What Is Peptide Therapy?
Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as tiny messengers. They deliver instructions to your cells to perform certain processes.
Peptide therapy involves using peptides that are made in a lab to work like natural peptides do in your body. They may be identical to the natural version or chemically improved to make them safer or more effective. The goal is to raise low peptide levels that can’t be replaced with supplements to help certain conditions.
To date, scientists have found over 7,000 peptides that occur naturally in the human body. And more than 80 FDA-approved peptides are on the market for conditions like diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and multiple sclerosis (MS).
Potential Benefits
Each peptide uniquely signals a specific cellular or physiologic process in your body. Depending on the peptide you take, you may experience the following benefits:
- Improvement in skin firmness, elasticity, and tone
- Reduced body fat
- Increased natural HGH levels
- Weight loss
- Improved recovery from injury
- Improved wound healing
- Decreased joint and muscle pain
- Improved sleep
- Decreased depression or anxiety symptoms
- Improved recovery after bowel resection surgery
- Decreased inflammation
- Improved sex drive
- Hair growth
- Improved concentration and focus
- Improved bone strength