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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:

Does Creatine Cause Mood Swings?

It's sad that we have to write this, but since several people are legitimately wondering, here goes:

The answer is no, creatine does not cause mood swings.

As we write this, there are literally over 700 well-performed research studies on creatine supplementation. Just do a Google search for site:nih.gov creatine[1] and you'll see […]
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New Feature: Automatic Hot Deal Alerts for Nutrition Products

PricePlow Deal Alerts

We've had a great string of huge discounts on our hot deals page. Now things are even better.

To learn about the latest deals, you no longer need to see our posts on Facebook, Twitter, or bookmark the page. You can now sign up for automatic hot deal alerts and we'll email you (max once […]
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Cellucor C4 Ripped - The Fat Burning Pre Workout?!

Cellucor C4 Ripped

When Cellucor announced their new G4 (4th Generation) product line, it included several variations of the new C4 pre workout. C4 Ripped is the fat burner of the bunch, but in pre-workout form.

Note that existing fat burner Super HD (also upgraded with a new formula) appears to be sticking around as well. The new […]
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The Driven Sports Craze Amphetamine Saga Continues, Round 2014

Driven Sports CRAZE

We have an update of sorts on the whole "Does Driven Craze contain amphetamines?" saga. This new data is from May-July of 2013, but the study was finally published by the USADA (US Anti-Doping Agency) on January 22, 2014.

You can check out the quick news video here:

What's the quick explanation?

In short, one […]
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The Top 5 Anxiety Supplements

5-Hydroxytryptophan

Looking to relax?

Here are the top five supplements for relaxation: L-Theanine

If you’re a Type A individual and you’ve ever wanted to know what it feels like to be a relaxed, carefree “Type Bro” without using recreational drugs, 200mg of L-theanine will do you good. This might be especially beneficial because L-theanine can take […]
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Protein Window Myth BUSTED: Nutrition News Jan 14, 2014

Alan Aragon - This man knows his business when it comes to nutrient timing

Mike with PricePlow back at you with a MASSIVE update!

We start things off with the latest news, since there's some really good stuff.

Nutrition News - January 13, 2014

There's been a bunch of things going down in the industry recently. Here's a recap.

The "Protein Window" is Nonsense?

Alan Aragon and his team […]
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PricePlow is BACK - The Official Relaunch Announcement

Hi everyone, it's Mike here -

I'd like to officially announce the re-launch of PricePlow in my video below:

Features Coming

I don't discuss it much in the video, but here's what's around the corner:

A better search box (this is being worked on as we speak) 10-15 more stores Price Drop Notifications on your[…]
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The Cahill Craze Scandal: How to Stop One Man's Destruction of an Industry

Matt Cahill Featured in USA Today

This morning, the USA Today published a story on an ongoing industry situation:

Sports supplement designer has history of risky products[1]

That sports supplement designer would be Matt Cahill, CEO of Driven Sports. The product sparking this controversy is their acclaimed pre-workout supplement, Craze.

My team and I have been following this story […]
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Soylent Subterfuge: When a Bad Joke Turns into a Business

The Bad Advice Mallard on Diet Help

Update: The Soylent Squared "meal replacement bar" is now out, and it looks even worse than this sludge. Our conclusions about the potential dangers of this product have become stronger over time.

We may consume food, but food consumes us even more.  Not only does it cost time to grow, but it’s expensive, and when […]
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$8 Million Worth of Jack3d and OxyELITE Pro... Down the Drain

Jack3d - The One and Only

Earlier this week, the FDA reported that USPLabs has destroyed a whopping $8 million worth of Jack3d and OxyELITE Pro.[1] The pre workout supplement and fat burner are USP's flagship products, but have been under FDA scrutiny for over a year due to their use of their stimulant content.

The destruction occurred on July […]
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