The Peptide Bros Are Not OK

You're listening to Burnt Toast! We are Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay, and today we're talking about PEPTIDES.

This new diet trend is the cursed love child of the protein bros and the RFK stans, and it's supposed to make you thin, tan, and maybe horny. What could go wrong?!

We're getting into:

⭐️ What the heck is a peptide? Why would one stack them?

⭐️ Clavicular, the 20-year-old looksmaxxer extraordinaire.

⭐️ Why Bro Science is exhausting and deliberately hard to fact-check. 

⭐️ Why are so many peptide fans... also anti-vax?

We also have a new Indulgence Gospel for you, with a few unfiltered life updates plus a rundown of what we've been reading!

To hear that bonus segment, read the transcript, and join us in the comments, you do need to be an Extra Butter subscriber.

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Virginia: toe spreaders, Petra Fisher

Corinne: Instant Glow Serum

EPISODE CREDITS

Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay. 

Producer:  Kim Baldwin. 

Logo design: Deanna Lowe.

Theme Song: Farideh.

Video Editor: Elizabeth Ayiku

Audio Engineer: Tommy Harron

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