What Are Peptides

Peptides Explained Tiny Chemical Messengers, Explained Clearly Peptides are short chains of amino acids. Many well-known hormones are peptides, including insulin, oxytocin, and GLP-1-based medications like Ozempic. Think of amino acids as the letters of the biological alphabet: a peptide is a short word, while a protein is a full sentence or paragraph. Because peptides […]

Peptide Therapy: What is it?

Peptide Therapy: A Game-Changer

Educational Overview Peptide Therapy: What It Is and What the Research Shows Originally published 1/12/2024 · Updated 10/6/2026 Peptides are short chains of amino acids, and “peptide therapy” has become a popular phrase. But it covers very different things: a few FDA-approved medicines with labeled uses and warnings, and many other compounds marketed without FDA […]