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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:

Shawn Baier: HMB - Everything You Need to Know | Episode #093

Shawn Baier of Metabolic Technologies Inc on the PricePlow Podcast #093 to Talk HMB

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/shawn-baier-hmb-093

We've lately seen a lot of buzz about β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate, otherwise known as HMB. After diving deep into the ingredient -- which has been with us since the 1980s but wasn't fully understood or marketed correctly in those early decades -- we're glad to see it making a comeback with supplement formulators […]
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HMB (β-hydroxy β-methylbutyrate): Performance-Driven Muscle Supplement

HMB Supplements

Anyone who's been in the supplement game for a while has no doubt heard of, and probably taken, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs).

BCAA supplementation is famously anti-catabolic, helping prevent the undue breakdown of muscle tissue during exercise. This is why, during the 2010s, many intermittent fasting OGs like Martin Berkhan of Leangains recommended training […]
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Soul Performance Nutrition Aura Endorphin Flow: Optimized Nitric Oxide AND Hydration

Soul Performance Nutrition Aura Endorphin Flow Pre-Workout

Soul Performance Nutrition is the brainchild of Matthew Karich, a regular contributor to the PricePlow Discord and a guest on Episode #068 of the PricePlow Podcast.

We regard Soul Performance as having one of the most methodical formulation philosophies in the industry. Regular readers of the blog will know why, since we've covered their […]
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Glaxon Super Greens Dino Fruit: Pluot Flavor Back for Earth Day 2023

Glaxon Super Greens Dino Fruit

Glaxon has been in the market for more than three years, having set itself apart with its innovative and daring formulations. Last month, we got Specimen Genesis, which evolved the Specimen pre-workout formula with the addition of exogenous ketones. As if that wasn't enough, we got an updated Plasm Surge formula to take […]
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Spencer Lynn Runs a 100 Mile Ultra Marathon with KOS | Episode #092

Spencer Lynn on the PricePlow Podcast

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/spencer-lynn-092

In mid-April of 2023, we hosted Spencer Lynn, the northeast regional manager at KOS, a popular supplement company in the natural foods community. In this episode, we discuss:

Spencer's transition from the military to working in the dietary supplement industry The state of nutrition in MREs given to the military when deployed[…]
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Clear Muscle.. Clarified. MuscleTech's HMB Free Acid Muscle Supplement

MuscleTech Clear Muscle: Free-Acid HMB with BetaTOR

MuscleTech has been releasing a lot of products with unusual ingredients lately. Last year, in MuscleTech EuphoriQ: The Smart Pre-Workout with enfinity Paraxanthine, we covered their pioneering use of paraxanthine, a caffeine metabolite that's a kind of new-and-improved energy source as an alternative to caffeine.

As scientists continue to identify metabolites that drive […]
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Shredder's Revenge! Ghost X TMNT Returns with New Flavor of Ghost Burn Black

Ghost Burn Black Shredder

Last year, Ghost Lifestyle began a partnership with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the classic entertainment series that dates back to the 80s. This carries on Ghost's titanic success at developing and bringing to market partnerships with awesome, nostalgic entertainment brands.

In 2022, we have a re-release of the TMNT-inspired flavors for Ghost Legend ALL […]
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WAT to BAT: A High-Metabolism Guide to Brown and White Fat

WAT to BAT: Using NNB Nutrition's MitoBurn and CaloriBurn to Boost Thermogenic Brown Adipose Tissue

Nearly everyone wants a faster metabolism, right? The million-dollar question is, "How do you get one?"

Is it the result of eating certain foods and doing certain exercises? Is it genetically predetermined? Debate over these questions has raged for years – and probably won't stop any time soon.

Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) or "Brown Fat"[…]
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Chris Waldrum #3: Rebranding Nutrex Research for the Future | Episode #091

Chris Waldrum PricePlow Podcast #091 Nutrex Research Rebrand

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/chris-waldrum-nutrex-research-091

A lot has changed since we last talked to Chris Waldrum, who graced us with his presence in the legendary Episode #69 on the PricePlow Podcast. This time around, he's recently begun managing the new direction of the brand at Nutrex Research (named the "Nutrex Rebirth"), so we brought him on to […]
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RAW Nutrition: Built From The Ground Up and Rebranded in 2023

Raw Nutrition: 2023 Rebrand

It's the end of an era, but certainly not the end. RAW Nutrition, a brand driven by the larger-than-life Chris Bumstead, has been instantly-recognizable for years with their "brown paper bag" labeling scheme.

Raw Nutrition rebrands away from the brown paper look

The team at RAW have decided that 2023 is the time […]
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