SAMPLE 01 / CLAIM LITERACY
“It raises a hormone” answers one question.
A change in a blood marker can be interesting. It does not automatically answer whether someone gets stronger, recovers faster, or lives longer.
For example, short studies of long-acting CJC-1295 measured growth hormone and IGF-I responses. Those hormone changes are what the study supports. They are not the same as a measured improvement in gym performance.
When you see a peptide headline, ask: what was the actual outcome? Then check whether the caption is promising something the study never measured.
Source note: Teichman et al., 2006. Selected abstract; short trials of a long-acting molecule. This example does not establish benefits or long-term safety and is not a recommendation to use it.