Do you want glowing skin, bigger muscles, healthier hair?
On social media, the answer you'll likely get for all of that is peptides.
If you're someone who's wanting to get sexy for summer, these are the top five peps to get for summer.
I only take two peptides to make my skin look like this.
You could be lean, jacked, and tan this summer.
Basically, you take them, they're going to heal injuries
up to like three to four times as fast as they would heal on their own.
Look how insane my skin has been looking on glutathione.
I could go on and on and on and on.
There is a pep for every problem.
Peptides, often sold as injectables, are a massive trend,
fueled by influencers and celebrities like Joe Rogan and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Despite their popularity, though, most peptides are being sold in the U.S.
Without regulatory oversight, making them a controversial subject in medical circles.
Our colleague Sarah O'Brien has been reporting on this wellness craze.
People are largely getting these peptides on the internet.
They're ordering them from sellers that are largely abroad
and are mixing them and injecting them at home, oftentimes without a doctor's supervision at all.
But now, the Food and Drug Administration under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Is talking about recategorizing several of these experimental peptides,