Met-Rx
MET-Rx is a brand name of nutritional supplements.
The brand is best known as the product to pioneer a new category of
bodybuilding supplements known as Meal Replacement Powders or MRPs
Created by Dr. A. Scott Connelly, M.D. MET-Rx was
originally designed to help prevent critically ill patients from
losing muscle mass. Connelly's product was discovered by Bill
Phillips and the two began marketing to the bodybuilding and
athletic communities, launching sales from the low hundreds of
thousands to over $100 million annually. Connelly sold all interest
in the company to Rexall Sundown, (at the time a wholly owned
subsidiary of Royal Numico), for $108 million in 2000. MET-Rx is
currently owned by NBTY.[1]
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