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The honest answer when your AI gave you a hedge.
Ask ChatGPT or Claude about a peptide and you often get a careful non-answer: “consult a professional,” “more research is needed.” True — and useless when you’re actually trying to decide. Areté is where you go next: what each thing does, how people really dose it, and — on every claim — exactly how strong the evidence is. No hype, no storefront, nothing to sell you.
What’s covered
Not just peptides. Vitamins, hormones, coenzymes, and more — anything you might put in your body to feel or perform better. If it’s widely used and widely asked about, it belongs here, told straight.
How to use it
- Start with a goal → — “recover faster,” “lose fat,” “sleep better.” You get a ranked shortlist of what actually helps, scored honestly.
- Or browse the library → — every compound, searchable and filterable by area and evidence.
- Use the calculator → — pick a compound and get exactly how much to draw. Search anything, anytime, with the ⌘K button up top.
How we rate — two honest scores
Every compound gets scored on two separate axes, per goal, and we never blur them:
- Evidence — how proven it is in humans: trials, size, consistency, approval. Not how good — how proven.
- Reported — how loud and consistent the community signal is. Useful, but not proof.
When those two disagree — a huge anecdote sitting on thin evidence — that gap is the most honest thing on the page. Underneath it all, every dose is tagged clinical, community, or animal-only, and every citation is a real, resolvable source. The full rating scale →
What we won’t do
No pricing, no vendors, nothing for sale. We don’t tell you to take anything — we lay out what’s known and what isn’t so you can decide with clear eyes. Nothing here is medical advice.