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Nick Koumalatsos on Optimizing Men's Health + Iran Strikes as Distraction? | Ep. 283 | Pt. 2

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

News, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Politics

4.96.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Nick Koumalatsos, Marine Raider and combat veteran, returns for Part 2. This episode covers hormone optimization and TRT, peptide protocols for recovery, and the importance of discipline and accountability—principles rooted in special operations and applied to business and life. Nick also shares the powerful story of adopting his youngest child. The conversation closes with a critical look at current U.S. strikes in Iran, raising questions about timing, transparency, and public trust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:23.3

No.

0:24.3

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0:30.3

Would you say of all the things that you do that gives you the most fulfillment and purpose?

0:35.3

I think working with people in general and helping them gives me the most fulfillment.

0:39.3

Yeah.

0:40.9

Like even like the guys that get on board

0:43.6

with core, like we get these guys that are

0:45.4

I mean, you know, you have low testosterone,

0:49.3

dude, you've...

0:50.3

Yeah, it's been life changing in the worst way.

0:53.6

It's horrible. i mean i know personally

0:57.8

when i i think i said in the last podcast that at a civilian go hey man i'm not trying to get

1:02.4

your stuff but have you ever had your hormones check i'm like fuck you man what fuck's that mean

1:06.5

i sweat testosterone yeah fuck you yeah but i had uh i had a Wow. No fucking wonder I was overweight and looked like, you know, and sad and drinking all the time, not sleeping. Yeah. Oh. 91. 91, dude. Yeah, that's wild. And no wonder we have all this depression and suicide thoughts. And I'm like, no, of course. no of course you know get your shit corrected

1:29.4

you know optimize everything so like you know we just had the core medical group event and there's

1:34.9

guys that they're like dude you saved my life because you made a video talking about testosterone

1:39.8

and your symptoms and now I'm having sex with my wife I'm like my business is growing I lost all the

1:46.6

weight I'm jacked I'm like I get to be able to do this yeah I assume core medical group is a one-stop shop

1:57.6

kind of hormone and performance based everything everything peptides everything and

2:01.9

and we have been screaming from the tops about this bullshit with peptides for so long and it's awesome

2:09.8

to finally see rfk put the kibosh and all this bullshit because there's so many companies out there

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