§ Erika's Five
The Amerika Standard · Published July 2026 · Reviewed annually

Five things we do
the same way,
every time.

Wellness got loud. Longevity got expensive. Peptides got a group chat.

We built Amerika because the people we love deserved better than a QR code and a subscription trap. This is the standard we hold ourselves to — in writing, in daylight, and in the room.

If we ever break one of these, we owe you an explanation before we owe you a renewal.

§ The Amerika Standard
July 2026 · Reviewed annually
A note before the five

Wellness got loud. Longevity got expensive. Peptides got a group chat.

We built Amerika because the people we love deserved better than a QR code and a subscription trap. This is the standard we hold ourselves to — in writing, in daylight, and in the room. If we ever break one of these, we owe you an explanation before we owe you a renewal.

  1. I

    Labs before plan.

    We read your bloodwork before we write a single line of your protocol. Every intake is reviewed by Erika personally within a median of 48 hours. If we can't measure it, we don't promise it. If a marker doesn't move a decision, we don't waste your money running it.

    You keep the raw files. Portable. Yours.

  2. II

    One plan, one team.

    You get one plan, not two. Erika owns the clinical side. Joshua owns training and recovery. You get one document, one number to call, and two names who both know what the other one wrote this week.

    If your file needs a fourth voice in the room, we bring them in. We don't hand you off to find them.

  3. III

    Seen in person.

    The first visit — and every meaningful decision — happens with us, in Miami. We are not a telehealth company with a physical address. We are a practice that occasionally uses telehealth to hold a plan we already built with you face to face.

    If you can't come to us, we come to you. That's a small number of members a year. It's supposed to be.

  4. IV

    No handoffs.

    Your file does not move to a junior. Your protocol does not get "reviewed by our team." The people who wrote your plan are the people who run your year. If Erika or Joshua ever leave that room, you leave with them or you leave with a full refund. Written into the agreement.

    Nobody senior sold you. Nobody junior services you.

  5. V

    Priced in daylight.

    Every price we charge is on the site, in full, before you speak to us. Three tiers, all-in numbers, no rate cards, no discovery calls to unlock a quote. Peptides are not upsold. Renewals are not automatic. When labs say the protocol worked, we tell you to stop — and we refund the unused months.

    We are the only peptide service in the country that will tell you to stop. That's on purpose.

What you will never see us do
  • Prescribe without labs.
  • Compound outside a 503A or 503B pharmacy.
  • Ship a peptide without a documented clinical relationship.
  • Auto-renew a protocol.
  • Sell HRT, TRT, or GLP-1s without a physical exam.
  • Publish a testimonial without consent, a name, and a lab on file.
  • Charge for a consultation you didn't need.

If any of this ever happens to you inside our care, the standard was broken. Tell us. We fix it, we publish the fix, and we refund what needs refunding — before the next member reads this page.

Signed
Erika A. Garcia
Founder · Chief Executive & Head of Clinical Operations
Joshua Gutierrez
Founder · Chief Experience & Performance Officer
Dr. K. Patel, MD
Florida Medical Panel
Dr. R. Alvarez, MD
Florida Medical Panel
Dr. S. Okafor, MD
Florida Medical Panel
Reviewed and re-signed July 2026. Next review July 2027.
The Standard, on paper →

A printed, signed copy is mailed to every member on their onboarding day.

§ A year of writing · The Journal

What you'll read from us,
week by week.

One piece a week. Alternating voices — Erika, Joshua, a physician on panel, and a member letter — around a question we actually got that week.

Every piece lands three ways the same day: on this site, in your inbox, and as an audio read. Four times a year the best of it is mailed to members on paper.

  • 52
    pieces a year · one every week
  • 3
    named-member letters with lab deltas on file
  • 1
    published year of Erika's own protocol
  • 4×
    printed editions mailed to members
§ Autumn 2026

The Standard,
written down.

Reader-first pieces that explain how we actually work — labs first, one plan, seen in person, no handoffs, priced in daylight.

  1. Aug · 05
    Clinical · Erika

    Labs before plan. Always, and here's why.

    Featured
  2. Aug · 12
    Method · Joshua

    The five-star lesson I brought from Shelborne.

  3. Aug · 19
    Clinical · Erika

    What I refuse to guess at in the first forty-eight hours.

  4. Aug · 26
    Guest · Panel MDs

    The peptide gold rush has a supply chain problem.

    Featured
  5. Sep · 02
    Performance · Joshua

    Boring is the point. A note on the tenth year.

  6. Sep · 09
    Clinical · Erika

    On bad Tuesdays.

  7. Sep · 16
    Member letter · Alex R.

    Six months in, my labs and my mirror finally tell the same story.

    Featured
  8. Sep · 23
    Method · Joshua

    Why we don't sell a peptide stack.

  9. Sep · 30
    Clinical · Erika

    Women's hormones in your forties, without the theatre.

  10. Oct · 07
    Performance · Joshua

    Three time zones this month. A note for the Operator.

  11. Oct · 14
    Guest · Panel MD

    What a good outcome actually looks like on paper.

  12. Oct · 21
    Editorial · Erika

    Wellness in Miami should feel private, precise, and personal.

    Featured
  13. Oct · 28
    Method · Joshua

    What we remove from a protocol before we add anything.

§ Winter 2026

A founder's own protocol, in daylight.

A year-long note. Erika publishes her own protocol and her own quarterly labs, unedited, so you can see what a longevity physician actually runs on herself.

  1. Nov · 04
    Erika's Fifteen · Erika

    Why I'm publishing my labs for the next twelve months.

    Featured
  2. Nov · 11
    Performance · Joshua

    Training a founder who won't be handed off.

  3. Nov · 18
    Member letter · Members

    The couple who wanted one plan, one clinician, one number to call.

  4. Nov · 25
    Clinical · Erika

    The Thanksgiving week protocol, honestly written.

  5. Dec · 02
    Method · Joshua

    Recovery is a service, not a favor.

  6. Dec · 09
    Erika's Fifteen · Erika

    30-day check — what moved. What didn't. What I refuse to change yet.

    Featured
  7. Dec · 16
    Guest · Panel MD

    A note on peptides and 2027 regulation.

  8. Dec · 23
    Editorial · Erika + Joshua

    The quiet week. Twelve things we're not doing this year.

  9. Dec · 30
    Member letter · Daniel K.

    I don't want health to become a hobby again.

    Featured
§ Spring 2027

The Founder's Table,
on film.

One filmed dinner a quarter — members, a physician, and one guest whose work matters to us. Twenty-two minutes. Made once, kept forever.

  1. Jan · 06
    Erika's Fifteen · Erika

    60-day check — the marker I almost changed the protocol for. And why I didn't.

    Featured
  2. Jan · 13
    Performance · Joshua

    The Operator's January.

  3. Jan · 20
    Guest · Guest

    Founder's Table dinner recap — six members, one guest, one physician.

    Featured
  4. Jan · 27
    Editorial · Erika

    One year of the Standard. What we changed. What we won't.

    Featured
§ What this year gives you
By January 2027

A year of writing you can actually use — so your protocol is the least interesting thing about your year.

  • A weekly read
    Fifty-two pieces from the people running your file — no ghostwriters, no roundups.
  • Real numbers
    Three named members share their labs, before and after — with consent, with names, with lab reports on file.
  • A physician, in public
    One published year of Erika's own protocol and her own quarterly labs, so you can see what she actually runs.
  • The Standard, on paper
    Erika's Five, signed and re-signed each July — mailed to every member on onboarding day.
  • A printed edition, four times a year
    The best of the year's writing, printed and posted — because some things belong off a screen.
§ Two ways in

Read one piece.
Or hold the standard in your hands.