2816 : Fat Burner Supplements Are a Scam (Here's Why)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Mind Pump Podcast, Sal, Adam, and Justin coach live callers on fitness, training, and nutrition strategies. They open the show discussing why fat burner supplements are mostly a waste of money, the science behind probiotics and gut health, and surprising research around PDE5 inhibitors (like Viagra) and cardiovascular health. They also debate supplements, discuss parenting and teaching kids financial habits, and explore emerging tech like Tesla tunnels in Las Vegas. Later, they coach listeners on training goals after 40, fat loss struggles, bulking vs cutting, and overcoming workout plateaus.
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(00:00) Intro
(02:23) Why Fat Burner Supplements Are a Waste of Money
(09:27) The Real Supplements That Actually Help
(15:43) Gut Health, Probiotics & Fat Loss
(22:09) Viagra-Type Drugs & Health Benefits
(26:53) Tesla Tunnels & Random Life Talk
(55:42) Coaching Zach: Training Goals After 40
(01:05:13) Coaching John: Weight Loss, TRT & Consistency
(01:17:03) Coaching Rebecca: Bulking vs Cutting
(01:27:01) Coaching Angela: Perimenopause Training Plateau
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:06.3 | Mind Pump. |
| 0:07.1 | Mind Pump with your hosts. |
| 0:09.2 | Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.4 | You just found the most downloaded fitness, health, and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.1 | This is Mind Pump. |
| 0:18.8 | In today's episode, Callers Called In. |
| 0:20.9 | These are live callers, and we got to coach them on air, but this was after our intro. |
| 0:25.2 | Today's intro is 53 minutes long. |
| 0:27.7 | In the intro, we talk about fat loss and muscle gains, supplements, fitness and general. |
| 0:32.8 | Current events, family life, it's always a good time. |
| 0:35.3 | If you want to call in, by the way, and have us coach you on air, here's what you do. Submit your question to nplivecaller.com. Now, this episode is brought to you by a couple sponsors. The first one is Cid. This is the world's best probiotic. Great for gut health, skin health. There may even be some fat loss effects. It's probiotics are very good for you. |
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| 1:07.0 | You take this before you drink alcohol and the bacteria that's in this drink, this is a |
| 1:12.5 | probiotic that's been genetically modified, breaks down some of the negative byproducts of |
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| 1:17.1 | So you feel much better. |
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