Unlike most advocates for criminal justice reform, who come from the left, hes a conservative, though he abandoned the Republican party after President Trumps election in 2016 (hes now registered as unaffiliated)
Also, its real science. Anecdotes are no basis for public policy, and since when do we not care that the origin story of a molecule appears to be nonsense
Cell Stress Chaperon (2016) 21:68796
By inhibiting NNMT and preserving NAD, 5-Amino-1MQ indirectly boosts SIRT1 activity , leading to: Increased fat oxidation SIRT1 activates PGC-1 (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha), a master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis and fat metabolism
So, at least its positive with that
The peptide induced expression of cytoskeleton proteins, intracellular kinases, and transcription regulators while repressing immune and inflammatory mediators, leading to down-regulation of oxidative stress response and up-regulation of ion channels and metabolic pathways