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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:

Amino HP – ANS Performance’s Fully-Loaded BCAA Powder

Amino HP

Fans of the top selling ANS Ritual pre workout supplement, we have some good news for you: Your Ritual will soon have an intra workout partner in the new ANS Performance Amino HP.

It’s out now, so you can compare prices or sign up for price drop updates as more retailers get it in […]
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Epicatechin – The Epic Force Behind Dark Chocolate

Epicatechin

For years, we’ve continually heard that dark chocolate is one of Mother Nature’s true superfoods. Yet every article and daytime TV show we see just never seems to have enough convincing science explaining why you should take it seriously.

The reason chocolate is so medically exciting is because of epicatechin, the natural flavonol from […]
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Supplement Coupons are Now Built into PricePlow!

Supplement Coupons

Happy New Year!

Today, we’re happy to announce supplement coupons here at PricePlow!

But unlike every other coupon site or deals page out there, we’re doing it with a twist: the coupons are rolled into the actual product price comparisons on PricePlow.

The TL;DR: See www.PricePlow.com/coupons to see all coupons The coupon prices are[…]
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Optimum Nutrition Protein Energy – Caffeinated Protein!

Optimum Nutrition Protein Energy

One of the most established names in the supplement industry, Optimum Nutrition, has just upgraded their supplement line with to include one of the most innovative protein supplements available on the market to date.

Their new product, Protein Energy, combines the well known benefits of whey protein with the powerful effects of caffeine and […]
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The Top 10 Supplement Industry News Stories of 2014

Conan Dr. Oz

2014 was an exciting year for the supplement and sports nutrition industry. The new met the old as a few new breakout brands and ingredients took the stage, while two well-known companies were driven into bankruptcy protection.

But all of that was overshadowed by the scandal and drama related to amino acid spiking and the […]
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Ultimate Nutrition Bankruptcy (2014) and the Sad Ending of Ultimate

Ultimate Nutrition Bankruptcy

2019 Update: Things ultimately went *very* sideways on this one…. the company’s owners closed its doors one weekend with none of the employees knowing, then seemingly skipped town. There is a class action lawsuit (filed here) on behalf of the employees.

This blog post may not be updated again, but we consider Ultimate Nutrition to […]
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Theacrine: Caffeine’s Long-Lasting Counterpart

Theacrine

Theacrine is a compound that’s chemically similar to caffeine and is known for its potent ability to act as a stimulant.

It’s an alkaloid molecule – which simply means that it’s a naturally occurring substance derived from plant extracts. In its natural form, Theacrine is typically found in a traditional Chinese tea known as Camilla […]
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Cellucor P6 New Formula – New Ingredients Analyzed

Cellucor P6 New Formula

The evolution of Cellucor’s P6 testosterone booster continues with… Cellucor P6. This is kind of like a band releasing a self-titled album in the middle of their career somewhere, but we think this one might turn out a little better for Cellucor than it did for, say, Metallica.

That belief rests mostly on the […]
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The Cellucor C4 2014 Formula (G4 4th Generation)

Cellucor C4 New Formula (G4)

BIG news everyone!

Cellucor has released several new products, the most important of which is the New Cellucor C4 Formula!

Let’s cut to the chase and discuss the changes below:

Cellucor C4 New Formula vs. C4 Extreme – The Comparison

Below you can see the old one (C4 Extreme) is to the left, […]
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The Cellucor G4 4th Generation Chrome Series Took Them Over the Top

Cellucor G4

2015 Update: All products in this generation have been released! They’re listed below:

Cellucor C4 New Formula Cellucor Super HD (formula changed several times) NO3 Chrome New Formula The Cellucor P6 New Formula (natural testosterone booster) The New Alpha Amino Formula

There will also be several variations of the new C4:

C4 50X C4 Ripped[…]
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