Are five peptides at once too much to stack? asks an anonymous account on Reddit, posting to a forum that attracts 62,000 visitors a week. The sensible answer would almost certainly be yes. Peptides, which have fast become a wellbeing buzzword, are linked to everything from better skin to longevity.
Every day, thousands of people across the UK and US inject them into their stomachs for weight loss, into their cheeks for definition and into their muscles for growth. Peptides are also in a legal grey area, an unregulated wild west which is creating a perfect storm of toxic body ideals, online chatroom affirmation and DIY medicine.
