The Influencer Peptide Boom

No Worries If Not! · Nov 5, 2026 · 36m

Your favourite influencer is promoting injectable peptides, the box arrives the next day, and the label on the vial says 'Not for human or animal consumption.' Would you still inject it?

In this episode, I’m looking at what peptides actually are, the miracle cures they promise, looksmaxxers and menopause grifters and the legal loophole keeping this unregulated market alive. I talk to a fitness influencer who promotes peptides and to the Guardian’s consumer affairs correspondent, whose reporting helped spark an official investigation into peptide sellers.

Guests:

⁠Tom Holbrook⁠

Sarah Marsh -…