Peptide headlines arrive with big percentages and small caveats. This plain-English checklist separates what a study shows from what the caption implies — worked through one real, verified trial.
A peptide claim in South Africa can be checked in minutes: SAHPRA's product database, two clinical-trial registers, and the professional registers — plus questions any seller should answer comfortably.
Regulators approve specific products for specific uses; trials test investigational medicines under supervision; “research use only” labels do none of these jobs. Here is what each status actually means, and how to check it.
Start with the smallest honest definition. Your body builds proteins from twenty-odd building blocks called amino acids. When amino acids link together into a chain — each link formed when the acid end of one amino acid