Ep. 638 Midlife Hormones and Peptide Therapy with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer | Menopause, Perimenopause, Hormone Health
About this episode
Dr. Aleksandra Gajer discusses midlife hormone optimization and peptide therapy in relation to menopause and perimenopause.
Today, I’m thrilled to connect with Dr. Aleksandra Gajer. Dr. Gajer was previously an academic emergency medicine physician who pivoted after realizing ER medicine was functioning less as a place that saves lives and more as a place that manages chronic conditions that should have been caught and addressed years earlier. That observation led her to leave ER medicine and take over an established Northern Virginia internal medicine practice focusing on hormone optimization, peptide therapy, and preventative longevity-oriented care. In our conversation today, we discuss how perimenopause is treatable and suffering through it is optional. Dr. Gajer explains how she manages body composition changes, weight loss resistance, bone health, and orthopedic-related complaints in midlife. We take a deep dive into the sourcing and research limitations of peptides, exploring healing peptides, growth hormone-promoting peptides, and thymic peptides, and also discussing immunosenescence, bioregulators, mitochondrial RNA-coded peptides, pheno age testing, and using low-dose ketamine, when appropriate, for mental health challenges. Stay tuned for a fascinating conversation about the science and…
People in this episode
Host: Everyday Wellness™
Guest: Dr. Aleksandra Gajer
Topics covered
- midlife hormones
- peptide therapy
- menopause
- perimenopause
- hormone health
- preventative care
Keywords
- hormone optimization
- peptide therapy
- perimenopause
- chronic conditions
- weight loss resistance
- bone health
- mental health
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