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| Brain Pep |
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Review
Summary |
Brain Pep is exactly what its name suggests it is: a formula geared toward increasing user’s cognitive and brain fitness. Its developer is Natural Balance, a company with over 25 years of experience in the holistic market. They have created a really varied product line that includes energy tonics, weight loss formulas, sexual enhancers and of course memory enhancers. Like most of their formulas, Brain Pep is herbally based, so it does not contain some of the more effective natural elements like Phosphatidylserine and Vinpocetine, but it does contain Ginkgo Biloba and Gotu Kola, which have a reputation for increasing memory and cognitive function. Let’s take a look at these elements and Brain Pep to see what they can offer.
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| Ingredients At A Glance |
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Brain Pep contains the following ingredients: Kola Nut, Ginkgo Biloba, Gotu Kola, Siberian Ginseng, Schizandra, Ginger and L Glutamine.
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| Ingredients in Focus |
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Brain Pep is full of extracts that can make you feel more energized. For instance, Kola Nut contains a high amount of Caffeine, so users may feel more vibrant and energetic. However, Caffeine has been known to cause some side effects, like heart papalptations, anxiety, sleeplessness and increased blood pressure. On the other hand, Gotu Kola is Caffeine free but it has been used throughout Asia as a pick me up and energy tonic, while Siberian Ginseng is most often found in sexuality enhancers due to its libido and energy boosting affects. L Glutamine is most often used to augment liver function by helping it purge toxins, and it is also suggested to be able to augment brain health, but its abilities in this arena appear to be limited.
This leaves Ginkgo as the sole foundation of this product’s memory and cognitive enhancing abilities, but recent studies published in national medical journals actually refute its purported abilities in this arena. In fact, these studies actually suggested that it produced the same results as a placebo. How can this be? Well, the initial studies were conducted by developers of Ginkgo based products, and these new studies were independently conducted, which could have influenced the outcomes.
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| Website |
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On the retail sites that carry Brain Pep, testimonials that support its ability to augment cognitive or brain health are rarely posted. This is rather surprising, because many of these sites make it really easy for consumers to post these mini reviews. Reviewing customer reviews can be a great way to ascertain products effectiveness, so we actually visited some forums and independent rating sites to see what they had to say about Brain Pep. On these sites we found that Brain Pep actually lingered in the bottom tiers of holistic products, due to lackluster results and consumer disappointment.
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| Positives |
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• Contains some energizing herbs
• Supplement is rather inexpensive
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| Negatives |
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• Contains Caffeine, which may cause some negative side effects
• Does not contains higher performing cognitive enhancers like Phosphatidylserine and Vinpocetine
• Consumer reviews have complained of lackluster results and disappointment
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| Final Thoughts |
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In realty, Brain Pep does exactly what it says it will: invigorate you, which may be due to the inclusion of some very energizing herbs. But according to our findings, it will do very little to increase brain fitness, because it lacks the very elements that would make it effective in this arena, like Phosphatidylserine and Vinpocetine. While using herbally based formulas can be great for addressing issues like sexuality and weight loss ,they are not always the best bet for augmenting brain fitness. For instance, Ginkgo has been shown to be a low performer in recent research studies, while Vinpocetine has consistently scored well with researchers and consumers alike.
Fortunately, there are some really well crafted products available on the market, that use the most potent elements and extracts, so they can offer an effective multi spectrum approach to this complex and often frustrating issue.
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Editors Choice:
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of: Tue Jan 05th, 2010 |
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Neurostin® -
Neurostin™ is a blend of non-prescription ingredients that were carefully formulated to reverse and prevent the depletion of the nutrients your brain needs to perform optimally. This is a very well received product that customers speak highly of. The unique formula of Neurostin™ provides your body with all the necessary building blocks to make choline which is the most vital component needed by the cells that comprise both short and long term memory. The formula has also been proven to produce both oxygen and blood flow to the brain which decrease and reverse the effects of deterioration. Neurostin is one of the few formulas that regulates the levels of homocysteine which is key in preventing both long term memory loss and Alzheimer’s. This is an awesome overall formula that enhances overall brain function, sharpness and clarity Click Here to read our full review. |
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