A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE DOG-TIRED AMONGST US

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Not enough sleep last night? Did a dumb thing by staying up too late watching your 'GET SMART' episodes on DVD and now you're paying the price for it . . . all-freakin'-day?

Didn't get to bed until 4 AM because you were studying for that final exam today, and now you're just dead on your feet and too tired to remember the correct answers?

Well, help is only 2 fluid ounces away. It's called ENERGY 2000 :



ENERGY 2000 comes in three flavors - Orange, Grape, Berry - and it sells for .99 cents at most Walgreens Drug Stores (at least here in Phoenix, Airheadzona, it does).

I was on a road trip vacation to Las Vegas with a friend once and we hit the road pretty early in the morning. Neither of us had gotten enough sleep the night before, so my friend had brought along a couple 2-ounce bottles of 5-Hour Energy - that product you see advertised often. (Advertising costs money, and the cost of it is passed on to the customer via higher prices - remember that, you'll need it later.) 5-Hour Energy boasts of providing "Hours of energy now - no crash later", and of being "Sugar Free" with "Only 4 calories". They say you'll "Feel it in minutes" and "It lasts for hours".

This was my first experience with 5-Hour Energy, and I'm prepared to confirm that all the company says about it is true. After that road trip, I would occasionally pick up a couple bottles of that stuffs to have on hand when I really needed it.

Then, some months later, I discovered a very similar product called ENERGY 2000 selling at Walgreens for much, much less.

In most convenience stores you'll find 5-Hour Energy selling for between $3. and $3.50. But, as I said above, ENERGY 2000  - made by Global Brands LLC of Scottsdale, AZ. but available only at Walgreens Drug Stores (as far as I know) - sells for a mere .99 cents.

But the question is: Does it work as well as 5-Hour Energy does?

Well, it certainly ought to, seeing as how the ingredients are damn near identical. Let's compare and contrast:



OK, now here's how the ENERGY 2000 label reads:

Serving Size: 2 fl. oz.
Calories: 0 [as compared to 5-Hour Energy's 4]
Total Carbohydrates: 0 g
Niacin (as Niacinamide) :  20 mg [ten mgs. less than 5-Hour Energy]
Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) : 40 mg.
Folic Acid: 400 mcg.
Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin) : 500 mcg.
Sodium: 10 mg [8 mgs. less than 5-Hour Energy contains]

Energy Blend 2200 [330 mg more potent than 5-Hour Energy] :
Taurine, Malic Acid, Caffeine, Glucoronolactone, N-Acetyl, L-Tyrosine, L-Phenylalanine [ENERGY 2000 does not include any Citicoline, as found in 5-Hour Energy]

There is no Enzyme Blend listed on the 5-Hour Energy bottle, but there is on ENERGY 2000. It reads as follows:

Enzyme Blend 1 mg :
Amylase, Protease, Lipase, Cellulase, Lactase

So, as you can see, the ingredients are very similar, with each formula tweaked just slightly here and there. I find that ENERGY 2000 does indeed give me energy for at least 5 hours, sometimes more like 6 or even 7 hours. It makes me feel awake and alert, but never jittery, the way too many cups o' coffee affects me. And, no, there is no "crashing" feeling as the little drink is wearing off.

Both products work great - exactly as advertised. But the difference in price is approximately $2.00 to $2.50 per bottle.

So, why am I posting an advertisement for ENERGY 2000 on my blog? Do I work for the company? Do I own stock in the product? NO! & NO! My action is solely self-serving: through this blog bit I hope merely to continue SAVING money, not make more of it. I find that ENERGY 2000 works so well and is so inexpensive that I purchase the stuffs a case at a time now (12 bottles).

I like this product (and its price) so much that I want to see it branch out and become a big seller nationally, so it will remain readily available at a price even I can afford!

If 5-Hour Energy is the kind of product you do buy or would buy on occasion, I urge you to see if ENERGY 2000 is available at a Walgreens Drug Store near you. If it's not, see if it can be requested; perhaps your Walgreens would be willing to stock it on a regular basis.

For more information, try contacting the manufacturer at:
http://www.globalbrandsllc.com/

Then study all night and ace that test. You can celebrate by swimming 2000 laps or playing tennis for a few days and nights.

Sleep?  Fuhgeddaboudit!  We'll watch 'Get Smart' all night, every night, and we'll sleep when we're dead!

~ Stephen T. McCarthy

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