Dr. Jeffrey GladdenFounder & CEO of Gladden Longevity

Boost Your Health with GLP-1

15 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube video "Boost Your Health with GLP-1," Dr. Jeffrey Gladden explains why increasing the body’s own production of glucagon‑like peptide‑1 (GLP‑1) is a superior health strategy compared with taking external GLP‑1‑based drugs. He notes that endogenous GLP‑1 naturally regulates insulin secretion and insulin resistance, and that its levels decline with age. By boosting native GLP‑1, one can also stimulate the brain, blood vessels, and kidneys in ways that promote overall health. Dr. Gladden frames this approach as “perfect medicine” – enhancing what the body already does rather than supplanting it with synthetic agents.

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I think the other interesting thing is that when you're producing your own GLP-1, the GLP-1 has to do with insulin secretion, insulin resistance, and it also— the GLP-1s, if you're making more of your own, which go down with aging, you're actually stimulating the brain, you're stimulating the blood vessels, you're stimulating the kidneys, all in very healthy ways. I'm not going to call it a perfect drug, but it's kind of a perfect approach to getting the body to do more of what it what it should be doing, right? And that's— I think that's, that's better medicine than trying to supplant what the body is doing with something else.