quality yet. So I was like, you know, I'm
just going to go ahead and keep Rock'n'roll with this.
And it just really honestly boosted my business a lot.
And so just kind of went on that journey.
And then sometime later, I think roughly maybe six years later is
when I actually ended up fully getting my pro card.
So that was a pretty cool accomplish.
For me, insane. I've always wondered what is
What does it take to get a pro card?
I've seen that thrown around, but I don't even know what it
means exactly. Yeah, yeah, it's crazy because I
mean, there's certain obviously things that you need to, you
know, bring to the stage when it comes down to your show
presentation, to your suit, to your look, to obviously your
physique. And in order to get your
physique to look a certain way is difficult, especially
especially naturally, like fully naturally, you know, to get
there at that kind of a level. I mean, especially when you've
got a life, right? When your mom, all that kind of
stuff, you know, it's hours in the gym, it's tracking every
little thing. It's making no excuses, like
having to show up, no matter how you feel and having to show up.
Well, it's not just like, oh, I'm just gonna go kind of like
lift a little weight over here. It's like you're tired.
Like the judges don't care, right?
Nobody cares about how hard you to get to the point of being on
the stage. And so it's just it takes an
extreme level of discipline, dedication and just really
blinders on, right. And so, I mean, it's crazy, you
know, and it was, it's so cool when you actually put yourself
through something like that, that is so hard because the
accomplishment of getting the pro cards awesome, don't get me
wrong. But who you become while you go
through this journey is insane. And it's weird to think that
that just by attaining a certain level of a look of a physique,
right, that can do that for you. But really showing up when it's
hard, you know, when you're tired.
I mean, I was still breastfeeding for my entire prep
of my first show. And so, you know, going through
those things and I could only go to the gym at night when my
husband, you know, because he was, we were only just doing 1
income pretty much at the time. And so he would come home and do
his second job. And so I can go to the gym until
after my daughter went to bed. And I mean, you know, getting up
so early, breastfeeding in the middle of the night, it's just,
it's weird how much you can grow when you go through the hard
things, you know? And so it's just about taking
advantage of that. So the person you become on your
journey, I feel like it's really where the money's at.
But the pro card at the end of the day is just kind of that
that thing that you get to put on the the shelf and look at and
be be proud of. By affirmation for all the kick
ass work you did. Right.
Yeah. I'm like, man, that was hard,
you know? So you get a little bit of the
memory that's just sitting on the wall.
You're like, yeah, I did that one time.
Nice. It's nice.
What did it look like for you? Like right after you got your
pro card, you'd put in all that hard work, You've got it.
What six month old daughter? So what?
What happened post show? So I mean there was a lot of
time in between there, but after I got my pro card I was super
excited and so I wanted to compete my first pro show.
So like 8 weeks later I ended up doing my first pro show.
The funny thing is I ended up getting really sick like 2 weeks
out. Like I was like, and I don't
even know what happened. I went on a business trip to
Mexico and came back and I was like, ill.
And so I'm thinking, Oh my gosh, I'm going to have to pull out of
my first pro show. But I was like, you know what?
I'm just going to go ahead and do it anyway.
And then I ended up placing top five in the USA.
So that was really cool. And then, you know, I kind of
left it at that for a hot minute.
You know, life got really busy. I helped coach my daughter's
travel softball team. We started getting really, you
know, heavy into that and just I really wanted to be present, you
know, and it's hard to be fully present on vacation or any of
that stuff when you're prepping for a show.
I want to be able to just go to the ballpark and forgot to eat a
hot dog and I gotta eat a hot dog.
I don't have to worry about getting up super early.
So while that was such a fun period of time in my life, and
I'm not saying that I've hung that up forever, just right now
I'm just really just enjoying being a present mom, a business
owner and, you know, growing in those aspects of life.
Love it, love it, love it. Was it after that, you know,
that prep and all of that dedication that you decided to
do more of a foray into like integrative genetics or where
did that start to come about? So actually genetics happened
prior to getting my pro card and it honestly, because I've, I've
struggled with inflammation like pretty much my entire adult life
for as long as I can remember. And it's, it's something that
like while I was prepping, it's like I could feel like I could
get it under control, but it was still there, you know, it was
just still there. And so that was one of the
reasons why I got into integrative genetics because I'm
like, you know, there's just got to be something like everybody's
body responds differently. Like this person over here can
go work out this way. You put two people, get them on
the same regimen and you're going to get two different
results, right? And there's a reason for that,
right? Like our our genetics are really
our foundation of what our body responds to.
Now, don't get me wrong, the diet and the lifestyle of what
actually pulls the trigger, the genetics just load the gun.
But for the most part, it's like understanding that blueprint,
you know, and just having some kind of baseline as to how does
my body detox, You know, what nutrients can I absorb?
How does my body respond best to exercise, right?
Like how do I recover? You know, what are what are
these things that are in my blueprint then can help me not
just get to a better level of like a physique, but also just a
better level of health and understanding of how my body
works. That's really kind of amazing
because you started to understand specifically
inflammation and detox pathways. And then I mean, something
really terrible happened, right? Like when, when were you
diagnosed with cancer or what was going on with your life?
And, and you know, just walk me through that.
It's big. Yeah, it's wild because I've
been, I've been in this space a long time.
I've been healthy pretty much my entire life, even in college.
Yes, I have my heyday of like being a little party girl for a
hot minute, but never to the extreme right.
Like it was just, you know, I was that I was that person that
sometimes would go to the party and not drink like I was.
I've always kind of been that person.
And so I've always worked out, you know, done all that stuff.
So when I was diagnosed with cancer, it was like, no freaking
way. Like this is somebody else's
result, right? And I actually was diagnosed
back in September of 2025. So it wasn't that long ago.
And I remember getting those results.
And I was thinking to myself, I'm like, what?
You know, First off, I'm like, my body betrayed me.
Second off, I'm like, what the heck happened?
Like, where did I go wrong? And, you know, it's kind of hard
not to think that you're just, it started making me look at
health in a very, very different way.
Because on the outside, you would have never thought even
even my oncologist, this is like, you are not the
stereotypical profile of the person that I see in here.
And that was like a big thing for me, right?
But that just goes to show you how much or how important it is
to really understand what's going on internally because you
can look a certain way on the outside and have like a lot of
chaos going on in the inside, right?
If that internal environment isn't, you know, set up
favorably or like functioning favorably, I mean, it can put
you at a lot of risk, especially with like metabolic dysfunction.
And honestly, you know, when you've got systemic inflammation
for a long period of time. Like I said, I've dealt with
this for years. Honestly, I can't even remember
when it was not a thing until I started, you know,
pharmaceutical peptide therapy. But I mean, that is creating a
favorable environment for cancer to grow, right?
It's like that, that constant stress on your body, like those
like that inflammation, just it's like a breeding ground,
right? Like your body just cannot
function properly and meaning it can't protect you properly
either. And so, you know, we found out
that it potentially could have been derived from mold toxicity.
And one of the things about that I have gene mutation called
MTHFR, I'm compound heterozygous.
So I'm actually up on the higher level of that.
And one of the things about when you have MTHFR, it means your
body cannot, one, methylate properly, but two, I can't detox
properly. And so when those toxins,
especially those mycotoxins that something like mold can, you
know, produce in the body when they sit there, it's a breeding
ground, right? And so my body just can't, can't
get those things, you know, get rid of them very efficiently and
effectively. But now knowing what I know and
learning how to support my body and especially on a higher level
with pharmaceutical peptide therapy, it's going to change my
life for the rest of my life. You know, it just, it sucks that
I didn't find them soon enough because I didn't find peptide
therapy until after I had technically I didn't know I had
cancer yet, but I had already had cancer at this, this point
in time. But so, so thankful I'm cancer
free now and that I had these therapies to help me, you know,
like I said, for the rest of my life, and not just me, but other
people as well. Praise God, there is a good
ending to that story. There's so many things I want to
unpack there. But you, you mentioned, you
know, you felt like you were inflamed for a really long time.
You said you've always suffered from inflammation.
You just didn't have the framework maybe to verbalize it
or how to conceptualize it because you weren't yet trained
in genetics. So how did that show up for you?
You know, in your teens and 20s, before you could kind of put a
name to the face? Yeah, honestly, cravings was a
big one for me. Like when I was younger, that
was something that like food was always like, I mean, I had, I
had struggled with a lot of eating disorders growing up
from, I mean, every end of the spectrum.
Like, do you think I'm pretty much like everyone you think of?
I probably went through it at some period of time, but it's
because I always had this really negative relationship with food.
And, you know, cravings are a chemical reaction in the brain,
right? They're not just something, oh,
I'm just hungry and I want snacks.
Like it's, it's a chemical reaction that's going on, that's
being triggered somewhere. And so I feel like that was
probably when I first started to notice it, like looking back
from what I know now. And then when I got to be in my
early 20s, I noticed that, you know, the inflammation in my
face. Like I always felt like I had a
really round face. Turns out I was just swollen,
you know, like I was like, oh, I was just puffy, you know, And
then once I had my daughter, it's like an extra layer got
added on. And then it's pretty much like
every, you know, even every five years after you turn 20, it's
like it got a little bit worse and a little bit worse because
you're going through those hormonal shifts that, you know,
makes it your body's just not functioning as well.
And then my body is already hindered in some very important
areas just from, you know, a magnetic standpoint.
That's really when I started to notice it, honestly, when I was
younger. But it was with the cravings and
then the even just going out to eat, my hands would swell, you
know, just of something that wasn't even bad like some steak
and sweet potato fries, right? Like any extra like things.
I just noticed that swelling was always a big thing for me.
You know, the cravings stayed constant and actually got worse.
And then like I said, the inflammation in my face, like
waking up with a puffy face, that was like a really, a really
big sign for me that I didn't really know then, right?
Like I just like I said, I just thought I had a really round
face. Well, turns out I have a
jawline. It's good to finally see it, you
know? But those were signs that I just
didn't really know. And then very, very heavy
cycles, painful cycles was another one, right?
That's a big sign of your body is trying to get something out,
right? There's something that's not
right. And so that was also another
component when I got into my 20s.
Wow. OK, So what were some of the
epigenetic manipulations you did?
You know, you told us that you know, genes, genes aren't
necessarily your destiny. It's it's our, you know,
lifestyle and our nutrition that really pulls the trigger for
what could be encoded in us. So what were some of the
practical things you did from the get go when you discovered
your MTHFR? Right, So one of the things is
honestly detoxify in your home, right?
Because that's where you let's where you spend a lot of your
time, right. So like, I remember when I was
younger, my mom would have candles in the house and I would
put candles in my room and there was I would get triggered.
And I remember specifically one time time my mom, I had like a
terrible cough and it just wouldn't go away.
And you know, obviously some of that inflammation was probably
there when my mom took the candles out of my room and I
quit coughing. Like, and I never thought about
that stuff when I was younger, you know, but fragrance and you
know, like there's a lot of toxins that were exposed to and
if my body is not good at getting rid of those things,
they're just sitting there. So detoxifying my home was a
really big one, you know, making sure there was no fragrances
around even and it just not being like nuts about it, right?
Like when something and candles are easy to throw away, but say
like laundry detergent, right? It's got fragrance in it.
Like next time I run out, I'm just going to go get something
that's better for me. Or same thing with like your
lotion or your shampoo. Think about we're putting these
things on, you know, our skin, which is absorbing, right?
It goes directly into your body. And so we don't think about
those things like deodorant, even, you know, not using
toothpaste that has like fluoride in it.
You know, there's just so many little things that I started to
do just to switch out for better, better products, right?
That was a big one. And that's another thing with
epigenetics, right? That's our environment too.
So it's like that helps control the way our genes are expressed.
And so if you're sitting and living in an environment that is
super toxic, you know, your genes, if they're not favorable,
are going to get turned on, right?
It's like what's what's causing those switches to get turned on?
Because we can quiet the noise. Like we can control a lot,
right? We're exposed to like 750,000
toxins a day. Like we're not going to be able
to get rid of all those things, but we can work on and where we
sleep, where we live, and it really does make a huge
difference. And then obviously to the
lifestyle factor, making sure that, you know, the foods that
you eat, moving your body like utilizing, you know, saunas and
all those kinds of things to help that body detox.
And then obviously even supporting your body on the
supplemental end, you know, taking supplements to help you
methylate properly and to help support your liver and just make
you function better. So those are a lot of things
that I did over a very long period of time.
Like I said, I even tell my clients, you know, I'm not
telling you to go burn your house down, right?
Like I'm just telling you like, hey, let's just do little swaps
here. Like maybe when you run out of
like some of this, you know, trashy bread that you're eating,
let's go swap it for some like organic sourdough that you can
get, you know, a whole food market or something.
Just little tiny things here and there really do make a big
difference over time. OK, this is really helpful.
I think for a lot of women who maybe feel powerless against the
750,000 toxins that they're exposed to every day.
I wonder like what are some of your favorite clean beauty
products or lines? Honestly, Saints really good.
That's a really good one that I utilize.
There's some local places around town that I go to as well.
Like his makeup is like, you know, that's a hard one because
you're like, Oh my gosh. And honestly, most of the time I
don't even wear a lot of makeup anymore.
I just use some like, you know, moisturizer and then I'm solid.
You know, I keep all my stuff just very low key, like even
just utilizing some beef tallow, you know, that I get at the
local market just to kind of help me out.
But the the you know, if you don't need to put makeup on or
any of that kind of stuff, then you know, like just don't do it
right. I'm not going to lie, I got my
eyebrows tattooed or micro bladed.
I got that done. So that way I'm like, I don't
got to do that no more. So I'm just going to wake up,
get rocking and rolling and all that kind of stuff.
I joke about that kind of stuff all the time too, you know, but
and then even using some things like buff city's a good one.
I have a friend that utilizes, I think it's, I think it's
Melaleuca or something using some products from some friends
that have some good clean stuff. You know, I do that all the time
as well. I love to support them and their
businesses too. So just you can find those
things out there. I mean, and even like even my
dishwasher pods I just get on Amazon, you know, you can look
up clean products. It's a lot easier than we than
we think. It's just not that mainstream
stuff that we think of right away.
But once you start to find it, it's all out there.
Especially now, I feel like there's a lot more companies
that are focusing on things. Like that Awesome, very, very
helpful. Also curious too, because you
said that you got into now some, some peptide therapies, right?
And this is right before you learn that you had cancer.
So how did you come into the peptide space?
Was it through the bodybuilding world or nutrition world?
What that look like? So I actually went to a
biohacking convention a few years ago, and that's the first
time that I had ever learned about peptide therapy.
I was like, oh, you know, because it was kind of like in
the biohacking community, bodybuilding community actually
for quite some time. And so I started researching it,
right? And I'm like thoroughly going
through these things and I'm like, okay, this is what this is
and this is what that is. And then I honestly hit a hard
struggle season. Like we went into a crazy busy
season and then I got into that area where I'm like, I can't
work out for, you know, 90 minutes a day, like 5 or five
days a week. Like, you know, getting in, you
know, 12,000 steps a day. It's looking more like 8 to
10,000 now. Like the, the food thing, like
being able to prep and track every little thing wasn't
necessarily as doable. I had to be more on the go.
And so with that being a super sensitive salary body that I
have, like the inflammation started coming back, the
cravings started coming back, the weight came back with
vengeance, you know, And so I'm sitting there and I'm like, man,
I'm looking into all this stuff. And obviously there was a little
bit of hesitation because of some of the negative things you
see on the, the media, right? You're like, Oh my gosh, this is
doing all these bad things. But I always say, if you're
going to look for research that's negative or whatever,
you're going to always find it, right?
But being open minded, like if you start seeing what, what
happens when people do it right, the, the research and the, the,
you know, outcome is so different, right?
There's a way to do it wrong and there's a way to do it right.
And there's just looking into that.
I was like, you know what, I need this right now.
And so that's why I decided to actually pull the trigger on
peptide therapy myself. I started working with a local
practitioner and I was like, you know, this is just something
that I need. This is some support that I need
for my body. Then once I did it, I was like,
why did I wait so long? You know, like, you mean I could
have been doing this my whole life.
I haven't had it. Like there's like this monster
in my body that has been like suppressed, right?
That it's like the cravings, like it's just like, I just got
her like in this cage, right? And sometimes she gets out and
she gets out for a hot minute, you know, causes some ruckus and
then I try to get her put back in there.
I don't have to go through that fight no more.
You know, it's like there's those triggers aren't being, you
know, flipped anymore. It's like, it has been such a
blessing to be able to utilize that.
And guess what with that, Like my body has never functioned as
well ever. And it's crazy because just
before, you know, I had been diagnosed with cancer, I was
like, I've literally never felt better in my entire life, you
know, but I had, yeah, right. I'm like, there's a reason.
There's a reason. I know.
But I had started peptide therapy in December of 2024 and
then was diagnosed with cancer, breast cancer in September of
2025. So, you know, I already had it.
But at the same time, I'm like, man, I finally feel like I'm in
control of my body. And it's like, man, what if I
could have just been in control five years sooner, right?
Like what, what my, I mean, what kind of outcome could I have
potentially had? And I mean, we're changing the
terrain here, right? Like it's just so much better of
an environment that I have going on now than I had going on
pretty much my whole life. So I'm just super, super
passionate about it. So thankful and Neil, let's just
say like after micro dosing, I'm down 25 lbs been able to keep
that off like easily, you know, and honestly I didn't even know
I had 25 lbs to lose. I was thinking like 10 to 15 and
then you know, once I capped out around the 25 range or whatever,
I'm like man, I had like all this extra inflammation plus
some extra, you know body fat, but I'm like that extra body
fat. The biggest thing when you,
you're like, oh, I just lost this much.
I'm like, you're doing so much good for your body when you're
bringing body fat down because the body holds on to toxins and
the fat like, right, Like your body wraps the toxins basically
in fat like bubble wrap trying to protect you.
And that's why a lot of times that midsection weight gain,
that's where it puts it, you know, and that's why it's so
hard for it to get rid of because it's considered tainted
fat. So your body's like, I don't
want to use that as energy, right?
Like we're just going to leave that sucker right there, you
know, but it's sitting in your body and just wreaking havoc on
the body. So what I've learned now and
like the peptide space and where that's going and what it's doing
for people, especially for people who have had cancer and
are working like post cancer, what to do in their bodies.
Like it's just, it's truly incredible.
And we're just in such a cool time to be able to have access
to these kinds of things. Absolutely.
And it's interesting to me too that you, you know, you were on
peptides when this happened, like if it could have been worse
if you weren't, if you were already bringing down the
inflammation. So when your oncologist told
you, you know you've had active cancer, what was the peptide
discussion that went on and what was the protocol you you did
going forward? Yeah, and honestly, like to back
up a little bit, like if I hadn't lost the 25 lbs, like I
don't know if I would have ever actually gotten it checked
because I could feel it like it was like right up underneath my
skin. And so I wasn't really sure if
it had changed or I was like, I'm just gonna get this checked
out. So honestly, I'm super thankful
that I dropped that weight because I was just, you know, I
had a feeling. But once I actually ended up
finding out that I had cancer and talking to my oncologist,
she was actually very supportive of it.
I actually just had an appointment up with her
yesterday and we were talking about all these different
modalities, including peptide therapy because I'm actually
choosing not to go with some traditional routes, you know,
and the crazy thing is she's been in the in oncology for over
20 years. I mean, she's been doing it a
very, very long time. And to hear somebody that has
been in in the medical field for that long and seen all the
transitions through the medical field, most of the time you
think that they're going to be stuck in their ways and they're
not open to new things. But it was really cool to have
her support. You know, she was like, I even
when I told her I was micro dosing, she's like, totally for
that. Stay on that.
There's a lot of really good things coming out about that
right now. And you know, changing like how
your, your body's like, you know, with your blood sugar,
your insulin, I mean, inflammation, all these things
are going to be favorable for you post cancer.
And, you know, to hear that again yesterday and just to talk
about some other treatments that I'm utilizing and other
modalities instead of things like radiation or, you know,
chemotherapy was never on the table for me, thankfully.
But they did suggest some radiation as just a precaution.
Like they were thinking like maybe 5 to 10 treatments.
But you know, for me, I'm already a very low risk profile.
So the risk reward just wasn't there for me.
But also, you know, I'm not choosing to do nothing either,
right? Like I'm totally changing my
biology and the way the signaling is going on in my body
and supporting my body in a different way.
And it was just really cool to hear how supportive she was of
that. Very, very encouraging.
Are you comfortable with talking about some of the alternative
therapies that you're going to be exploring?
Yeah, absolutely. So one of the things like
obviously micro dosing that's like my staple, it's the dual
agonist GLPGIP with the B12 methylated B12, which is
awesome. So that's, that's kind of like
my foundational piece just because that has been such a
huge component for me for controlling inflammation, which
is a big driver for a lot of the issues that I've had.
The next thing is technically a peptide, but you know, kind of
doesn't work on a signaling pathway like glutathione.
That's been a really big one for me because having MTHFR, one of
the reasons why you have an issue with detoxification is
because of your body's ability to produce glutathione.
And so being able to put that into my body in an area in which
it's already hindered is just like, whoa, let's go, you know?
And honestly, once I started, I started feeling so good, right?
Yeah, I'm like, man, I feel like pistols are firing like this is
this is solid. And so glutathione has been a
really good one for me, just helping my body on that
detoxification process because, right, if you can get these
things out of your body and get your body functioning, if it's
not, the longer it holds on to something like that, the worse
it is in the body, right? And the worse it is in the body,
the more at risk you are for chronic illness and cancer being
one of those things. So that's definitely one that
I'm using. Another one is TA-1,
thymoalfacin one that's a really good one.
It's an immune system modulator. So that's going to, one of the
biggest things with that for like post cancer is helping
produce more T cells, right? And within those T cells is
killer T cells and killer T cells like literally like eat
abnormal cells, right? And so for me, that's, that's
good, right? And we want to keep the immune
system some functioning properly because that's your protection,
right? So that's one of the things that
I'm utilizing. Also looking into a different
peptide called PNC 27. I think it's either 21 or 27.
That's another one. That's one that I use a lot in
cancer treatment centers in Mexico.
So that was another thing that I started doing is really looking
at because, you know, they utilize a lot of these therapies
in other countries and they don't use them as much here or
they're not as like open. And so I wanted to start looking
into other ways that other countries treat their people.
And you know, there's honestly a lot of really good cancer
treatment centers in Mexico. And so that was one of the ones
that they utilize a lot. TA-1 was also one that they
utilize a lot. I'm also looking into ozone
therapy. I haven't dove into that one as
much as far as like, you know, the, the purpose behind it and
all the kind of like sciency side of things, but that's
something high dose vitamin C is another one.
And then I'm also looking into the Rife machine, which is like
a frequency deal. It's pretty cool.
Like when you start looking into all that stuff, I've read a lot
of materials and looked into some things of just like, you
know, even like the political side of things, you know, like
not to get too crazy into that kind of stuff, but I mean, it's
just wild. And when you look at some of the
research on that, I mean, he pretty much had like 100% cure
rate. And so just going into like I
said, kind of some, you know, non traditional things, even did
some muscle testing, which is a little woo woo, but.
I like muscle testing. But but like when I first went
into it, I was like, OK, I'm like, it seems a little woo woo.
I'm going to be totally honest, like, but I'm totally open to it
too. So I went and did the muscle
testing and that's kind of when we figured out that this could
have been derived from mold exposure.
And our house prior that we lived in before it did actually
have mold in the house and we got it treated and all that kind
of stuff. But I don't know how long we had
lived there a couple years before we had sold it.
But I mean, if I'm living in that environment for two years,
right, having the higher level of MTHFR that I have, like, you
know, my, my test didn't come back saying that I was like
living in it. It came back that more so that I
had been exposed and those things were just kind of sitting
in my body. So utilizing some antimicrobials
and then a binder as well. And just let you know, the
binder tastes like a campfire that has gasoline on it.
Like I was like, this is the most earthy thing I think I've
ever done. Like this is, you know, I was, I
was joking about it the other day.
I'm like, man, this I have to like and I'm not, I'll take it
like I don't care if it tastes like grass.
I'll take it. I'd like I have no complaints
here. But that one, I was like, that
one's a little. Which which binder are you
taking? I want to hear it's.
Carboxy from cell core. Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm taking it,
yeah. Oh yeah, I was like, and then
she's like, you got to let it sit for a little bit.
I was like, I'm impatient, I'm going to shoot it anyway.
I don't care. But I'm like, it seriously
tastes like a campfire that has gas cord on it and I'm just
straight up doing it. In the alternative world, you
know, that's when it's working. The worst it takes, you're like,
Oh yeah, bring it on. Yeah, yeah.
So and also utilizing finbenazole with some Ivermectin
in there as well. I just started that this week.
So there's a lot of different moving parts, you know, but you
know, just a lot of like really good things that I feel like,
you know, when we're talking about risk reward with
traditional therapies, like, you know, they're talking about, and
this is all personal, like no medical advice.
This is what I have personally just decided to do for my own
journey and what I felt like it's best for my body.
And the type of cancer that I've had is, you know, just going
through these different therapies.
It's just, it's, it's different, right?
Like it is very different, but not choosing to do something a
hormone blocker, right? Because I'm like, well, my risk
of reoccurrence or the risk of other types of cancers is
already in the single digits. Like why do I want to take this
and increase my risk for uterine cancer, which is way worse than
the cancer that I had, right? So, you know, like I just, I
think people should be an advocate for their own health
and not be afraid to ask questions, right?
Because one thing that I noticed when I was going through all
these things and getting all these options, they don't tell
you like the risk of other things, right?
Because even when I went to go into talk to my radiation
oncologist, you know, he's talking about all these things
and you know, radiation and they're reducing your risk of
reoccurrence of reducing this or whatever.
But I'm like, well, what about increasing the risk for other
things? Like what's that?
And then it's like some of the stuff I noticed that it
increased my risk over here more than what it decreased my risk
over here, you know, which is way, way worse, right?
And so I mean, even with the radiation, my, my cancer was on
my left breast. And so I'm like, well, we're
doing radiation over here. What about my heart?
You know, that's real close. And he's like, you know, there's
certain things, but then a lot of these things just come up,
you know, potentially 10 years after, like the hardening of the
heart or the lung or, you know, all these other things.
But I'm like, in 10 years, I'll be 47.
Like, I'm gonna still be a spring chicken, like, you know,
you know, And so I'm like, I don't want my heart to be
hardened at that age, you know? And so I just started asking a
lot of questions and looking into other things.
I'm like, there are other treatments out there.
It's just you got to ask about them.
And you just got to be an advocate for your own health and
make a informed decision. And one thing when you do make
your decision, even I was talking with my oncologist about
this yesterday, is you have to be comfortable with what you
choose, you know, and I am completely comfortable with the
path that I've chosen. That is great advice.
I'm sure there are women listening to this who are
probably experiencing a similar path.
And so just knowing that they have options and knowing that
the standard course of treatment is not necessarily always the
only answer and that there are oncologists out there who may
have been practicing for 20 years who are open to some of
these alternative or, or, you know, more modern tools, I think
that's really exciting. Yeah, I really do too.
And I'm so thankful for it. And I really feel like there's
such a big shift in the health and Wellness space.
You know, I feel like people are looking at health differently.
I do feel like people are asking more questions.
Like, you know, you're like with blood work, for example, like,
you know, my blood work's fine, but I don't feel fine, Right.
Well, before people would have just been like, well, just tell
me what to take, you know, and I'll, I'm going to do what you
say. Whereas now it's like, no,
there's still there's something that's not right.
And I feel like there's that shift that's happening where
people are starting to look into different modalities and
realizing that there are other options that potentially could
be a better source that might not just be as traditional, but
that just because it's not traditional doesn't mean that
it's bad or doesn't work or whatever.
It's just something that they don't necessarily look into
here. But when you start looking into
other countries, they do this a lot in other countries.
That's good to know too. Like do do your research like
this is not, this is not the only the be all and end all here
in the United States, you know? Yeah, Yeah.
As much as we like to think that we're the only ones here, right,
we're not. We're not.
There's a whole nother world out there.
My surprise, so when I first met you, I mean, I noticed not only
are you well spoken and well educated and charismatic, but I
definitely saw your Philippians 413 bracelet on your wrist.
And so, you know, going through the hard things that you went
through having a family, like how did your faith inform you
know, you going through this cancer journey?
Yeah, well, honestly one of the crazy things is I actually
didn't even tell my daughter about my daughter's fixing to
turn 11 here in a couple weeks. I didn't tell my daughter until,
oh gosh, it was like 5 months post cancer, like after my
mastectomy, everything. I did not tell her that I had
had cancer because I just got to a point where I was like, you
know what, I just I don't she's just so sweet.
She's so innocent and she's I I feel like I don't want her to
worry about mom. You know, that's not I don't not
saying that it's like bad to tell your family.
It's just for me, I was like, I just don't want to disturb her
right now until I know everything because I didn't have
all my results back. Like it takes a long time.
I mean, it took almost 60 days for me to have my mastectomy.
And so I had to sit there with two months knowing that there's
cancer in my body, you know, and I was just like, this is crazy
to me. And so I just wanted to wait
until I felt like that was the right time.
And I knew that God was going to speak to me at that time.
And so for me, I just felt like that was a big deal.
But honestly, I leaned on God a lot like that.
I mean, that's, that's really what got me through this.
And the biggest thing too is that I developed this thing with
my daughter's softball team and with some of my clients
originally, and then moved into my daughter's softball team
called the Champion Mindset. And it's really about you have
the choice to 1 to be a light right, to serve others in a very
positive way. But just because something
negative happens doesn't mean that you have to be negative
about it, right? The the biggest thing is that,
you know, I talk about on her softball team, I'm like, if you
strike out and then you come into the dugout and you're just
this like negative Nancy and you're bringing this, this
energy, negative energy into the team.
What do you how much value do you think that's going to add to
your team? Or if you strike and say, Hey,
dude, like she threw me inside one, watch out for it.
Like, go cheer on your next person.
Like, that's going to be a completely different outcome.
And if you're sitting there constantly being negative, like
it's only going to make the situation worse.
And so when I found out about this, it's crazy.
I had developed this whole thing just prior, you know, to getting
diagnosed. And I was like, man, this is a
test, right? If I'm not going to really
practice what I preach here. And so I was like, you know
what, like I gave myself, I found out, you know, fairly
early on, it was on a Monday. And then my daughter gets home
from school. Like we had to pick her up
around like 3315. And so I said until 3:15, I can
be upset. And after 3:15, you got to turn
it off, right? You got to be mom, you got to be
a warrior. And at that time I said, you
know, God does not make mistakes.
There's a reason why this is happening.
And I have full faith in that. And so I can choose to come out
of this pain with some kind of, I would say come, if you're
going to go through pain, you better come out with some kind
of payment. And I don't mean financially,
right? You better grow from it.
You better learn from it. You better find a way to, you
know, get some kind of payment out of it if you're going to go
through this kind of pain. And you know, pain isn't
necessarily always a bad thing, right?
Like if we come out of it stronger.
And I mean, what I'm learning to serve other people, you know, I
mean, just like even that mindset, how much has changed my
life of like, hey, I'm just going to be positive about this.
Like I know God's got my back. I know that I might not have all
the answers, but I have full faith in his plan.
And when you truly walk in faith, like, you know, it just
unlocks something that's completely, you just feel OK,
you know, and like the Philippians 413, I can do all
things through Christ who strengthens me.
I can get through cancer, you know, I can get through it with
like being a light and a voice and all those kinds of things.
And God, I mean, there we live or I mean, we starve a powerful
God, like something that we don't even I don't understand,
right? And so if you can truly just
walk in faith, knowing that this is just part of your journey,
don't miss the blessing on the other side of it, right?
Like as much as it's hard for me to say to go through something
so unfavorable, I do find that there is a blessing in this some
way. And I've already started to see
that, you know, and I really, I really just believe that like
wholeheartedly. And God's the thing that got me
through it with a positive, you know, attitude.
I was even going into my mastectomy and she's like, I'm,
you're just so positive. I was like, Hey, I can choose to
be in a good mood and I can choose to be in a bad mood.
And there's one way to get through it that's 10 times more
favorable than the other and just believing in God's plan.
And just like I said, walking in full faith in that.
And it's, it's really changed a lot in my life because, you
know, this was a pretty big deal, obviously.
And to continue to do that even in this kind of a situation and
not change my character and really still lean on God even
more, oh gosh, it's incredible. And I'm actually, as much as
it's hard to say, I'm thankful for it.
Okay, I'm not usually speechless, but it's just so
beautiful. Amen.
Amen.
Oh my goodness, oh so encouraging to me.
It just and I hope it's encouraging to others just to
remember that like we are not promised an easy life.
You know, we're just not there will be suffering in our life,
but we know that a good God walks alongside us during that
suffering. Thank you for sharing things.
To really lean on that, like I promise, like I mean, it's just
truly incredible when you just fully immerse yourself in that.
It's life changing and it just, I don't know, there just does
something to you, you know, and then you just really feel like,
man, I can freaking do. Anything.
And then strangers see it in you and they're like, what is that?
It's the spirit, that's what it is.
It is the Holy Spirit, absolutely.
I fully believe that, yes. Oh my goodness.
OK, so a couple more questions for you as we finished out here.
What's next for you and your peptide journey?
I know this is part of your business now.
It's part of your personal life, your professional life.
Like what are you looking forward to with regards to
peptides? Honestly, the biggest thing is
impact. Like I just am so thankful what
this is doing for other people and continuing to increase my
knowledge like this is just, I mean, these are a godsend
really. I mean, to be able to give
people things that can truly change their health.
I mean, this isn't and it just goes so far beyond just looking
good in the mirror. Like that ends up kind of just
being the icing on the cake. Like everybody wants to look
good, right? But you can look good and feel
like crap, right? Like and not and stuff it with
anxiety or depression and, you know, all those things that
affect, you know, the way you show up as a parent, the way you
show up as a friend or in your life, like going for the
promotion or whatever the case may be, right?
Like these are truly life changing things that, you know,
that can, that people now have access to and just to be able to
be a vehicle for somebody. My, I'm fully immersed in that.
Like truly just going all in on the education and, you know,
looking at all these things like reading clinical literature,
listening to podcasts instead of music during, during a workout
or whatever, ever. Trying to fit every aspect of
that into my day just to serve others wholeheartedly.
And I really feel like that's one of the biggest things that
we're put here to do is to find our gift and then give it away.
Beautifully said. So if people are looking for
that gift, where can they find you?
So you can most of the time is most on just Instagram.
My Instagram handle is at Jessica Loftus dot jfit.
So you can send me a message there.
I've got my website links on there.
You can also just go ahead and find me on Facebook is just
Jessica Loftus and my my website is body by jfit.com.
So those are a few different places that you can find me.
Rad, I love it. You guys go follow her, go to
Facebook, go to her website, go to Instagram.
She is a fantastically inspiring woman in the peptide space and
I'm so glad you got to hear from her today.
Jessica, thank you. Thank you for being here.
Hey Jennifer, thank you so much for giving me another outlet
just to share my journey, my story, and just inspire and
impact others. And super thankful to be here
with you today. Thank you and thank you to
everyone who's listing today. We will see you next time on the
Peptides for Women podcast.