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About Mike Roberto

Mike Roberto: The Researcher Who Founded PricePlow

n=1 Diet Researcher Scientist and Experimenter. Father. Husband. Entrepreneur. Water Animal. Heavy Metal Connoisseur. Patriot.

Mike Roberto 2019

Mike Roberto 2019

As the founder and CEO of PricePlow, Mike wears an extraordinary number of professional hats, but none is more important than father. PricePlow began as a deals website for nutritional supplements and vitamins, but has evolved into so much more as Mike's journey towards optimized healthspan opened the doors to several discoveries.

A "Biohacktivist" Armed with Data

Stealing a term coined by Shawn Wells, RDH, Mike is a "biohacktivist", stemming from the words "biohacker" and "activist". Through thousands of dollars spent on blood tests, specialized foods, and supplements, Mike has learned that conventional 'establishment' nutritional guidelines have failed him and his family. He has made it his mission to help bring awareness to those who seek a similar awakening.

Through PricePlow, Mike is backed up by a team of doctors, researchers, professional athletes, dieticians, and medical school students in an effort to bring source-cited truth to his followers. With their help, he utilizes certain dietary tools such as a low-carb diet with an emphasis on healthy meat to maintain optimal cognitive and physical health.

Mike celebrating after a successful paddle race

Mike combines his background in competitive sports, computer programming, and is known for his role as a biomedical scientist on television.[1] This experience combined, he has created one of the most helpful nutrition tools on the web -- with, of course, the help of his incredibly talented research and programming team.

Competitive Swimmer

In the sporting world, Mike comes from a swimming background where he began competing at the age of five. He played water polo at the Ohio State University and is now a competitive sand volleyball player and Master's swimmer, specializing in endurance ocean swims as well as freestyle butterfly sprints. Mike participates in US Masters Swim races in Central Texas. He is 6'0 and weighs in at 185lbs as of December 2018..

But it's not all water -- when he's not spending ridiculous hours developing PricePlow and poking holes at the latest diet research, he can be found training at home.

Family and home life: "Know Your Child"

At home, Mike is married to his wonderful wife Jill, and together they raise their delightfully precious daughter, who was born in the fall of 2017. Mike and Jill have taken an extremely active "know your child" stance, educating her as much as possible as early as possible.

Mike lives outside of Austin, TX near the Hill Country, and is always happy to jump in on a triathlon relay as your swimming leg.

You can see Mike regularly on the PricePlow YouTube Channel.

Follow Mike Roberto on Social Media

Mike spends nearly all of his social media time on the @PricePlow accounts, but there are some personal accounts too:

PEScience TruNeuro: The “Forever” Nootropic for Generation X

PEScience TruNeuro

2020 Notice: This supplement has unfortunately been discontinued. We are leaving this post up because the formula is interesting, especially the research on Magtein. You will need to find these ingredients elsewhere, however.

2024 Update: Another supplement has been launched by PEScience under the same name, but with a different formula. It contains just 100mg […]
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NutraBio’s #BornAndBred Campaign Launches with Ongoing Stack Sales

NutraBio Born and Bred

Update: The winner has been chosen — Jennifer Ramirez (interview coming soon on our YouTube channel) — and the #BornAndBred initiative has now rolled into NutraBio’s BioCrew all-inclusive training and learning community.

We are the homegrown athlete.

We’re the fighters. We are those who don’t take ‘no’ for an answer.

We are

Self-made[…]
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5% Nutrition’s Joint Defender: The “Whatever it Takes” Joint Supplement

5% Nutrition Joint Defender

Well hot damn, we didn’t see this one coming. That’s all we really have to say about 5% Nutrition’s Joint Defender.

The brand started by Rich Piana went all out and threw in seventeen highly effective ingredients all to make sure that your joints are staying healthy day in and day out. 17! Do […]
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PEScience Symbiont-GI: Achieve Symbiosis in Your GI Tract

Symbiont-GI

In 2018, the gut is king. Poor gut health is linked to a new terrifying prognosis almost by the day. Depression, acne, digestive upset, and even chronic stress can arise from unhealthy gut microbiota. The abundance of inflammatory foods, toxic pesticides, and artificial colors and sweeteners have wreaked havoc upon our collective gut microbomes, and […]
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PEScience Fudge Brownie Select Protein Bars: Their Favorite One?!

PEScience Select Protein Bars Chocolate Fudge Brownie

Just a couple of week after launching its newest product with Select Protein Bars, PEScience has already added its third flavor to the lineup:

Chocolate Fudge Brownie!

Even better news, the company claims that “This is their best flavor yet!” — although we have a hard time believing that given how much we like the […]
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P2N Peak Performance: Amazon’s Own Sports Nutrition Supplements

2021 Update: Most of the Amazon P2N Supplements discussed on this page have been deleted / discontinued from Amazon, so it seems like this project has been scrapped or failed (other Amazon brands are doing well though).

Everyone knew it would eventually happen, and the day has finally come. Amazon now has their own […]
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BSN Syntha-6 Cold Stone Creamery Jump-Starts BSN’s Rebrand

With three Cold Stone edition flavors, BSN is expanding what we thought a protein powder could taste like!

The company that brought us one of the original modern pre-workouts in N.O. Xplode and one of the first ever truly delicious-tasting whey proteins in Syntha-6, BSN is taking a step forward and is re-branding from the standard BSN look we have seen over the last fifteen years!

On the branding front, BSN is […]
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Rich Piana’s Real Carbs RICE: Welcome to 5% Nutrition Cocoa Heaven

5% Nutrition Real Carbs Rice

Updated May 18, 2018: This post now reflects the new name, but the formula is the same as it’s always been!

Rich Piana’s REAL Carbs is about to get a lot more real for you rice fans!

Most of Rich Piana’s fans know that was a major proponent of consuming food-based calories. But not […]
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Beast Super Test: Man’s Best Friend in Eight Capsules Per Day

Beast Super Test

Note: Beast has released an upgraded formula that requires fewer capsules — Beast Super Test MAX!

Natural test boosters are one of the most commonly bought supplements on the market. Almost every company on the market has their own version of a “natural” test booster.. What guy DOESN’T want heightened testosterone and the good […]
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PEScience Select Protein Bar Brings THICC Taste and Texture

PEScience Select Protein Bar

PEScience has been a long-time favorite of PricePlow. It’s hard not to love a company that relies on actual data for their formulations. It’s also much harder to hate a company that puts out some of the most delicious-tasting protein products on the market, like the extremely clean but still delicious protein powder in Select […]
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