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Your Body CAN Make Creatine... But Here's What It Costs
Over the past few years, we've repeatedly written some version of the following sentence: "creatine is metabolically expensive for your body to make."
Usually, we'll cite a 2011 paper literally titled "The Metabolic Burden of Creatine Synthesis",[1] explain that supplementation reduces some of that burden, and move on to whatever creatine research […] Continue Reading →
VMI Sports Creatine Gummies: Gelatin-Free 5g Creatine, Independently Verified
VMI Sports has added a gummy format to its creatine lineup, joining Creatine Monohydrate powder, Creatine Pre-Workout, and Creatine +Hydration as another way to get your daily dose:
VMI Sports Creatine Gummies bring a full 5g of Creatine Monohydrate per 5-gummy serving (1g per gummy), in a gelatin-free, vegan-friendly formula that skips the powder, […] Continue Reading →
Joey Savage's Pump-Boosting Probiotic and the Future of Nutrition at Savage Nutra | Episode #233
Joey Savage returns for Episode #233 of the PricePlow Podcast, and he's got two announcements stacked on top of each other:
First: the inaugural Future Nutra Innovation Summit (FNIS), a September 9-11 blend of trade show, educational summit, and lake resort retreat that Joey's nonprofit built from scratch. Second: Savage Nutra's newest ingredient deal,[…] Continue Reading →Apollon Nutrition Cyclone: A Powerful Creatine-Driven Pre-Workout for Feel-Good Gains
Apollon Nutrition Cyclone enters a new lane for a brand well-known for "clinical-plus" dosing and full label transparency: a pre-workout built on real doses of well-studied active ingredients rather than a stimulant redline. Apollon's fans love their stims, but sometimes you need a toned-down product that brings some research-backed gains. This is that formula.[…] Continue Reading →
MuscleTech Creatine Peptide 447 Updates: Now at Walmart With More Creatine Monohydrate
MuscleTech's Creatine Peptide 447 launched into one of the best-timed windows in recent sports nutrition history, arriving right as creatine and peptides became two of the industry's biggest talking points at the same time. Since then, we've seen it sell through multiple times in our system. Now the brand is taking the brain- and muscle-focused […] Continue Reading →
Alpha Lion Flips The Switch: SuperHuman Pre-Workouts Go All Red
Alpha Lion built its reputation on SuperHuman, the pre-workout family that put the brand on the map. Now the entire lineup is getting a head-to-toe rebuild, and the brand is leaning hard into a new idea: the switch.
On Alpha Lion's original black-label lineup, the products were about building capability. The new red […] Continue Reading →
SuperHuman Goes Red: Darin Decker Reveals Alpha Lion's New Pre-Workouts | Episode #228
Darin Decker returns to the PricePlow Podcast for Episode #228, his fifth appearance on the show and his first since becoming VP of Sales at Alpha Lion. He joins Mike and Ben for a full walkthrough of the biggest SuperHuman relaunch in years: five reformulated pre-workouts, a rebrand from black to red, and the […] Continue Reading →
Creatine and Sleep Deprivation: With a Single High Dose, Nutristat Quality Matters
Everyone's had one of those nights: three hours of sleep before an early flight, a newborn who won't settle, a deadline that eats into your bedtime. Morning shows up anyway, and your brain has to function through it.
Trending new research on creatine and sleep deprivation offers an unexpected angle on that problem. A 2024 […] Continue Reading →
Shawn Wells Breaks Down GLP-1 Drag: Muscle Loss, Mitochondria, and Dopamine | Episode #227
Episode #227 of the PricePlow Podcast takes us back to the NNB Nutrition booth at IFT First 2026 in Chicago, where Shawn Wells sat down with Mike and Ben for the first of two conversations recorded on-site. This one skips the usual business updates (that's what part two, with Dustin Elliott and Jake Mulder, […] Continue Reading →
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 […] Continue Reading →
