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In this episode the guys break down the real dangers of artificial sweeteners — why they are unlikely to be physically dangerous despite all the scaremongering, why they simply do not work for weight loss in real life outside of controlled settings, how they change your perception of palatability so that water and whole foods start to taste bland, and why the novelty effect of pairing them with meals causes people to eat more overall. They also cover the LMNT pre-workout pump hack Sal has been using, making 1,000 pounds of tomatoes into Sunday sauce with the whole family, the GTA 6 trailer and the $1-2 billion production budget behind it, the serious and underreported sexual and psychological side effects of finasteride for hair loss, Ketone IQ stacked with morning caffeine as the guys' favorite energy combo before recording, the rock climbing store in Seoul South Korea you have to climb seven stories just to get inside, night club culture and what everyone is like after a few drinks, and Sal chipping a tooth and finding an emergency dentist on a Friday afternoon. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com.

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0:00 - Intro

2:47 - The real dangers of artificial sweeteners — why they fail in real life

10:02 - How artificial sweeteners change your palatability and make whole foods taste bland

15:32 - Why the novelty effect makes you eat more when pairing them with meals

22:01 - The LMNT pre-workout pump hack — mixing electrolytes with your pre-workout

26:31 - Pickleball injury stories and the 47-year-old playing junior college football

29:34 - Making 1,000 pounds of tomatoes into Sunday sauce with the family

34:44 - GTA 6 trailer — $1-2 billion budget and why it looks like a movie

38:50 - Finasteride for hair loss — the serious sexual and psychological side effects nobody warns you about

47:01 - Ketone IQ stacked with morning caffeine — the guys' favorite recording day combo

47:58 - The rock climbing store in Seoul you have to climb seven stories just to enter

55:08 - Night club culture — what everyone is like after a few drinks

1:04:49 - Caller: Julie (Illinois) — osteopenia, vegan, reverse diet to 3,000 calories, plateau on Maps Esthetic, switching to Maps 15

1:30:36 - Caller: Dave (Georgia) — lost 100 pounds since 2019, wants to improve VO2 max and body composition

1:42:23 - Caller: Elissa (Michigan) — 90-day check-in, strength up across all three lifts including a month in Italy with no training

1:47:09 - Caller: Amber (Michigan) — cleaning business owner, beach volleyball 3-4 days a week, drastically overtraining, needs to cut volume way down