# Maintenance, Metabolism & Supplements: No-Nonsense Fat Loss Talk with Brandon DaCruz Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mikkipedia-1319728/maintenance-metabolism-supplements-no-nonsense-fat-loss-talk-with-brandon-dacruz Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mikkipedia-1319728/maintenance-metabolism-supplements-no-nonsense-fat-loss-talk-with-brandon-dacruz.md Podcast: [Mikkipedia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mikkipedia-1319728) Published: 2026-04-14T17:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/ed1ea146 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/ed1ea146/b8678ecc.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mikkipedia-1319728/episodes/maintenance-metabolism-supplements-no-nonsense-fat-loss-talk-with-brandon-dacruz Duration seconds: 3498 ## Resource Save 20% on all Nuzest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKIPEDIA at www.nuzest.co.nz , www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.com Curranz Supplement: Use code MIKKIPEDIA to get 20% off your first order - go to www.curranz.co.nz or www.curranz.co.uk to order yours NZ listeners - save 10% off Calocurb by using the code Mikkipedia10 at www.calocurb.co.nz This week on the podcast, Mikki and Brandon DaCruz — coach, educator, and one of the sharpest minds in physique and performance nutrition - answer questions derived from their social media audiences on some of their favourite topics. Part one of this conversation is hosted on Brandon’s podcast, and part two is here on Mikkipedia! These include: habits of successful dieters, the most effective ways to improve insulin sensitivity, accounting for training calories in a maintenance phase, top supplements from a health perspective, and transition tin to weight maintenance without gaining excess fat (and more!) You’ll get half of this here, and half of it over on Brandon’s channel, the Chasing Clarity podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-clarity-health-fitness-podcast/id1619611966 Enjoy! Brandon DaCruz at his website https://www.brandondacruzfit.com/ , and on Instagram @brandondacruz_ Chasing Clarity https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-clarity-health-fitness-podcast/id1619611966 Brandon DaCruz is an online nutrition and physique coach and sports nutritionist. He’s also a National Level NPC physique competitor and an internationally published fitness model who’s written articles and filmed educational content for publications like Men’s Fitness Magazine and Bodybuilding.com. Brandon has spent over 13 years working within the sports nutrition and fitness industries and has coached every type of client inclu… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mikkipedia-1319728/episodes/maintenance-metabolism-supplements-no-nonsense-fat-loss-talk-with-brandon-dacruz/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mikkipedia-1319728/maintenance-metabolism-supplements-no-nonsense-fat-loss-talk-with-brandon-dacruz.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.