The TFC Peptide Guide
Thirty-three compounds,
sourced and graded
What the evidence actually says, and where it stops. Every claim sourced from the regulator's own documents and the published record. Updated after the FDA's July 2026 advisory vote.
Education only. We do not sell peptides.
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Why this book exists.
Peptides are the fastest-moving corner of the health internet, and almost everything written about them is written by someone with something to sell you.
Every free guide is a funnel
The top search results for every compound in this book are written by the people selling it. This book carries no affiliate links and no discount codes, and nobody paid for a place in it.
The record moved in 2026
An FDA advisory committee voted, whole categories emptied, and fabricated trial registrations were planted on a public registry. The book reads the primary documents, not the headlines.
No doses, deliberately
A dose only means something if you know what is in the vial. Regulators found up to 40% of online peptide products mislabelled. The guide explains that finding and what it means for every number you read elsewhere.
What is inside
Four parts. 153 pages.
A method first, then the record: every profile built to the same fixed schema, so you can compare like with like.
Part I
How to read the evidence
The five-phrase evidence scale, what a trial can and cannot show, and the traps in peptide research: small samples, surrogate endpoints, and studies that were registered but never published.
Part II
The regulatory picture
What is actually legal, what changed in 2026 and what did not, plus the 33-compound comparison table: evidence grade, legal status and sport status, side by side.
Part III
Thirty-three profiles
Each profile follows a fixed schema: what it is, mechanism, what has been measured, evidence use by use, what we still do not know, where the marketing is ahead of the evidence, legal and sport status, and a five-axis evidence radar.
Part IV
What is actually in the vial
The mislabelling record, why grey-market products differ from trial material, and how to judge the claims any provider makes.
Glossary
Every technical term, in plain English
Sourcing method
How claims were checked, in full
Source list
418 numbered identifiers
The thirty-three.
Grouped as the book groups them, each tagged with its highest evidence status on the book's five-phrase scale. This is the grading, not a menu.
Repair and recovery
- BPC-157 · early human trials
- Thymosin beta-4 · human trials
- TB-500 · animal studies
- GHK-Cu · human trials
- Pentadeca arginate · no published study in any indication
Pigmentation and desire
- Afamelanotide · human trials
- Melanotan II · early human trials
- Bremelanotide (PT-141) · human trials
The GLP-1 family
- Semaglutide · human trials
- Tirzepatide · human trials
- Retatrutide · human trials
The growth hormone axis
- Somatropin · meta-analysis
- Tesamorelin · human trials
- Sermorelin · human trials
- Ipamorelin · human trials
- CJC-1295 · human trials
- GHRP-2 and GHRP-6 · human trials
- MK-677 (ibutamoren) · human trials
- AOD-9604 · human trials
Signals, sleep and the sold-as-peptides
- NAD+, NMN and NR · meta-analysis
- KPV · animal studies
- MOTS-c · animal studies
- Semax · early human trials
- Selank · early human trials
- Epitalon · early human trials
- DSIP (emideltide) · human trials
The approved and the clinical
- Thymosin alpha-1 · meta-analysis
- Larazotide · meta-analysis
- Teriparatide · meta-analysis
- P11-4 · meta-analysis
- Elamipretide · human trials
- Collagen peptides · meta-analysis
- Glutathione · meta-analysis
Look inside
What the pages actually look like.
Real spreads from the PDF: the contents, the regulatory record, and how each compound is graded. Dark theme, made to be read on a phone.
We do not sell peptides.
That single fact is what makes this book possible. The grading can be honest because nothing in it is for sale.
Education only
We do not sell peptides and never will. No affiliate relationships, no seller partnerships, and no way to buy a place in this book.
Primary documents
Every regulatory claim is sourced from the regulator's own record: the Federal Register, FDA advisory-committee packages and the current WADA list.
418 source identifiers
Behind the profiles sit 418 numbered source identifiers. Every strong claim has a number you can chase to the original document.
Living edition
When the record moves, the book moves. Your download link always serves the current version, free, with nothing to re-buy.
Honest answers
Is this medical advice?+
No. It is a reference work about the published evidence and the legal status of thirty-three compounds. It recommends nothing, contains no doses, and tells you what the record shows and where it stops.
Does it tell me where to buy peptides?+
No, deliberately. Regulators found up to 40% of online peptide products mislabelled, and any list of sellers would be stale within months. Part IV instead teaches you how to judge the claims any provider makes. We do not sell peptides and we do not link to anyone who does. That is what protects you as a reader: nobody involved in this book earns anything from what you decide.
How do updates work?+
The guide is a living edition. Your download link is stable and always serves the current version. When the regulatory record moves or new trials report, the book is updated and every buyer gets the new edition at the same link, free.
What format is it?+
A 153-page PDF, dark theme, designed for phone, tablet and print. Works in any PDF reader. No app, no login, no DRM.
What if it is not for me?+
30-day money-back guarantee. Email us within 30 days, tell us it was not right, and we refund you. You keep the PDF.
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One email when we publish something genuinely useful, including when the regulatory record moves and the guide is updated.
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Thirty-three compounds, graded against the published evidence.
Education only. We do not sell peptides.
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