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Doing Double Duty: How Animal M-Stak's PEAK ATP® Powers Strength AND Protein Uptake
Animal M-Stak has been the brand's go-to non-hormonal pick for a long time, and the 2026 rebuild gave it a real reason to earn that reputation again. We covered the full M-Stak formula overhaul in detail already, from the mushroom blend to the ecdysteroid complex up front.
M-Stak occupies a specific lane in Animal's pill […]
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GLP-1 Drag: Shawn Wells' Theory on Muscle, Mitochondria, and Dopamine
Most of the supplement industry's GLP-1 content covers two moments: the drug itself, and what happens after someone stops taking it. NNB Nutrition's Post GLP-1 Window framework belongs to that second part. This article covers the time in between, the actual stretch of time spent on the medication, and three linked theories NNB's science […]
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Formulator's Corner #23: Pepti Protein Power Balls: A Functional Food Featuring PeptiStrong®
In today's installment of our Formulator's Corner series, we design a hypothetical high-protein snack (protein power balls) built around a clinically studied peptide ingredient and a surprisingly complete muscle support stack. Will a forward-thinking brand bring this to market?
Nuritas is heading to Natural Products Expo West 2026 with something we haven't seen before: PeptiStrong® […]
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2026 WADA Prohibited List Now in Effect: Why Olympic Athletes Need More Than "Checked Box" Certification
The stakes for supplement safety have never been higher. On January 1, 2026, the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) 2026 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods officially took effect,[1] and just weeks before the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games begin in February. For athletes competing at the highest level, the margin for error has essentially […]
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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 powerful computers, equipped with the latest language learning models, to comb biological databases looking for any and […]
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Formulating Five Supplements with GG-Gold (Geranylgeraniol): Formulator's Corner #12
Thanks to our recent podcast with Dr. Barrie Tan, we now have a better understanding of the biological building-block Geranylgeraniol ("GG", sold as GG-Gold). Consequently, PricePlow followers have shown increased interest in new formulas containing the ingredient.
This crucial molecule, sold by American River Nutrition, is used to produce vitamin K2 MK-4, […]
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SNS Pepti-Plex and Core BOLIC: A Tale of Two PeptiStrong Supplements
It's no secret that the PricePlow Blog is cranking out the research at breakneck speed, but even by our standards, our summer 2023 article PeptiStrong: Natural Anabolic Ingredient from Fava Beans is one of our clear favorites.
In case you missed it, PeptiStrong from Irish biotechnology firm Nuritas has a fascinating origin story: It's a […]
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Inspired Nutraceuticals LGND: V3 of the Legendary Muscle Builder
If you've been following the supplement industry's sports nutrition niche, you'll know that we've seen the resurgence of some powerful plant extracts in the muscle building market. You'll also know that Chris Waldrum sold Inspired Nutraceuticals, and the company is now run by Landon Suggs, who explained his vision in Episode #096 of […]
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Rhaponticum Carthamoides: The MAX Phytoecdysteroid Source
In 2022, most consumers of the sports supplement industry have likely noticed a large increase in supplements based upon turkesterone. This naturally-occurring plant-based steroid is in a class of compounds known as phytoecdysteroids, which has seen a large resurgence the past couple of years.
In this article, we dig into one of the […]
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Chemix Natabolic: The Guerrilla Chemist's Natural Anabolic
The Guerrilla Chemist has been formulating supplements for decades now, always educating consumers in both suppolements and "non-supplements" along the way. But when he split off and built his own brand Chemix -- debuting with the ultra high-energy Chemix Pre-Workout -- his fans and followers naturally asked how he would make a natural muscle builder[…]
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