Category: Fitness & Sports Nutrition News

In the competitive pre-workout market, most brands follow a predictable formula: include 1 to 2.5g of betaine, check the box, and move on. It’s the minimum effective dose range shown in research, so why go higher? For most companies, the answer is simple: cost savings and profit margins… there’s generally not much market incentive to…

by Christian Duque The arrival of Behrouz Tabani has created a happy ending where it may very well not have been the case. The Olympia is literally less than one week away but the Iranian sensation was able to finally get a visa and arrive in the United states. Could you imagine the cortisol levels…

  By Dr. Luke Bucci & Jeff Feliciano The post-exercise glycogen two-step can help you bounce back overnight. Carbs are fuel, and fuel drives the machine that is the human body. That’s endurance athletics 101. But our carb need doesn’t end when the workout does, because when the tank is empty, the only way to…

“I work with coaches and other people who know too much.” Kate Solovieva is a former professor of psychology, a PN master coach, and PN’s director of community engagement. And the above quote has become one of her taglines. Though Coach Kate has coached thousands of “regular” clients, her specialty is coaching other coaches. Through…

CREATEA Mighty Mango breaks new ground with stable creatine in RTD format plus Zynamite S mango leaf extract for mental energy. This natural, clean-label concept beverage showcases what’s possible when industry leaders collaborate. Sample it at SupplySide Global 2025! Following the groundbreaking success of XPO NRG at SupplySide West 2024, PricePlow is proud to announce…

by Matt Weik, BS, CSCS, CPT, CSN There’s no sugar-coating things… GLP-1 has put a target on the backs of every supplement company out there with a weight management product. Supplement weight management claims are now opening the door to lawsuits, and guess who profits from this? You guessed it! BIG PHARMA! You can’t deny…

photo credit: @belgianwaffleride + @rdubcreative Flavia’s journey to the top of endurance gravel racing has been truly inspiring, marked by her fierce tenacity, tactical savvy, and a storied career that includes a remarkable 7th place finish at the Rio Olympics Road Race in 2016. Now that she’s conquered some of the toughest “un-road” courses out…

Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD and Helen Kollias, PhD It’s like my thoughts were under a pile of garbage. On a Friday night, as my husband and I tried to figure out where to eat, a typical conversation would go like this: Me: Do you want to go to that restaurant? Him: What…

Most saffron supplements only standardize for crocins, completely ignoring safranals — the aromatic compound that drives unique stress-modulating effects through GABA receptors and your parasympathetic nervous system. Nootropics Depot delivers 1% safranals (3x typical competitors) for complete saffron benefits. While most saffron supplements trumpet their crocin content as the primary marker of quality, it it…

by Christian Duque Well it seems that the 212 Division has lost yet another defending champion in Keone Pearson. Much like his predecessors that have gone on to compete at the open, Keone more than likely saw the prize money, the opportunities, and the lopsided nature of bodybuilding. Here is a competitor that has all…