Straight answers to the health questions you're asking
These guides answer the questions people bring to us about weight, healthy aging and peptides, in plain language. A physician reviews each one, lists the sources and grades the evidence. They're here to help you make sense of what you've read. When you're ready to talk about your own health, you can book a video visit with an obesity medicine physician.
Reviewed by Darshan Patel, MD, Obesity medicine physician, on 2026-11-12. Next review 2027-05-11.
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Find your answer by goal
I want to lose weight and keep it off.
- How weight care works at Aayu Well
- Semaglutide and tirzepatide
- Using your insurance
- How to check if your plan covers GLP-1s
- GLP-1 coverage in 2027: what changed and what to do
- Wegovy prior authorization denied: next steps and how to appeal a Zepbound denial
- GLP-1 cash prices compared and the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge
- Insurance-billed care or a cash membership?
I want to keep the weight off.
- Do I have to take a GLP-1 forever?
- Stopping Wegovy or Zepbound without regaining
- Keeping muscle on a GLP-1 and how much protein you need
- Face and skin changes after weight loss
I want to stay healthy as I get older.
- Live well, age well: what really helps you stay healthy for longer
- Longevity labs after 40: which tests are worth it
I'm curious about peptides.
- Peptides: what's promising, what's proven
- Which peptides can be compounded, updated monthly
- How to choose a peptide clinic: 10 questions
- Research-use-only peptides: why the label matters
- One page per peptide: BPC-157, TB-500, MOTS-c, Epitalon, Semax, KPV, Sermorelin, NAD+, Glutathione, CJC-1295 and ipamorelin, GHK-Cu and Tesamorelin
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Why people trust our answers
- Every guide is reviewed by a physician, Darshan Patel, MD, an obesity medicine physician.
- Every guide lists its sources, so you can check them yourself.
- Treatments get an evidence grade, from A (several large trials in people agree) to D (mostly animal or lab studies).
- Peptide guides are reviewed every month, because the rules are changing fast.
- Read our editorial policy for how we grade evidence, choose sources and correct mistakes.
Questions people ask
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