What are Peptides?
Peptides are categorized in three ways, how they are organized (amino chains), their source (plant or animal), and their function within the human body. Essentially, a peptide is a chain composed of two or more amino acids. These amino acids are then linked via a chemical bond—peptide bond. Finally, when peptides organize into complex structures (more than 50 amino acids on the chain)—it becomes a protein. All of which help your body to function. However, as you age, the peptide production slows down or becomes interrupted. A therapeutic treatment often enables Knoxville Peptides patients to see positive results in hormone replacement, medically supervised weight loss, pain relief, and anti-aging benefits.
Peptides are amino acid sequences that act as hormones or neurotransmitters in the body. These amino acid sequences mimic naturally occurring peptides in the body and give the body back what it needs to function better and more efficiently.
There are at least 7,000 naturally occurring peptides in the body. There are over 140 peptides involved in therapeutic treatments and clinical trials, with hundreds more in preclinical development. There are approximately 60 US FDA approved peptide medicines on the market today. Insulin was the first peptide to market in 1923. Many physicians do not even realize that insulin was a peptide. Insulin was originally extracted from glandular tissue before it became a recombinant synthetic product.
To understand peptides and how they work, there needs to be a passion for and deep understanding of Cellular function.
All diseases, both acute and chronic, occur at the cellular level.
As cells age, the cell loses function and efficiency. By looking at physiology at the cellular level, we learn new ways to give the body back what it needs and to improve cell function. This is an area of medicine that is emerging and growing as physicians, scientists and patients look for more natural ways to slow aging. The focus therefore is on how to improve cellular efficiency.
Cells respond to stress with adaptive mechanisms. But too much stress on the cell can overcome those innate mechanisms. Stress on the body can happen with aging but also with the wrong nutrition, poor exercise and the toxic overload in today’s society. Peptides are only part of the solution. A comprehensive approach will always involve the patient doing their part with proper nutrition, exercise and stress control. Taking charge of stressors and doing all that you can to keep your cells functioning optimally.
