Alternative Cancer Remedies You've Never Heard Of, Animal Venom, Urine Therapy, Nicotine For Viruses & More With Jonathan Otto.

29 Jan 2026 · 69 min
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29 Jan 2026 · 69 min

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Podcast interview (Ben Greenfield with Jonathan Otto) covering fringe/controversial alternative-health topics: claims that venom-derived peptides (cone snail, scorpion, snake) are used in pesticides and may appear in humans/environment; citation of studies/patents and a Carlo Brogna study reporting toxin-like peptides in COVID-19 patient samples; nicotine (patches, ~7–14 mg) presented as a therapeutic competing at α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; urine therapy and urine-derived stem cells (Wake Forest–funded study cited: 140 clonal stem cells in 24-hour urine and reported replication of 1×10^8 over three weeks); discussion of Rigvir (oncolytic virus) and integrative cancer clinics. The episode is investigational and anecdotal; many claims are controversial and show-note references were promised.

Questions this episode answers

140 clonal stem cells in a 24-hour urine sample (as stated in the transcript).

Replication reported as 1 × 10^8 (one hundred million) in a three-week period (as stated in the transcript).

Jonathan Otto referenced nicotine patches in the 7–14 mg range (and noted common patch strengths include 7, 14, and 21 mg).

The study (cited as June 2020) reportedly identified 'toxin-like peptides almost identical to toxic components of venoms' in plasma, urine and feces from COVID-19 patients, not found in controls.

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