Drink Neuro: Functional Beverage Review
Neuro Functional Beverages are a line of beverages designed to assist a person with various aspects of daily functioning.
Breaking News: Neuro recently was sued by The City of Santa Monica and Los Angeles County for false advertisement. Neuro agreed to pay a $500,000 fine and to change the language concerning the functionality of their beverages. Source.
They do this by including herbs and other ingredients believed to induce certain life-altering effects. Neuro has been around since 2009 and at one time had a wide array of functional offerings.
Historically, here was the Neuro product line:
- Neuro Bliss (mood enhancement)
- Neuro Sport (fitness enhancement)
- Neuro Sonic (mental performance)
- Neuro Sleep (sleep enhancement)
- Neuro Trim (weight loss support)
- Neuro Gasm (changed to Neuro Passion 2012) (body performance)
- Neuro Supreme– (“best kept secret”)
- Neuro Aqua– (alkalize the body’s pH)
- Neuro Sun– (vitamin D supplement).
- Neuro Daily– (immune support)
Unfortunately, consumer spending speaks loudly and many of the Neuros didn’t survive. Either they did not function well enough for consumers to keep buying them or there just wasn’t enough demand for the function intended.
Now only 4 Neuro Functional Drinks remain.
Current Neuro Line Up
- Neuro Sonic
- Neuro Sleep
- Neuro Bliss
- Neuro Daily
In addition to trimming down their product line, Neuro has introduced a couple flavor variations to their most popular functional categories.
I was recently sent their newest product line by the company to review and here’s what I thought of each.
Taste
In general, all Neuro Drinks are fruit flavored and lightly sweetened. All are carbonated except for Sleep.
Bliss
Both the White Raspberry and the Summer Citrus Berry flavors are crisp and light. Their sweetness is enhanced with artificial sweeteners and the taste of these comes through just slightly.
Of the two, I like the Bliss flavor, Summer Citrus Berry the best.
Sonic
Sonic has stronger carbonation than Bliss, but the fruit flavors are equally as light. Again, the artificial sweetener taste comes through slightly as an aftertaste.
Sonic comes in two flavors and I think Super Fruit Infusion is just “ok” but Blood Orange Passion is a great tasting drink.
Sleep
Sleep is non-carbonated and comes in two flavors; Mellow Mango and Tangerine Dream.
Both have an appealing fruit flavor but Tangerine Dream reminded me of the juice barrels I drank as a kid. They always had that strange aftertaste. Mello Mango is best in the Sleep category.
Daily
Daily only comes in one flavor and it’s a great one at that. Tangerine Citrus is a nicely flavored beverage with just a hint of artificial sweetener coming through.
Neuro Functional Ingredients
Each Neuro Drink has a few ingredients that are believed to serve a purpose, some of them are based on scientific evidence while others have more “traditional” evidence for their use.
Bliss
- L-Theanine: This amino acid also found in tea has a calming effect.
- Alpha GPC: Believed to improve thinking skills.
- Chamomile: Used traditionally for its calming and soothing properties.
- Phosphatidylserine: Believed to moderate the body’s reaction to stress.
Sonic
- Caffeine: A stimulant of the brain and body.
- L-theanine: Produces a calming alertness.
- Alpha GPC: Believed to improve thinking skills.
- Phosphatidylserine: Believed to moderate the body’s reaction to stress.
Sleep
- L-Theanine: This amino acid also found in tea has a calming effect.
- Melatonin: Hormone responsible for inducing sleep.
- 5 HTP: Shown effective for treating insomnia.
Daily
Vitamins D, A, C, and E as well as selenium and zinc. All of these are believed to be needed for proper immune function.
Does Neuro Work?
First of all, this comes with a huge disclaimer: Individual results may vary.
Just as the research behind some of the ingredients listed above had mixed results, so will Neuro’s effectiveness. Some people respond better to these ingredients than do others.
Neuro Bliss
I think one would truly need to be in a stressful situation to fully evaluate Bliss. My life is pretty stress-free so all that I can say is it did have relaxing properties, but whether or not it could prevent someone from going over the edge would be better tested by someone else.
Neuro Sonic
By energy drink standards, Sonic is on the mild side. With just 100mg of caffeine, it provides some level of alertness, but not the level avid caffeine users would be accustomed to. The L-theanine helps boost Sonic’s effects, which is nice.
Neuro Sleep
I drank Sleep about 30 minutes prior to wanting to go to bed, but I couldn’t even finish an episode of Modern Family before dozing off. I slept well too. I awoke feeling very rested. Of the 4, I believe Neuro Sleep functions the best.
Neuro Daily
Daily is a bit hard to evaluate as the immune system’s health involves many factors and the only way to evaluate its functioning is its ability to fight and stave off disease. Daily’s ingredients are useful but whether or not one bottle daily would be effective or not is questionable.
The Four Left Standing
So I think what we have here are the 4 best Neuro Drinks after consumers voted with their wallets.
10 functional drinks have been narrowed down to just the 4 that consumers were the most interested in.
If you are new to Neuro, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed in any of these 4 as long as you remember my disclaimer above.
Have you tried any of the Neuro Functional Drinks? What did you think?
If you can’t find Neuro Drinks in your area you can buy them online here.
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