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Cognizin® Citicoline: The Brain Choline
Enhancing cognitive traits like mood, focus, and reasoning is the reason many consumers take supplements. In this fast-paced, competitive world, your brain is your body’s prime real estate. Importantly, in our information economy, how well your brain functions and performs under stress can make or break your career.
That’s where choline comes in.
Choline is […]
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Research Study: Cognizin® Citicoline Improves Memory in Older Adults
If you’re a regular reader of the PricePlow Blog, then you know that we’re huge fans of Cognizin®, a patented and trademarked form of citicoline developed by Kyowa Hakko.
We wrote a deep-dive on Cognizin in the article linked above, so you can read that if you want the full story. Today, however, we’re […]
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NNB Nutrition CaloriBurn GP Pilot Study: 160mg + Exercise Significantly Increases Energy Expenditure
NNB Nutrition has published a small pilot study showing incredible exercise-based energy expenditure gains with CaloriBurn GP grains of paradise extract compared to placebo (crossover design).[1] This article recaps the mechanism and then discusses the new data.
There are two types of adipose tissue (body fat) – white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue […]
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Nootropic Study: PEAK ATP Improves Cognitive Performance After Intense Exercise
A new double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study published in Frontiers in Nutrition has shown that two weeks of PEAK ATP supplementation can prevent cognitive decline after high-intensity exercise.[1] This article explains the new findings:
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is arguably the most important molecule in your body. It’s the form of energy actually used by your cells. […]
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What is SPERMIDINE?! Meet the Latest Longevity Ingredient
Though sports supplements began as an industry focused on the now — formulating products almost exclusively for results in the present, such as pre-workouts, protein powders, and weight-loss formulas — the market has extended its reach in recent years. Sure, providing benefits in the present is important to consumers, but so is aiding them in […]
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Is Berberine Nature’s Ozempic? A Look at GLP-1 Agonists
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard of Ozempic (semaglutide) by now.
This fat loss drug has taken the mass media by storm, thanks to testimonials (and speculated use) by a number of celebrities in film, television, and modeling. Proponents claim it’s the miracle weight loss pill the world has been waiting […]
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Peak ATP + Creatine: A Powerful ATP-Boosting Stack
There’s probably no supplement more researched than creatine.[1] Almost anyone who’s touched a barbell has taken creatine at some point. Its ability to improve performance and support muscle building is legendary.
Creatine takes time… but we also want effects nowThe only problem with creatine is the necessity of the loading phase, […]
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PeptiStrong: Natural Anabolic Ingredient from Fava Beans
Have you ever wondered how new nutritional supplements are discovered? Historically speaking, there’s more than one answer to this question.
Lately, a new technique for identifying blockbuster supplements of the future has emerged:
AI-driven research.
Researchers are using massive computers, equipped with the latest language learning models, to comb biochemical databases looking for any and […]
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Raw Nurition Beta Alanine: Boost Endurance with Carnosine Precursors
Raw Nutrition isn’t all CBum supplements, you know!
We recently covered new flavors of Raw Nutrition’s CBum Thavage Pre-Workout RTD (Miami Vice and Strawberry Mango), which followed up the sleek Raw Nutrition rebrand, but today we get back to the basics with a “single-ingredient” formula… except better.
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Rhodiola: The Salidroside-Powered Adaptogen of the Vikings
“Fast-paced,” “high-stress,” and “non-stop” are just a few adjectives to describe the world today. We’re always balancing multiple objectives — family, work, recreation, exercise, health, all of which demand large amounts of physical and mental energy. Unfortunately, our efforts are not always enough, and it’s easy to feel weighed down by fatigue, stress, and mental […]
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