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There are better options for 10% of the money!
I want to make this very short and to the point.
I ordered it to London which cost £50. Don’t know about most people but for me this is crazy expensive.
Ordered the 90 pill one because I wanted to give it a proper shot.
Started by taking one a day for 20 days to see whether it made a long lasting difference (based on other reviews and videos of people doing the same) the result was – no meaningful difference other than having extremely unpleasant dreams.
Once that was over I stopped taking it every day and only took it when I actually needed extra focus, etc. Started from taking two and continuously upping it to four pills at a time (which is what Joe Rogan himself takes) and here’s my conclusion…
The first few times I did feel a difference but not in focus. What I felt was a bit restlessness, I felt something that I can only describe as mental high. I was giggly, had strange thoughts coming and going (which I admit was pretty funny) but in terms of serious focus that helps you get whatever job done – no. It was a very different kind of effect.
I will say this, I did feel a difference in my ability to grasp wider amounts of detail and paying attention to things that otherwise I would need to be very awake and sharp but nothing out of the ordinary.
Also, I’m an established chess player so I used chess games as a platform to check my abilities over time of taking three to four pills.
My conclusion is this – Yes, to some degree there is a definite positive impact and I very much enjoy it!
So, now you may pop the question – “why only one star”?
For a very simple reason… I see, feel and statistically measured no difference between taking four Alpha Brain pills and drinking a good amount of black coffee.
More so, I checked it against taking ‘Choline and Inisitol’ which I bought from Holland & Barrett for £4 (which has more pills in it) and the effects were about the same.
Mind you that Choline is one of the key ingredients of Alpha Brain!
Over time of comparing the two I’ve slowly shifted my opinion to conclude that I actually prefer the effect from taking Choline & Inositol alone because I feel that there is more emphasis on what it’s actually meant to do (cognitive enhancement) and less BS.
More so, I also felt that my dreams while still being intense, stopped being unpleasant and actually transformed to something far more pleasant which actually contributes to my over all quality of sleep.
I say all of this with a heavy heart.
Why?
Because I’m such a huge fan of Joe Rogan.
I love his Podcasts. I really do. I listen to all of them and I love everything he does including his UFC work. I learn a lot from him and he is a really open minded and interesting person but unfortunately I can’t subscribe to that sort of business.
At some point I even followed his suggestion of looking up the ingredients of Alpha Brain myself which frankly is pretty easy to do in England other than AC11 it’s all pretty available and you could manufacture around 50% more for around 50% less but it’s a huge hassle to combine the right amounts and put them in capsules.
And again. All That aside, in the end of the day it’s a question of what you’re getting with relation to what you’re paying.
If I felt that there is an added health benefit I would consider, lets say… paying 10-20% more but this is not the case at all! Comparing a £50 pound product to a £4 product that gives better results is ridiculous!
It’s seriously not even in the same category, not even in the same galaxy.
Now, I realise that this is not the price it costs in the US but we are still talking about over seventy dollars against less than ten! You simply can’t compare such a huge price difference.
So this is why I gave it only one star.
Drink one cup of high quality coffee and get some form of dirt cheap Choline & Inisitol and from my experience (because people react differently to different things) you may very well spend very little money and get better results.
Sorry Joe, it’s just what I think.
September 2014 · Health and Household
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