Improves Digestive Health

Ipamorelin also plays an integral role in maintaining digestive system health. Studies show that growth hormone releasing peptides such as ipamorelin helps improve gastrointestinal function:
1. Growth hormone releasing peptide improves digestive health by protecting against various types of ulcers. [37]
2. In humans, ipamorelin administration improves gastric motility (contractions of gastric smooth muscle) by increasing the levels of ghrelin. [38]
3. In a severely emaciated anorexia nervosa patient, one-year intranasal application of growth hormone releasing peptide improves digestive tract dysfunction as evidenced by an increase in food intake and body weight. [39]
4. In patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery, ipamorelin administration improves upper and lower gastrointestinal tract function. [40]
5. In rats, ipamorelin administration boosts ghrelin levels, which in turn improves gastrointestinal function. [41-43]
6. In a rodent model of postoperative ileus (malfunctioning of intestinal motility after abdominal surgery), ipamorelin administration accelerates gastric emptying, which is suggestive of improved gastrointestinal function. [44-45]
7. In rats, ipamorelin administration increases fecal pellet output following abdominal surgery. [46]