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Jun 17, 2025

The New Rules of Aging for Women: How to Use Hormones, Peptides, and Stem Cells in Every Decade of Life

Aging isn’t a slow fade—it’s a set of levers you can pull long before the wrinkles show up.

Dr. Julian Gershon breaks down how hormones nosedive by decade, why new moms feel aged overnight, and how stem cells, exosomes, peptides, and bioidentical hormones can reboot your body to age 25—minus the bro-science.

If you’re sick of being told “you’re normal, just wait for menopause,” this one hands you the playbook for feeling switched-on at 30, 40, 50 and beyond.

We talk about:

04:30 - Why a Division-1 sports doctor pivoted to anti-aging medicine

08:15 - Post-baby hormone crashes no one prepares moms for

12:40 - The single testing mistake that keeps women misdiagnosed

18:20 - “Running your life at 40%” — optimal Testosterone ranges for men and women

22:40 - Sugar is the real longevity killer (and why NAD runs out faster in women)

24:00 - Perimenopause saw-teeth: Smoothing the ride with micro-dosed hormones

28:10 - Rebuilding bone, brain & libido after menopause with true bioidenticals

31:50 - The PremPro problem: How synthetic hormones hijacked breast-cancer stats

34:40 - PRP, exosomes & stem cells for hair, skin, cartilage—and even intimacy

39:15 - Peptides decoded: BPC-157, tesamorelin, NAD injections & more

45:20 - Brittany’s 600-day sobriety experiment & what her biomarkers say now

Questions answered in this episode:

Why do so many women feel older right after childbirth?
How low is “too low” for female testosterone—and why does it matter?
What’s the right day of your cycle to test progesterone and estradiol?
Is serum blood testing more reliable than DUTCH or saliva?
Can bioidentical hormones really lower breast-cancer and heart-disease risk?
PRP vs. exosomes vs. stem cells—how do you choose the right regenerative therapy?
Which peptides actually move the needle on growth hormone, recovery, and gut repair?

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