Regulatory and safety status: Epitalon is currently awaiting FDA review
It contains resistant potato starch, resistant tapioca fiber, flaxseed oil, MCT oil, baobab fruit powder, guar gum, kombucha, and probiotic strains including Bacillus coagulans and Bacillus clausii
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Legitimizing these peptides for compounding doesn't require nearly the same degree of evidence as FDA drug approval, but the agency still has a "responsibility to ensure that there's some level of safety before they become widely available," explains Bernstein