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For more information. Today's guest is Dr. Elizabeth

Youirth, a pioneer in regenerative and functional medicine who has been at the forefront of

peptide therapy long before it became an Instagram sensation. Dr. Earth specializes in

helping patients optimize their health through strategic

peptide use, hormone replacement, and a deep understanding of the body's natural biochemical

pathways. In today's show, we explore what peptides actually are and how they're different from

hormones and therapies and why quality sourcing matters more than most people realize.

We also discuss why peptides are not magic pills and should not be used in isolation,

how to think about peptides for women in midlife alongside HRT,

and the promising role of peptides in cognitive health and reducing neuroinflammation.

Let's get to it.

So how do you define peptides?

So basically think about peptides as small protein chains. So if you look at a protein,

it's really greater than 50 amino acids. So proteins are just amino acid chains like glycine,

argentine, lysine, right? They're just strings of amino acids linked together by bonds.

Protein makes it greater than 50 amino acids.

And then a peptide is anywhere from 2 to 48 amino acids, right?

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