Overview
All episodes to read
151 episodes with their own page: what it is about, the key points with their figures and where the data stop. From every page you can go straight to Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music to listen. The episodes themselves are in German; these pages are English summaries.
- Episode 154: Nandrolone – a steroid, a toothpaste and sixty years of dataAn Olympic champion, 2 positive tests and a manipulated toothpaste: nandrolone has a criminal history, but above all more than 60 years of data.
- Episode 153: HMG – the hormone from the convent, between fertility treatment and steroid cyclesFor the first studies, around 300 women in nuns’ retirement homes collected urine, as the researcher himself tells it.
- Episode 152: Hexarelin – the strongest growth hormone peptide, and what remains after weeksIn humans, hexarelin releases more growth hormone than the body’s own regulating hormone; that has been measured cleanly.
- Episode 151: Larazotide – the bolt against the leaky gut, built on the model of a cholera toxinA cholera vaccine that caused diarrhea even though the toxin had been removed led to a switch for the junctions in the gut wall.
- Episode 150: Semax – the Russian nasal spray that won a vote in AmericaOne spray into the nose, and after a few minutes many feel more awake and clearer.
- Episode 149: Klotho – the anti-aging protein from a mouse line gone wrongA mouse line that was considered useless suddenly aged in fast motion and led to a gene that has since been named after the goddess of the thread of life.
- Episode 148: Exosomes – the cells’ mail and how much of it arrives in the bottleExosomes were once considered the cell’s garbage; today they are considered its letters. People who have them applied after microneedling are often very satisfied.
- Episode 147: Cerebrolysin – 70 years of pig brain extract and an open questionFor more than 70 years, an extract from pig brain has been used for dementia and after stroke, from Austria to Russia and China.
- Episode 146: Nattokinase & serrapeptase – what users report and what the studies showNattokinase from fermented soybeans and serrapeptase from a bacterium in the silkworm gut are sold as a cleaning crew for the arteries.
- Episode 145: Preserving muscle on the weight-loss jab – what the scale does not tell youA third of the kilos lost on the weight-loss jab is muscle, it is often said.
- Episode 144: Acarbose – a diabetes drug from Kenya, a mouse record and a bagel testAcarbose is an old diabetes drug produced by a bacterium from Kenya, and in the world’s strictest mouse program male animals lived 22 percent longer with it.
- Episode 143: Alpha-GPC & citicoline – two studies from Korea, two directionsOn the nootropics shelf, two choline sources stand side by side, and from Korea come two large analyses that point in opposite directions.
- Episode 142: Plasma exchange against aging – dilution instead of young blood?First a company in California sold young donor plasma for 8,000 dollars per liter, then a more elegant idea came out of the lab: perhaps old blood does not need to be rejuvenated, only diluted.
- Episode 141: Humanin – the peptide from the part of the brain that had remained intactHumanin was found in Tokyo in 2001 in the part of an Alzheimer’s brain that had remained intact, and its blueprint lies in the mitochondria.
- Episode 140: Citrus bergamot – the “natural statin” from Calabria and what it can really doThe can says natural statin, plus almost 40 percent less LDL cholesterol in one month.
- Episode 139: The GLP-1 wave – semaglutide between heart protection, quiet in the head and the black marketSemaglutide is among the best-studied medicines of all: 14.9 percent less weight in the large approval study, fewer heart attacks and strokes in people with heart disease.
- Episode 138: Follistatin and myostatin inhibitors – muscles without training, twenty years laterA boy in Berlin whose muscle brake was switched off twice over showed that the idea works.
- Episode 137: GlyNAC – two cheap building blocks, a patent and the question of the sumGlycine and NAC are supposed to give the cell back the material for glutathione, and in Houston it rose in old muscles almost to the level of the young.
- Episode 136: Oral microbiome – a gum germ in the brain and the better reason for flossingIn 51 of 53 brain samples from people with Alzheimer’s, an enzyme was found that is produced almost exclusively by a gum germ.
- Episode 135: Canagliflozin – fourteen percent for males, and what happened to the femalesAn approved diabetes drug extends the life of male mice by 14 percent, measured at 3 sites and confirmed again with a late start.
- Episode 134: Tongkat ali and fadogia – one plant tested, one notTongkat ali and fadogia are usually sold as a pair, yet only one of the two plants has ever been studied in humans.
- Episode 133: Hormone therapy in menopause – eight cases, two false headlinesFirst the alarm of 2002, then in November 2025 the announcement that the warning boxes would be removed: both headlines on hormone therapy in menopause are too simple.
- Episode 132: Psilocybin – from six point six to three point six, and what users experienceIn Germany, psilocybin is in the same schedule of the Narcotics Act as LSD, and in the US an approval application for the mushroom compound is underway.
- Episode 131: Liposomal creatine – fifteen percent better absorption and what the study showsLiposomal creatine advertises 15 percent better absorption and 21 percent more creatine.
- Episode 130: Air quality – the world’s second-largest risk factor and the box in the bedroomAccording to the latest analysis, fine particulate matter is the world’s second-largest risk factor, just behind blood pressure.
- Episode 129: Dasatinib plus quercetin – the zombie cell cure, a mechanism and a placeboDasatinib plus quercetin is supposed to clear aging zombie cells out of the body, and in human tissue samples that actually succeeds.
- Episode 128: Akkermansia – the gut bacterium that works better killed, and the question: for whom?A gut bacterium in a capsule, marketed as a longevity probiotic, and in the first study in humans it was, of all things, the killed form that worked most clearly.
- Episode 127: Hearing and dementia – the statement that holds and the study that missed its goalHearing loss is the largest modifiable risk factor for dementia, and this statement also holds in the latest version.
- Episode 126: Enclomiphene – rejected twice, and the studies are right anywayEnclomiphene has failed twice with a regulatory agency, in America and in Europe, even though the studies showed what they were supposed to show.
- Episode 125: Lion’s mane – what the nerve mushroom really shows in humansThe package says nerve growth factor, and behind it are 35 years of research on an edible mushroom.
- Episode 124: Muscle as an organ – what your grip strength really revealsGrip strength predicts death better than blood pressure: the statement comes from a study with 139,000 people in 17 countries and is half true.
- Episode 123: Nicotine without smoke – a real effect and a dependence on topIn 41 double-blind studies, nicotine improved 6 of 9 performance domains — small, but real.
- Episode 122: Microbiome tests – one hundred and three percent difference, zero point eight from the genesWhen people eat the same meal, their blood fat levels differ by 103 percent — the individual response is real.
- Episode 121: Fiber – one hundred thirty-five million person-years for six grams135 million person-years from 185 observational studies lead to an unspectacular recommendation: 6 to 10 grams more fiber per day.
- Episode 120: Probiotics after antibiotics – the pack next to the prescriptionThe pack for the gut flora next to the antibiotic is a classic.
- Episode 119: Erythritol and xylitol – a thousandfold, measured in ten people30 grams of erythritol raise the blood level from 3.75 to 6,480 micromoles per liter, more than a thousandfold, and afterwards platelets clump more strongly.
- Episode 118: Finasteride – one hundred and seven hairs and a Dear Doctor letter107 more hairs than in the comparison group after 1 year, counted on 5.1 square centimeters.
- Episode 117: The standing desk – eighty-three thousand people, and nothing came out for standing83,013 people wore a measuring device on their wrist for 7 days, and for standing nothing came out with regard to the heart.
- Episode 116: Aspirin for prevention – more deaths than on placeboIn the largest study of aspirin in healthy older people, more people died in the aspirin group than on placebo.
- Episode 115: Vitamin B6 – the limit was halved without a single new measurementThe European upper limit for vitamin B6 is now 12 milligrams per day; before, it was 25.
- Episode 114: The blood pressure target – why one hundred twenty at home means something elseOne study lowered mortality by 27 percent with the target of 120 — and a usual office measurement is on average 10.4 millimeters above that study’s measurement.
- Episode 113: Ten thousand steps – a product name from nineteen sixty-fiveThe 10,000 steps come from the name of a pedometer from 1965, not from a study.
- Episode 112: PRP autologous blood – thirty-one questions, twenty-nine without a differenceThe largest blinded study ever to test autologous blood against saline in the knee asked 2 main questions and 31 secondary questions.
- Episode 111: Turmeric – top of the list of herbal liver injuriesAround 15.6 million adults in the US took turmeric within 30 days, more than the 14 million on a prescription cholesterol-lowering drug.
- Episode 110: Sleep apnea – the tube that solves the problem but not the heart attackA breathing mask reduces breathing pauses during sleep from 29 to 3.7 per hour — and in the largest study on the subject it changes nothing about heart attacks and strokes.
- Episode 109: Chelation therapy – the lead drops, the heart attacks do notAn infusion course lowers lead in the blood by a good 60 percent, and yet those treated have just as many heart attacks, strokes and deaths as on placebo.
- Episode 108: Semaglutide against Alzheimer’s – the greatest hope has a resultOne of the largest studies in Alzheimer’s research, 3,808 people over 2 years, has a result for semaglutide that fits in one line: minus 0.08 points.
- Episode 107: Microplastics in the brain – the spoon nobody can re-measureThere is roughly a plastic spoon in your brain, so the headline went.
- Episode 106: Retatrutide – thirty point three percent, and to whom the number belongs30.3 percent weight loss: the number for retatrutide is everywhere, and it is the largest weight loss ever measured.
- Episode 105: The cancer blood test – three in ten, and why both headlines are rightOn the same day, it was said of the same study that the cancer blood test had missed its goal — and that it markedly reduced late cancer diagnoses.
- Episode 104: Long-term alkaline bathing – thirty hours in the water, and what really happensAround 30 hours in the bathtub over 3 days, and afterwards it is said: that went deep into the body and the organs.
- Episode 103: Cardio after menopause – why Zone 2 was never testedIn the year around the last period, LDL rises more than three times as fast as before — and the scale shows none of it.
- Episode 102: Intermittent fasting after menopause – the study with an average age of 32The best long-term study on intermittent fasting ran for one year and included 139 people — average age 32.
- Episode 101: Strength training after menopause – the bridge nobody has provenLight weights, many repetitions, and just be careful with bone loss: this statement appears in none of the 4 guidelines read for this episode.
- Episode 100: 100 episodes – what has stuck and how decisions are made hereAfter 100 episodes, for once not about a substance but about the process: which mistakes happened in this series, which patterns repeated themselves and what decisions here are based on before a number goes on air.
- Episode 99: Micronutrient concentrates – nine out of ten for evidence, and still a noA juice costing 100 euros per liter won a consumer award in July that nobody wants to win.
- Episode 98: The vagus nerve – the gap between surgery and an ear clipAn ear clip costs 49 euros and promises less stress and better sleep.
- Episode 97: Sermorelin – an approved medicine that no longer is oneSales pages carry a statement that is true: sermorelin was approved by the American drug agency.
- Episode 96: LL-37 – the body’s own antibioticLL-37 is not an invented molecule but the only cathelicidin the human body produces.
- Episode 95: HCG – a question answered 31 years agoAn analysis from 1995 answered the question of whether HCG does anything for weight loss.
- Episode 94: AOD-9604 – thoroughly studied, and still a noAOD-9604 is the rare exception in this series: a peptide that fails not because of missing human data, but because of existing ones.
- Episode 93: Snap-8 – Botox from a tube?Snap-8 is in creams from every drugstore and is sold as “Botox from a tube”.
- Episode 92: PE-22-28 – the antidepressant that never reached a humanPE-22-28 is supposed to work against depression via a target that no approved antidepressant uses.
- Episode 91: Cagrilintide – 22.7 % and still “disappointing”22.7 percent weight loss in 68 weeks — and the headlines spoke of a disappointment.
- Episode 90: SS-31 (elamipretide) – the first approval that proves the oppositeSS-31, also called elamipretide, received in September 2025 the first approval ever granted in this field.
- Episode 89: Lipoprotein(a) – the study that failed on September 4On September 4, the study failed that was supposed to show that heart attacks can be prevented by lowering lipoprotein(a).
- Episode 88: The alkaline bath – an old ritual, a look into the cell and what warm water can really doAlkaline baths have a long tradition, from the bicarbonate springs in Bad Ems to bath salts from the drugstore.
- Episode 87: Peptides in cancer therapy – homing missiles, vaccines and a helper for the immune systemPeptides are currently making history in cancer medicine: as hormone blockers, as homing missiles with radioactive cargo, as vaccines in studies — and with thymosin alpha-1 as a possible helper meant to rebuild the immune system after chemotherapy and radiation.
- Episode 86: Resveratrol – rise and fall of a longevity starIn 2008, a pharmaceutical company paid 720 million dollars for the firm behind resveratrol.
- Episode 85: Ergothioneine – a door in every cell, and the study nobody cites60 capsules, 10 milligrams, around 20 euros — and on the label the word longevity vitamin.
- Episode 84: Ca-AKG – eight years younger, checked twice, nothing twice8 years less biological age in 7 months — with this statement, calcium alpha-ketoglutarate sells on almost every longevity shelf.
- Episode 83: Senolytics off the shelf – fisetin, quercetin and the study that has been running for eight yearsFisetin, 500 milligrams per capsule, the word cell renewal on the front.
- Episode 82: Amycretin – 24.3 % and the price next to it24.3 percent weight loss — the number has been making the rounds for months, and it is correct; it appears exactly like that in the Lancet.
- Episode 81: Epigenetic clocks – what the test measures and what it cannot tell youA finger prick, around 200 euros, and 3 weeks later a number appears in an app: your biological age.
- Episode 80: Zone 2 & VO2max: the endurance currency fact-checkedPerhaps the strongest longevity tool costs nothing, is available everywhere and has the best data of the entire catalog.
- Episode 79: CGM: the blood glucose sensor fact-checkedSmall white buttons on the upper arm, at the gym, in the office, at the bakery — and very few of the wearers have diabetes.
- Episode 78: Urolithin A: the mitochondria renewer fact-checkedUrolithin A is not formed in fruit but in the gut — when the right bacteria break down pomegranate tannins. Only some people have them.
- Episode 77: Alcohol: the pleasure poison fact-checkedWe measure our sleep, optimize our mitochondria, count grams of protein — and on Friday evenings two glasses are on the table.
- Episode 76: Red light therapy: photobiomodulation fact-checkedRed panels now glow in every second gym, and the episode sorts out what of it is really supported.
- Episode 75: Dihexa – when the foundation is retractedAn episode that retracts an earlier episode.
- Episode 74: Cycle & biohacking: the female rhythm fact-checkedThe cycle is the most underrated dashboard in biohacking and at the same time the biggest data gap in sports science.
- Episode 73: Whole-body hyperthermia & infrared: heat therapy fact-checkedOf all the methods in this series, heat sounds most like wellness and, of all things, has some of the cleanest studies.
- Episode 72: Heart rate variability (HRV): the stress compass fact-checkedMillions of people measure their heart rate variability every night, and very few know what the number actually says.
- Episode 71: IHHT: altitude training fact-checkedTaking oxygen away and calling it therapy: IHHT sends people, lying down, to altitudes of several thousand meters and back again.
- Episode 70: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: the pressure chamber fact-checkedA therapy in which you do nothing but breathe — and Israeli researchers report longer telomeres.
- Episode 69: Amino acids: the building blocks of life fact-checkedNo hype substance, no trend, just the question of whether there is enough building material.
- Episode 68: INUSpherese: blood washing fact-checkedFiltering blood is established medicine, and yet blood washing for healthy people is one of the most controversial trends in the scene.
- Episode 67: Taurine: the underrated amino acid fact-checked (solo special)Taurine sounds like energy drinks, bulls and gas stations.
- Episode 66: RAD140 (testolone): the SARM fact-checkedActing like testosterone, but only in muscle: that is the idea behind SARMs, and RAD140 is their best-known representative.
- Episode 65: Glutathione: the master antioxidant fact-checkedAmong experts, glutathione is called the master antioxidant, and the title is deserved: no cell survives long without this tripeptide.
- Episode 64: Ice bathing & cold: the cold stimulus fact-checkedCold has gone from niche quirk to mass phenomenon, and with it came a mountain of promises.
- Episode 63: Coffee & caffeine: the everyday booster fact-checkedThe world’s most widely used psychoactive molecule is in almost every kitchen.
- Episode 62: Sleep: the biggest longevity lever fact-checkedIn almost 60 episodes of this series, sleep was always step one, to which everything else referred.
- Episode 61: Vitamin D & K2: the sunshine duo fact-checkedVitamin D is the lab value that a large part of the population fails in winter — and at the same time the dietary supplement with the largest gap between hope and the state of the studies.
- Episode 60: Collagen peptides & glycine: the structure duo fact-checkedAlmost a third of our body protein is a single protein: collagen.
- Episode 59: Fasting & autophagy: the free upgrade fact-checkedThe most powerful longevity tool in the series costs nothing: not eating.
- Episode 58: Blood values for biohackers: the longevity panel fact-checkedMeasuring instead of guessing: this episode builds the blood panel with which the longevity scene tracks its metabolism, from fasting insulin through ApoB to the omega-3 index.
- Episode 57: IGF-1 LR3: the growth factor fact-checkedIGF-1 LR3 is the scene version of the growth factor that actually builds muscle, bone and tissue.
- Episode 56: Oxytocin: the bonding hormone fact-checkedOxytocin is known as a labor-inducing drug and as the “cuddle hormone”.
- Episode 55: Melatonin: the darkness hormone fact-checkedMelatonin is one of the oldest molecules of life and probably the most misunderstood one on the supplement shelf.
- Episode 54: Peptide stacks & blends: why combine? The basics episodeWolverine, GLOW, KLOW, CJC plus ipamorelin: in the peptide world, combining is constant.
- Episode 53: KLOW (KPV + GHK-Cu + BPC-157 + TB-500): the healing stack fact-checkedKLOW extends the beauty stack GLOW with KPV, the small anti-inflammatory peptide from episode 1.
- Episode 52: HGH & longevity: growth hormone fact-checkedGrowth hormone is the most famous molecule in the anti-aging world, revered as a fountain of youth and feared as a doping agent.
- Episode 51: GLOW (GHK-Cu + BPC-157 + TB-500): the beauty stack fact-checkedTwo thirds Wolverine Stack plus a copper peptide: GLOW combines GHK-Cu, BPC-157 and TB-500 and directs the healing combination at the skin.
- Episode 50: Spermidine: the cell-cleaning molecule fact-checkedSpermidine is in every cell, its level falls with age, and in healthy very old people it often stays high.
- Episode 49: Sermorelin & tesamorelin: the GHRH classics fact-checkedSermorelin and tesamorelin tell the pituitary gland the same thing: release growth hormone.
- Episode 48: Berberine: the natural metformin fact-checkedBerberine, a yellow plant compound from barberry and Chinese goldthread, was able to keep up with metformin in a comparison study.
- Episode 47: Magnesium L-threonate: the brain magnesium fact-checkedEveryone knows magnesium from the drugstore shelf, but normal preparations barely reach the brain.
- Episode 46: Thymalin: the immune bioregulator fact-checkedThe thymus, the training ground of T cells, shrinks from puberty onward and has almost disappeared by age 70.
- Episode 45: Orforglipron: the weight-loss pill fact-checkedThe weight-loss injections have shown that the satiety system can be controlled.
- Episode 44: Viagra (sildenafil): the blue pill fact-checkedViagra was a failed heart drug, became the world’s most famous pill by chance and is now reappearing in Alzheimer’s research.
- Episode 43: Melanotan 1 (afamelanotide): from tanning peptide to medicineMelanotan 1 began as an idea from Arizona to tan the skin without sun.
- Episode 42: Omega-3: the fatty acids for a long life fact-checkedOmega-3 had already been written off, then in 2025 one of the largest European aging studies showed a measurably slower pace of the epigenetic clocks.
- Episode 41: Ashwagandha: the stress herb fact-checkedThe root has been used against stress in Ayurveda for around 3,000 years, and there are now more than 60 human studies.
- Episode 40: Pentadeca Arginate (PDA): the successor to BPC-157 fact-checkedWhen the US agency FDA removed BPC-157 from compounding pharmacies at the end of 2023, a close relative moved up: Pentadeca Arginate.
- Episode 39: Melanotan 2: the tanning peptide fact-checkedMelanotan 2 turns the skin brown without lying in the sun for hours.
- Episode 38: CJC-1295 without DAC: the pulse peptide – and the end of the name chaosCJC-1295 without DAC, Mod GRF 1-29, modified GRF: 3 names for one molecule.
- Episode 37: CJC-1295 with DAC: the long-term signal for growth hormoneCJC-1295 with DAC turns a signal that otherwise disappears after minutes into one that acts for days.
- Episode 36: The Wolverine Stack: BPC-157 + TB-500 – the regeneration duoNamed after the comic book hero who heals himself in seconds: the Wolverine Stack combines BPC-157 and TB-500, two peptides that act at different points of healing.
- Episode 35: Lithium – the trace element for the brain: longevity, mood & neuroprotectionMost people know lithium as a heavy-duty psychiatric drug.
- Episode 34: Tesofensine – the appetite off switch fact-checkedTesofensine was intended as a drug against Parkinson’s and failed, but the test subjects lost weight in the process.
- Episode 33: Whey protein: leucine, the timing myth and who really benefitsWhey is the best-selling supplement in the world and one of the best studied.
- Episode 32: Creatine – the honest fact check: muscle, brain & mythsCreatine is perhaps the best-studied supplement of all and has long been more than a powder for the gym.
- Episode 31: NAD+ & NMN – the longevity star fact-checkedNAD+ drives energy, DNA repair and the sirtuins in every cell, and its level falls with age.
- Episode 30: Rapamycin: mTOR, Easter Island & the star of longevity researchFrom a soil sample collected on Easter Island in 1964 comes the molecule that, in animal studies, extends life more reliably than any other.
- Episode 29: Bronchogen & Chonluten: the peptide duo for the lungsMuscles, sleep and heart are eagerly optimized; almost everyone forgets the lungs.
- Episode 28: Prostamax & Prostagen: the prostate bioregulator fact-checkedA tiny peptide of only 4 building blocks is supposed to keep the prostate healthy and young in a targeted way.
- Episode 27: LL-37: the body’s own defense peptide – or a driver of inflammation?LL-37 is the only human cathelicidin: a defense peptide made by the body that tears open the envelope of bacteria, disrupts biofilms and helps with wound healing.
- Episode 26: SS-31: the FDA-approved mitochondria peptide – fact-checkedA peptide from the biohacking scene has made it all the way to approval: SS-31, also elamipretide, was approved by the FDA in September 2025, as the first therapy ever for a mitochondrial disease.
- Episode 25: Selank: relieving anxiety without benzo side effects? The Russian peptide fact-checkedBecoming calmer without being tired, dependent or foggy: that is what Selank promises, a peptide from Moscow that is taken as a nasal spray.
- Episode 24: Epitalon: telomere lengthening as anti-aging fact-checkedA peptide of only 4 building blocks, derived from the pineal gland, is supposed to switch telomerase back on and thereby turn the aging clock of cells.
- Episode 23: Metformin: from diabetes classic to longevity hope fact-checkedMetformin is one of the oldest, cheapest and most prescribed medicines in the world and at the same time one of the most serious candidates for a longer, healthier life.
- Episode 22: Testosterone & TRT: testosterone replacement therapy fact-checkedLess energy, worse sleep, hardly any desire, and the belly grows: many men put this down to getting older; sometimes a real testosterone deficiency is behind it.
- Episode 21: Tadalafil (Cialis): a sex pill for the brain? Prostate, blood pressure & head fact-checkedTadalafil is known as Cialis, but its actual talent is greater than its reputation: it keeps blood vessels throughout the body dilated for longer.
- Episode 17: CJC-1295 + ipamorelin: the popular growth hormone stack fact-checkedCJC-1295 and ipamorelin are among the most popular peptide combinations: together they are supposed to recreate the pulsatile growth hormone pattern of younger years, via the body’s own production rather than from outside.
- Episode 16: MK-677 (ibutamoren): growth hormone from a tablet fact-checkedAlmost all agents that raise growth hormone are injected; MK-677 is a tablet.
- Episode 15: Cagrilintide & CagriSema: the not yet approved weight-loss candidate fact-checkedBesides GLP-1, the body has a second satiety hormone that hardly anyone knows: amylin.
- Episode 14: Tirzepatide (Mounjaro & Zepbound): the strongest approved fat burner fact-checkedTirzepatide operates 2 hormone switches at once, GLP-1 and GIP, and reaches around 22 percent less body weight in the large approval study.
- Episode 13: Semaglutide (Ozempic & Wegovy): the weight-loss jab fact-checkedAlmost everyone knows Ozempic and Wegovy by now.
- Episode 12: DSIP – the sleep peptide fact-checkedThe story begins with blood from sleeping rabbits that made other animals sleepy.
- Episode 11: Semax – Russian nootropic fact-checkedA few drops in the nose, and the head feels clearer: that is how many users describe Semax.
- Episode 10: Methylene blue – wonder drug or hype?A dye from the 19th century, one of the very first synthetic medicines and today a favorite of the nootropics scene: methylene blue has a history like hardly any other molecule.
- Episode 9: AOD-9604 – the clean fat burner?AOD-9604 is one of the rare scene peptides for which real human data exist: 6 clinical studies with almost 900 participants.
- Episode 8: 5-Amino-1MQ – fat-loss molecule fact-checked5-Amino-1MQ has a reputation in the scene for burning fat, preserving muscle and providing energy, entirely without stimulants.
- Episode 7: Thymosin alpha-1 (Zadaxin): the immune peptide with a real approval fact-checkedMost peptides in the scene are experimental, thymosin alpha-1 is not: under the name Zadaxin it is an approved medicine in more than 30 countries.
- Episode 6: Retatrutide: the strongest weight-loss agent of the future fact-checkedRetatrutide operates as many as 3 hormone switches, and in a phase 2 study participants on the highest dose lost on average around 24 percent of their body weight.
- Episode 5: SLU-PP-332: exercise in a syringe? The training molecule fact-checkedSLU-PP-332 is supposed to make the body believe it has just completed a long endurance session.
- Episode 4: MOTS-c: the mitochondria peptide & exercise mimetic fact-checkedMitochondria do not only make energy, they also send signals.
- Episode 3: TB-500 (thymosin beta-4): the regeneration & mobility peptide fact-checkedA peptide that does not act in one place but travels throughout the body to where repair is needed: that is how the regeneration scene describes TB-500.
- Episode 2: BPC-157: the Body Protection Compound – healing peptide fact-checkedBPC-157 is one of the most popular peptides in the regeneration scene: a piece of protein from human gastric juice that is supposed to support tendons, ligaments and the gut lining in healing.
- Episode 1: KPV: the anti-inflammatory mini peptide for gut & skin fact-checkedKPV is a peptide of only 3 building blocks, extracted from a hormone made by the body, and popular in the biohacking scene for gut and skin.