On Episode #144 of the PricePlow Podcast, Mike and Ben welcome Dominic Kuza of Uncooked Diet and Revive MD, who comes on to elucidate a few of the new formulation he’s been engaged on on the two firms since beginning earlier this yr.
Dom Kuza, formulator at Uncooked Diet and Revive MD, joins the PricePlow Podcast for Episode #144 to tease his new Revive Sleep complement and the way he formulates with blood work!
Dom was invited to elucidate his new formulation, the forthcoming Revive MD Sleep complement, however as we dive deeper, he continues to significantly impress on this episode. However then it will get even higher:
We realized that Dominic dives deep into blood work, due to his work on the Revive Well being clinics, and he now helps lots of Uncooked Diet’s and Revive MD’s ambassadors and sponsored athletes. Via his monitoring of blood work and discovering authentic fixes, he’s been capable of formulate some unimaginable dietary supplements that actually transfer the needle for his athletes, and that experience now will get handed on to Revive MD shoppers.
Past Revive MD Sleep, we talk about a few of the advantages of his different formulation, together with Cortisol Help and Full Very important. We additionally be taught of his help in streamlining a few of Revive MD’s different basic dietary supplements, which is able to enable for fewer capsules coming quickly sooner or later.
All instructed, Uncooked Diet and Revive are definitely in good palms – the data-driven path is one which their shoppers ought to totally get behind.
0:00 – Introductions
Mike and Ben introduce Dominic Kuza, who has a background in train science and is now working with Uncooked Diet and Revive MD on product improvement and schooling. Dominic shares his journey from initially making ready for dental college to finally pursuing a grasp’s diploma in train science, the place he specialised in physiology and muscle protein synthesis. His educational expertise, particularly in finding out dietary supplements like beta-alanine and creatine, has significantly influenced his strategy to complement formulation.
After listening to this episode, be taught extra about Revive MD Cortisol Help
Dom emphasizes that his direct expertise in well being teaching and analyzing blood work has allowed him to create extra focused and efficient merchandise, shifting away from the generic, one-size-fits-all formulation generally seen within the trade.
5:45 – Dominic’s work at Revive
Dominic discusses his function at Uncooked and Revive, the place he started formally in January 2024. With a decade of expertise in health teaching and a deal with well being schooling, Dom initially contributed by recommending merchandise and finally began growing new formulations for the corporate.
His first mission was the Cortisol Help formulation, adopted by others like Full Very important, and he’s at the moment engaged on upcoming merchandise like a brand new magnesium complement and a mushroom complicated. Dom emphasizes the significance of dosing components successfully, as seen with the 600 mg of phosphatidylserine within the Cortisol Help formulation, and highlights his choice for utilizing high-quality sources for components.
He collaborates intently with producers to make sure the ultimate merchandise meet his requirements, specializing in delivering efficient, focused dietary supplements slightly than following trade traits.
11:30 – Full Very important
Dom states that Full Very important was designed to offer broad well being help for common shoppers who might not require the extraordinary, specialised dietary supplements typically utilized in bodybuilding or for particular well being points like liver or kidney help. The product contains key components akin to pink yeast rice for coronary heart well being and ldl cholesterol administration, nattokinase for blood circulation, and CoQ10 to offset potential depletion brought on by pink yeast rice.
Revive MD Full Very important is a potent cardiovascular help complement with added liver cleansing and anti inflammatory help
The complement goals to supply an all-in-one resolution that addresses numerous well being wants in a balanced, reasonable manner, making it appropriate for a mainstream viewers, together with these in hormone substitute remedy (HRT) applications.
16:45 – Blood work
Dom explains his strategy to blood work, recommending important checks like CBC, CMP, lipid profiles, and adrenal hormone markers like cortisol and DHEA, whereas being conscious of funds constraints. He emphasizes the variability of cortisol ranges and the significance of timing blood checks to seize correct readings. Dominic makes use of symptom questionnaires to correlate with blood outcomes, permitting for personalised complement suggestions. He avoids instantly supplementing DHEA, preferring to handle underlying points with adrenal help dietary supplements as a substitute.
The dialogue additionally touches on how elevated or depleted cortisol ranges can have an effect on day by day vitality and stress, and Dominic’s choice for addressing hormonal imbalances naturally slightly than counting on extra dietary supplements. The dialog highlights the worth of personalised blood work evaluation in growing efficient well being methods.
23:15 – Managing ferritin and iron ranges
Mike discusses his current blood work, highlighting elevated ferritin ranges regardless of regular iron markers, and seeks insights from Dominic. Dominic explains that prime ferritin might point out irritation or iron overload, relying on accompanying markers like liver enzymes. He suggests excessive doses of anti-inflammatory dietary supplements like curcumin and boswellia, in addition to IP6 for managing iron ranges.
Dom additionally discusses the function of hepcidin in iron absorption and mentions different potential causes like intestinal infections. He advises that blood donation might assist handle excessive ferritin ranges and shares his strategy to balancing cortisol and DHEA ranges.
28:45 – Complement formulation for systemic issues
Mike appreciates Dominic’s hands-on expertise with shoppers and his means to steadiness sensible information with educational analysis. They talk about how Dominic makes use of his insights to tell complement formulations, emphasizing the significance of addressing well being points like irritation and ferritin ranges systematically. Dom additionally displays on how his sensible expertise typically aligns with rising science, mentioning how he was utilizing glycine for sleep earlier than it turned well-liked.
31:00 – New Revive MD Sleep complement
Uncooked Sleep has melatonin inside, so Revive MD Sleep will present a melatonin-free different
The dialog then shifts to imminent product releases, with Dominic teasing a brand new sleep complement from Revive that features components like inositol, glycine, magnesium, and theanine, designed to permit versatile dosing primarily based on particular person wants. Ben Kane and Mike talk about the differentiation between sleep merchandise from RAW and its sister firm Revive. Dom explains that whereas Uncooked Diet’s SLEEP incorporates melatonin, Revive’s strategy is extra restorative and avoids melatonin, catering to those that choose or want a non-sedative choice.
Dominic shares his view that melatonin is helpful in particular conditions, akin to disrupted sleep-wake cycles or excessive cortisol ranges, however agrees it’s typically overused. The dialog additionally touches on upcoming merchandise from Revive, together with a brand new joint help complement and reformulations of Revive Glucose and Revive Probiotic merchandise, aiming to enhance effectiveness and cut back tablet sizes. Dom emphasizes tailoring merchandise to completely different demographics, making certain they meet the distinctive wants of every model’s viewers.
35:45 – Massive Numbers of Tablets and Doses in Revive MD’s Dietary supplements
Mike, Ben Kane, and Dominic talk about the challenges of managing the variety of tablets in dietary supplements, particularly in Revive’s Kidney and Glucose merchandise. Dom acknowledges previous complaints about massive tablet portions, significantly with the kidney complement, which used to require 12 tablets a day. The crew has since transitioned to utilizing extra concentrated extracts, lowering the tablet burden.
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Dominic explains that of their Glucose product, they’re lowering the quantity of berberine to keep away from potential digestive points linked to excessive doses, which some customers had reported. The dialog highlights the steadiness between sustaining efficient dosages and making certain shopper comfort and luxury. Dom additionally notes the choice to maintain sure components like berberine constant to expedite product availability, regardless of exploring options like dihydroberberine.
39:00 – Intestine Well being
Mike, Ben Kane, and Dominic talk about managing intestine well being, significantly in instances of acid reflux disorder. Dom explains that acid reflux disorder is usually as a result of low abdomen acid, not excessive, and suggests treating it with dietary supplements like betaine, zinc carnosine, and GI+ to help abdomen acid manufacturing and enhance intestine lining integrity. He additionally shares an at-home take a look at utilizing baking soda and water to find out if low abdomen acid is inflicting reflux.
The dialog touches on previous traits the place individuals would blindly suggest acidic treatments like lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, which might worsen the situation for some people. The dialogue then shifts in direction of endurance-related dietary supplements, indicating a broad curiosity in numerous well being and efficiency merchandise.
42:00 – The Uncooked Endurance Line: RAW Gasoline and Replenish
Dominic discusses his involvement with the event of the Gasoline and Replenish dietary supplements at RAW. Though these merchandise have been initially formulated earlier than he joined, Dominic contributed to refining their profiles via collaborative crew discussions. He explains that the Gasoline complement is designed with a selected glucose-to-fructose ratio that enhances efficiency and is scalable, permitting athletes to customise their consumption primarily based on their exercise depth.
Dom highlights the advantages of utilizing sodium citrate in these merchandise, which improves digestion and vitality manufacturing with out the extreme saltiness present in another merchandise. Replenish, equally formulated with sodium citrate and chloride, features a small quantity of sugar to boost sodium absorption. Dominic appreciates the crew’s open-minded strategy to product improvement, emphasizing how these dietary supplements cater to numerous athletic wants, from gentle exercises to prolonged coaching periods.
46:00 – Bodybuilding to Useful Coaching
Dominic shares his transition from aggressive bodybuilding to purposeful coaching, which was sparked by a Vitamin Shoppe conference the place he was impressed by others’ endurance actions. He describes how he shortly adopted working, looking for recommendation on acceptable footwear, and has since totally dedicated to the brand new health routine.
Dom recommends the Nike Pegasus 41 as a flexible shoe for each working and power coaching. He additionally discusses his present coaching focus, which is making ready for HYROX, a purposeful health competitors that includes working and numerous power challenges. Dominic appreciates HYROX as a result of it presents intense, various exercises with out the complexity of Olympic lifting, making it accessible but difficult for these with a background in power sports activities.
49:15 – RAW and purposeful health
Dom discusses his present coaching routine, which mixes power and endurance workouts. He follows a training app that comes with energy actions associated to the competitors’s stations, akin to squats for wall balls and deadlifts for farmer’s carries, adopted by intense endurance work on drained legs.
Dominic additionally explains how RAW Diet’s endurance line of dietary supplements happened, pushed by Matt and Dom’s curiosity in purposeful health and a need to fill gaps available in the market. RAW nas a dedication to supporting a various group of athletes throughout completely different sports activities, emphasizing schooling and personalised supplementation steerage via month-to-month necessary calls with sponsored athletes. Dom appreciates the collaborative and hands-on strategy throughout the firm, which fosters a powerful crew dynamic and reference to their athletes.
53:45 – Closing notes
Dominic discusses his interactions with athletes and the event of RAW and Revive’s complement traces. Whereas he doesn’t work intently with Chris Bumstead, he sometimes opinions blood work for different athletes, serving to them optimize their efficiency via tailor-made complement regimens.
Dominic highlights the usage of dietary supplements like PeakO2, beta-alanine, and creatine for Jiu-Jitsu athletes to boost endurance and delay fatigue. Dom additionally shares insights into sweat evaluation and its function in customizing sodium consumption for athletes. The dialog concludes with a dialogue on upcoming product launches for August, content material creation for academic blogs, and methods for listeners to comply with Dom within the hyperlinks beneath.
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