I don't care if you all use peanut-butter from that horrible factory. But I've always used a good quality Teflon-based grease - enough to slather the threads - and screwed and torqued on the pedals. After 15 years I removed the pedals, without noteworthy difficulty, and the grease was still very much in evidence. Same for an old freewheel. You want to spend extra $$$ on anti-seize? Be my guest. My grease works fine from where I'm sitting.

Happy Trails!