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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:

MOOSE TRACKS Protein! Core Nutritionals PUDD’N Collab

Core Nutritionals PUDD'N Moose Tracks Announcement Update: The Core X Moose Tracks collab has expanded to Core Nutritionals Moose Tracks Protein Brownies – See that after reading about PUDD’n Below!

On February 17, 2023, Core Nutritionals Founder and CEO Doug Miller took to the Instagram airwaves to drop some bombshell news: an incredible new protein collaboration with a famous protein flavor:[1][…]
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Pills vs. Powder: MuscleTech Burn iQ Fat Burners Re-Ignite The Age Old Question

MuscleTech Burn iQ Pills vs Powder

Last year brought us many incredible supplement innovations, but none greater than the enfinity-powered launch of MuscleTech’s iQ Series. This included three supplements — two for weight loss and one pre-workout — all powered by the smoother caffeine alternative called paraxanthine, trademarked as enfinity.

Along with a podcast featuring Raza Bashir, MuscleTech’s […]
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Glaxon Collagen: Amplified Collagen Production (2023 Update)

Glaxon Collagen

Glaxon is one of our favorite supplement companies, because they really know the science. They’re always seeking out and exploiting obscure data from the absolute cutting edge of nutritional research, and the formulas they design with this approach are consistently incredible.

They’ve done it again with Glaxon Collagen, the updated collagen protein supplement we’ll […]
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David Dodrill – Arms Race Nutrition Takes on 2023 | Episode #083

David Dodrill Arms Race Nutrition PricePlow Podcast

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/david-dodrill-arms-race-nutrition

If you’re active in the sports nutrition industry, then you’ve undoubtedly met — or at least heard of — David Dodrill of Arms Race Nutrition (ARN). He’s the man in the van, driving across the nation to retailers, gyms, and everything in between to spread the good word of the Arms Race.

Arms Race […]
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AstroFlav 2X: Double the MitoBurn & InnoSlim in Your Fat Loss Stack

AstroFlav 2X

These days we’re seeing bigger and better formulas in every product category, with ever-lengthening lists of ingredients. A lot of the formulas we’re seeing are great and totally kick-ass – especially as newer, more powerful and focused ingredients emerge.

One example of an awesome multipurpose supplement line is AstroFlav MetaBurn AM and MetaBurn PM, […]
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10 Grams of Citrulline?! Why Pre-Kaged Elite Goes Big and Competitors Go Home

10 Grams of Citrulline in Pre-Kaged Elite

Regular readers of the PricePlow Blog are well aware that Kaged is one of the world’s most formidable supplement brands. After removing the word “Muscle” from their brand name, the company has been attacking the wellness space, but their pre-workout supplements are still the heart of the arsenal.

In early 2022, Kaged released the potent […]
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Supercharged Protein: How Ingredient Optimized (io) Improves Protein Powder

ioProtein

In December of 2022, Ingredient Optimized (io) announced a partnership with Austin, TX supplement contract manufacturer Nutrabound Labs to bring their new ioCollagen™ technology to the market.[1] Nutrabound’s leadership sent us the following video if io Technology in action, permitting us to share it on social media:

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Scott Dicker – Analyzing Supplement Trends at SPINS | Episode #082

Scott Dicker at SPINS

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/scott-dicker-spins

In late January 2023, we sat down to speak with Scott Dicker of SPINS, a wellness-focused data technology company that provides retail consumer insights and analytics, with a focus in the natural, organic, and specialty products industries.

Gathering Market Insights at SPINS

Scott is their director of market insights, and has a special […]
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AstroFlav A-Pump: Nitric Oxide Pills Unlike Anything You’ve Seen

AstroFlav A-Pump

AstroFlav is an industry leader in many ways – they’re famous for their astronomically good flavors, which absolutely do live up to the company’s name.

Today we’re writing about the upgraded A-Pump, which is a capsule-based supplement, so no delicious AstroFlavors to talk about today – but AstroFlav is definitely on top of […]
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Happy Birthday CBum! Limited Edition Birthday Cake Itholate

Raw Nutrition CBum Itholate Birthday Cake

If you’ve been reading PricePlow for a while, you’ll know that nobody does flavors quite like “CBum” and the RAW Nutrition team. Chris Bumstead, legendary four-time Mr. Olympia, has staked out quite a name for himself in the supplement industry through his partnership with RAW Nutrition, and it’s easy to see why.

The most-awaited news […]
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