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GBB (Gamma-Butyrobetaine Ethyl Ester): Super Carnitine That Makes You Sweat?!
If you follow PricePlow, you’ve likely tried a carnitine-based supplement in the past. We love L-carnitine supplements — there’s an incredible amount of data supporting them for metabolism, performance, recovery, and overall health. But sometimes we’re looking for a different way to approach a situation, want different effects, or are simply looking for a […]
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PurpleForce: AMPK-Boosting Purple Tea Extract with Patented GHG®
When it comes to foods and beverages widely regarded as “healthy”, you’ll find just as many arguments against consuming them as you will in favor.
However, there are a select few that seem to be approved of by just about everyone. In the world of beverages, an obvious example is tea. We’re specifically talking […]
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PeptiPump: A Lentil Protein Hydrolysate Containing Bioactive Peptides
After many consumers (including ourselves) have asked for information on Nuritas’ new PeptiPump™ ingredient in the new 2024 Generation of C4 Pre-Workouts, we finally have an answer!
Below is a text written from Nutrabolt’s development team. We’ll eventually update this article to use our own writing and science, but wanted to publish this as soon […]
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Why is Yuth Spermidine in Inspired Nutraceuticals Endless Hydration RTD?
Inspired Nutraceuticals has been busy. One of the reasons they were named a brand to watch in 2024 in PricePlow’s 2023 Supplement Industry Awards was due to their launch of Endless, which took the name from an older intra-workout supplement they had launched in 2017, completely remaking it into a novel electrolyte hydration […]
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Why EuphoriQ: The Genetic Differences of Caffeine Metabolizers
In 2023, something really big happened. MuscleTech launched the EuphoriQ pre-workout — the first mass-market supplement containing paraxanthine, a stimulant that replaces (it’s actually the main metabolite of caffeine).
We brought Shawn Wells and Raza Bashir onto Episode #072 of the PricePlow Podcast to explain the story behind the ingredient (which is named “enfinity”[…]
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Venetron: A Synergistic Extract for Mood, Stress, and Sleep
If there’s one thing that supplement scientists have gotten great at, it’s identifying pearls of truth in the world’s traditional nutrition and folk medicine practices. We’ve written a lot of articles about botanical extracts, many with compelling research, but forgettable historical context.
It’s a different story with Rafuma (Apocynum venetum) — the more you read […]
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Exploring Ergothioneine as a Skin Care Ingredient
Back in May 2023 we covered NNB Nutrition’s MitoPrime, a high-quality, lab-tested L-ergothioneine dietary supplement.
In case you haven’t read the above two articles, ergothioneine (EGT) is kind of a super-antioxidant. It seems so fundamental to human health that some researchers have proposed designating it a vitamin,[1,2] which would make sense since […]
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Doug Kalman: Diet and Nutrition for Fighters | Episode #120
Doug Kalman joins the PricePlow Podcast to talk about his experience co-founding the ISSN and how he helps professional fighters prepare their diets.
We run through everything from regulatory, Doug’s appearance on the UFC reality TV show, macro breakdown, hydration and electrolytes, nutrient timing, the ISSN’s position stands, and so much more — most of […]
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GlucoVantage Dihydroberberine Beats Berberine in Human Trial
Long-awaited human clinical data has been published on dihyodroberberine,[1] the superior form of berberine sold as GlucoVantage by NNB Nutrition!
Spend five minutes researching weight loss supplements, and you’re bound to read about berberine. This is a natural plant alkaloid that exerts powerful anti-diabetic effects[2,3] that have been repeatedly shown to lead to […]
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Ghost, Glaxon, & Cellucor on Branded Ingredients: Kyowa Panel at SSW 2023 | Episode #118
At SupplySide West 2024, one of the biggest events was a panel discussion held at the Kyowa Hakko USA booth, featuring a star-studded cast of influential industry advocates:
Dan Lourenço – Founder and CEO of Ghost Joey Savage – Chief Scientific Officer of Glaxon Chris Lockwood – VP of Scientific Affairs at Nutrabolt David Sandler[…]Continue Reading →
