Anyone have any experience with these brain alternative meds

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21 Jul 2012, 11:36 am

Here is the link to amazon page

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_ ... Chpc%2C479

anyone try any of them?



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21 Jul 2012, 12:13 pm

Looking at the ingredients list for most of them you'd be just as well having a spicy soup starter, a nice streak dinner (with eggs) followed by banana's and icecream for desert. Or even soya bean chilli followed by a banana as most are found in more than sufficient quantities in meat, veg and fruits (banana's are a good potassium source, and a very nice fruit. Although some of the herbal constituents like ginco bilboa are vasal dilators (little like viagra) so might effect the brain but you would be better getting a reputable 'well proportioned dose' from a reputably health food shop/pharmacy as they can also give you advice on drug intereactions and possible side effects (Most of the pharmaceutical products were based on the active ingredients of herbs in a more measured 'safe' dose)



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21 Jul 2012, 1:17 pm

Yeah, you can get the same benefits from a healthy diet. Many of those alternative meds are totally safe because they are also totally inert...


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21 Jul 2012, 1:37 pm

I take Focus Factor daily and it is a big deal. It is basically a multivitamin with an above average dose of a few, particularly brain related, vitamins, alongside other things that seem to help the vitamins work. It can really, really help me focus and think clearly. Given that, with a good deal on amazon, they cost about as much as a normal multivitamin, I have just started taking them every morning.


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