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VasoDrive-AP®: The Original Peptide Pre-Workout Pump Ingredient
Most stimulant-free pump ingredients work through a single pathway: nitric oxide production. Citrulline, arginine, and nitrates all lean on it.
VasoDrive-AP® doesn't.
It's a peptide (specifically a pair of milk-derived tripeptides) with a cardiovascular research base stretching back three decades, long before "peptide" became shorthand for innovation in sports nutrition. Now, with the […]
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Optifolin+: Balchem's Choline-Enriched Bioactive Folate, Explained
When consumers read "folate" on a label, they typically assume they're getting the nutrient their body actually uses. In reality, the answer depends heavily on the form. Most supplements still rely on folic acid, a synthetic precursor that must be converted before it becomes biologically active. For some people, that conversion happens efficiently. For others, […]
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PLT Health Solutions Heads to IFT First 2026 with Six Sampling Beverages and a Beverage Energy Showcase
PLT Health Solutions is back at IFT First, once again in Chicago with a booth full of incredible things to drink. At Booth #3042, the Morristown, NJ ingredient supplier will sample six custom-built functional beverages spanning four categories (energy, sports nutrition, weight management, and stress/mood), and Steve Fink, PLT's Vice President of Marketing, […]
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Animal Pak Gets a Limited Anniversary Edition for America's 250th
Animal is marking America's 250th birthday the way the brand has always operated: no half measures. Their 250 Limited Anniversary Edition wraps Animal Pak in red, white, and blue, pairing a hand-numbered commemorative can with an exclusive stars-and-stripes shaker. The packaging and artwork is beautiful, numbered to 2,500 bundles worldwide. The formula is the same […]
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Oligonol: The Low-Molecular-Weight Lychee Polyphenol for Endurance, Body Composition, and Healthy Aging
Middle-aged long-distance runners who supplemented with 200mg of Oligonol® daily for 60 days covered significantly more ground in a timed treadmill test, and rated the effort substantially lower.
Those headline findings come from a new randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in 2026, and they add a fresh performance data point to an already deep […]
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CreaSol SSAT: MolTek Nutrition Unveils CreaSol SSAT (Stabilized Tyrosol) as the New Creatine Enhancer
In the world of sports nutrition, breakthroughs often arise from revisiting the fundamentals and enhancing them with innovative science. Few compounds have as rich a history in human health as tyrosol -- yet most aren't even familiar with it!
Tyrosol: From Mediterranean Diet Driver to Novel Creatine EnhancerTyrosol is a powerful phenolic compound, found […]
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Longevity Science Forgot About Women. These Ingredients Didn't.
For decades, researchers studied aging in men -- and assumed the results applied equally to women. They didn't. The NIH didn't require women to be included in federally funded clinical trials until 1993! Before that mandate, the default research subject was a 155-pound man. Most preclinical longevity work defaulted to male mice. The foundational science […]
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CreaSol® SSAT (Stabilized Tyrosol) Clinical Trial Published: Peer-Reviewed Study Confirms Creatine Synergy
The CreaSol® SSAT (stabilized tyrosol) study is officially here. After more than a year of anticipation, Moltek Nutrition now has a published, peer-reviewed human trial to back it up.[1]
The paper appeared in Nutraceuticals in May 2026, produced by teams at the Applied Science and Performance Institute (ASPI) in Tampa, Florida and Barton College […]
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K2VITAL: All About Vitamin K2 and Why Quality Matters
Here's the paradox: people consume calcium with the intention to build strong bones, but some of that calcium may end up in the arteries and soft tissues instead of bones.[1] One way to help direct calcium where it's needed? Vitamin K2.
Calcium is essential to life, but it can also be problematic in the […]
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CordyFuel: The High-Potency Cordyceps From NuCelium That's Changing Body & Brain Performance
Cordyceps has a credibility problem.
It's one of the most storied adaptogens in traditional Chinese medicine, it has real science behind it, and it's showing up in everything from pre-workouts to functional beverages. Yet ask most formulators whether they trust that their cordyceps ingredient actually delivers what the research used, and the honest answer is […]
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