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Ghost & Welch's Grape Juice Collab: More Epic Flavors Coming!

Ghost Welch's Grape Juice Collaboration

Update: This flavor is now available for Ghost Legend and Ghost Intra, which replaced Ghost Amino.

When Ghost released the industry-first (and tongue tantalizing) Warheads flavor in 2016, the company was just getting started. In September of 2018, the brand revealed another collaboration with Swedish Fish and Sour Patch Kids. Ghost work for three hard […]
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Optimum Nutrition's AmiNO Energy Carbonated RTD Enters the Fray

Optimum Nutrition Amino Energy RTDs

Optimum Nutrition released an upgraded version of their flagship product, AmiNO Energy, two months ago in July of 2018. Upon the doors opening of the 2018 Olympia, they have officially joined the carbonated energy drink market with AmiN.O Energy + Electrolytes.

This definitely came as a surprise, but we have seen many companies jumping […]
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NutraBio EAA Energy (Now Discontinued)

NutraBio EAA Energy

2022 Discontinuation Update: This product has been discontinued and will be replaced with Amino Kick. We're leaving the article up because of the lovely videos inside.

NutraBio is known for making fully-dosed and transparent products. Now they've partnered with Bodybuilding.com in a collaboration for their latest product, and it's bringing two things we love: […]
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EAA is the New BCAA: Essential Amino Acids Stage a Coup

EAA vs BCAA

"BCAAs vs. EAAs?"

For quite a while, that was the big argument. Over the decades, branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) supplements have been some of the most popular (and profitable) products on the market. Catapulted into the spotlight by some early -- and somewhat questionable -- research, along with a lot of savvy marketing, BCAAs quickly […]
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RedCon1 Grunt: Military-Grade EAA Formula for Military-Grade Gains

RedCon1 Grunt

There’s been a slow, but steady shift in the amino acid supplement market over the past year or so, and it's one we're glad to see and take part in pushing. We’re talking about ditching those BCAA-only supplements in favor of the more comprehensive (and effective) full essential amino acid formulas.

We’ve witnessed a […]
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RedCon1 BREACH: Combat-Ready BCAA Supplement

RedCon1 Breach

RedCon1 has quickly established itself as one of the hottest brands around since they first debuted on the scene about one year ago. Since their debut, the brand has released a steady stream of products that have been incredibly well-received by the masses.

Much of RedCon1's success is due to the killer pre workout in […]
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L-Tyrosine vs. N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine: A Tale of Two Tyrosines

L-Tyrosine

L-Tyrosine vs N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine -- different forms of the amino acid Tyrosine, but which one is better?

We answer this hotly-debated question in today’s PricePlow post focused on nootropics!

TL;DR

Use L-Tyrosine.

(We prefer NutraBio L-Tyrosine, which comes in 150 Vcaps, 500 Vcaps, and 150 Gram sizes.)

Alternative Forms of Ingredients

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EVL BCAA Energy: The Best Fruit Punch EVER?

EVL Samantha Katz

Energy aminos have become one of the most popular categories of sports nutrition supplements the past few years. What once appeared to just be a small niche in the market has exploded to become virtually as popular as pre workouts themselves -- in all likelihood do to society’s endless dependence and demand for caffeine, but […]
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Body Fortress LAWSUIT: Amino Acid Spiking Class Action UPDATED

It has begun: The Body Fortress Amino Acid Spiking Class Action Lawsuit!

Update November 2016: This was the first amino acid spiking case, and it's ever-slowly progressing. Click here to read the November 2016 case updates. This article was originally posted on July 2, 2014.

IT HAS BEGUN.

Last month, we wrote a detailed report about amino acid spiking, which is when a protein manufacturer […]
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Cellucor Alpha Amino: New 2016 Formula Unveiled

Cellucor Alpha Amino G4

A while back, Cellucor initiated a massive overhaul of their best selling supplements when they unveiled the G4 Series. In the past 18 months, we’ve seen Cellucor’s best sellers get a facelift, and some newer “Xtreme” version of previous fan favorites added to the growing lineup. This of course also includes the new version of […]
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