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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:

Driven Sports CRAZE Lawsuit DROPPED (Updated July 2013)

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Update, July 31, 2013: If you found this article after reading the story in the USA Today, read our response here. It is possible that the information below regarding amphetamines is wrong. Read the rest of this with extreme caution — and consider reading the link above instead.

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List of Clean Foods

Before you start supplementing with the supplements compared on this site, you need to get your diet in order. Otherwise you will have nothin’ but “expensive pee”. You should begin monitoring every single thing you eat with a site like FitDay.com to start understanding where your calories are coming from.

Here is a list of […]
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Universal Nutrition Uni-Liver Review

There are some things that have been staples in bodybuilders’ diets for decades: eating a huge steak for dinner, a 6+ egg / egg white omelet, gallons of milk. But one old-school food has disappeared from American diets: liver and organ meats.

Liver is an abundant source of protein with an incredible amino acid […]
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Beta Alanine Tingling

Here at PricePlow Discount Supplements, we absolutely love beta alanine for all kinds of athletes in order to reduce fatigue and increase endurance. But one weird thing sometimes happens – “the tingles”, as we call them, or a tingling, pins-and-needles sensation after taking it.

What is the pins-and-needles sensation I get when I take beta[…]
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Zero-Carb Sweet Bacon with Stevia

Bacon is one of the world’s finest foods for those of us who know that saturated fat is healthy. However, if you’re on a zero-sugar or any kind of a low-carb diet, you can no longer enjoy brown sugar bacon or bacon with maple syrup on it.

However, you can still enjoy the awesome taste […]
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Can I Bring Supplements and Protein as Carry-On Luggage on an Airplane?

Happy Holidays from PricePlow!

Many people often ask if they can bring protein powders, creatine, vitamins, and other supplements in their carry-on luggage on an airplane.

The first bit of good news is that none of these powders are banned from the TSA’s “what can I bring” list.

The other good news is that this […]
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Thanksgiving Special – Tryptophan Supplementation Research

Happy Thanksgiving from PricePlow.com! Today we did some research on tryptophan supplementation for you, and as a Thanksgiving present, we created a Tryptophan category under our Essential Amino Acids section.

Background on Tryptophan / L-Tryptophan:

There are tons of other resources on Tryptophan, so we’ll be brief and get to the fun stuff (supplements!):

Trytophan […]
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ClutchWave LLC Launches PricePlow.com: Price Shopping For Supplements and Vitamins

ClutchWave LLC launches PricePlow.com, a highly-organized free price comparison service created to help users find the lowest-cost supplements, vitamins, and weight-loss products from various fitness stores on the Internet.

Los Angeles, CA – November 24th, 2008 — Today ClutchWave LLC announced its launch of PricePlow.com, a free online service to help supplement and vitamin users […]
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