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Mar 2025
1h 23m

2550: Cutting Edge Peptides for Fat Loss...

SAL DI STEFANO, ADAM SCHAFER, JUSTIN ANDREWS, DOUG EGGE
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Cutting Edge Peptide Fat Loss & Muscle Building with Alex Kikel

  • What’s the deal with methylene blue? (2:02)

  • His background in the peptide space. (9:09)

  • How common is it for a professional athlete to have someone work with them who is NOT their doctor? (11:22)

  • Why he believes there is not a biological problem he cannot fix. (12:38)

  • How nicotine is protective of long COVID symptoms. (13:37)

  • The effects and benefits of nicotine. (15:12)

  • How would he program these things to an athlete? (17:48)

  • Can we counter the effects of microplastics in our brain? (21:07)

  • The common stacks for the busy entrepreneur. (25:41)

  • Earning the right to get these peptides/stacks. (32:50)

  • The common stacks for bodybuilders. (35:37)

  • His go-to growth hormone release peptides. (55:53)

  • Favorite healing peptides. (57:00)

  • Are GLP-1s being used pre-contest in the bodybuilding world? (1:01:44)

  • Breaking down the libido-enhancing PT-141 peptide. (1:05:32)

  • His thoughts on artificial sweeteners. (1:07:25)

  • Why he believes our world is in a renaissance right now. (1:08:53)

  • Being open to EVERYTHING. (1:10:42)

  • What’s he pumped up about? (1:14:45)

  • His take on longevity experts, like Bryan Johnson. (1:16:26)

  • His case against sunscreens. (1:18:48)

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