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Doing Double Duty: How Animal M-Stak's PEAK ATP® Powers Strength AND Protein Uptake
Animal M-Stak has been the brand's go-to non-hormonal pick for a long time, and the 2026 rebuild gave it a real reason to earn that reputation again. We covered the full M-Stak formula overhaul in detail already, from the mushroom blend to the ecdysteroid complex up front.
M-Stak occupies a specific lane in Animal's pill […]
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Senactiv's Rg1 Boosts Muscle Mitochondria by 173% in Postmenopausal Women: New 2026 Study
Most of Senactiv's research story has been performed on young, trained men in their twenties. Cycling tests, squat sessions, and muscle biopsies from twenty-somethings pushing themselves in a lab: that's where the ginsenoside Rg1 in Senactiv® built its senolytic reputation over the past decade.
A new trial changes who's in the room.
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Creatine and Sleep Deprivation: With a Single High Dose, Nutristat Quality Matters
Everyone's had one of those nights: three hours of sleep before an early flight, a newborn who won't settle, a deadline that eats into your bedtime. Morning shows up anyway, and your brain has to function through it.
Trending new research on creatine and sleep deprivation offers an unexpected angle on that problem. A 2024 […]
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VasoDrive-AP®: The Original Peptide Pre-Workout Pump Ingredient
Most stimulant-free pump ingredients work through a single pathway: nitric oxide production. Citrulline, arginine, and nitrates all lean on it.
VasoDrive-AP® doesn't.
It's a peptide (specifically a pair of milk-derived tripeptides) with a cardiovascular research base stretching back three decades, long before "peptide" became shorthand for innovation in sports nutrition. Now, with the […]
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PVL ISO CLEAAR: A Clear Protein Drink Built Around LEUVATE+™
PVL has just launched ISO CLEAAR, a dairy-free protein powder built to drink like juice instead of a shake. Each 26g scoop delivers 20g of protein and amino acids for 80 calories with zero sugar (sweetened with sucralose and stevia leaf extract, rounded out with monk fruit and natural flavors), and the formula ships […]
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Shawn Wells Breaks Down GLP-1 Drag: Muscle Loss, Mitochondria, and Dopamine | Episode #227
Episode #227 of the PricePlow Podcast takes us back to the NNB Nutrition booth at IFT First 2026 in Chicago, where Shawn Wells sat down with Mike and Ben for the first of two conversations recorded on-site. This one skips the usual business updates (that's what part two, with Dustin Elliott and Jake Mulder, […]
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GLP-1 Drag: Shawn Wells' Theory on Muscle, Mitochondria, and Dopamine
Most of the supplement industry's GLP-1 content covers two moments: the drug itself, and what happens after someone stops taking it. NNB Nutrition's Post GLP-1 Window framework belongs to that second part. This article covers the time in between, the actual stretch of time spent on the medication, and three linked theories NNB's science […]
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GHOST® Creatine Gets a New Formula: OptiCreatine™ Replaces Creapure®
For the past year, GHOST® Creatine has quietly done its job as part of the GHOST Basics lineup, a no-frills, single-ingredient pick next to the brand's fish oil, vitamin C, and digestive enzyme options. It's never had its own dedicated coverage here, until now.
That's changing on July 29, 2026, when GHOST relaunches Creatine on […]
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NYNE Focus Lemon Ginger: An 8-Ingredient Nootropic Drink Focused on Cognizin® Citicoline
NYNE Focus is the debut release from nootropic beverage brand NYNE, a ready-to-drink formula built for hours of clear, steady mental output instead of a quick jolt. The first flavor, Lemon Ginger, ships in 12-packs of 12 fl oz cans, and it leads with an unusual choice for the energy drink category: no caffeine at […]
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Helaina's effera® Outperforms Bovine Lactoferrin in New ISSN 2026 Gut Barrier Data
New ex vivo data presented at the ISSN 2026 conference gives Helaina its clearest gut-level case yet for effera® human lactoferrin over the bovine-derived ingredient that still dominates the category.
Presented in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in June 2026 alongside gut-microbiome research organization Cryptobiotix, the poster compared effera® against bovine lactoferrin, native human lactoferrin, and […]
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