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Focus Mode Review

By Razvan Radu, Senior Writer, Susanne Blake, MS, RDN (expert review) Susanne Blake is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with expertise in eating disorders, food reactions, & whole foods nutrition. She has worked with children and families, with elders and retirement communities, and has provided nutrition services to detention facilities, schools and recovery programs. Her media expertise is extensive and has included live television, as well as print publications.

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Focus Mode is a nootropic supplement which promises to support and optimize your mind for better concentration, memory, mood, and focus. It’s distributed by Evlution Nutrition, a company from Sunshine, Florida. They’ve become rather popular in only a couple of years, winning an overall award in 2015 for their work. Their supplement products are sold in some physical locations, yhrough GNC. Most of the people who come to EVL will be fitness minded, but Focus Mode is supposed to work for anyone who might enjoy its potential benefits.

Ingredients

Focus Mode contains the following ingredients: Acetyl L-Tyrosine (750mg), Guarana Seed Extract (250mg), Alpha GPC (200mg), Choline Bitartrate (200mg), Theacrine (25 mg), Sceletium Tortuosum (25mg), Huperzine A (10mg).

Product Features

Focus Mode has seven active ingredients. This includes Huperzia Serrata extract (std. min. 1% Huperzine A), Theacrine (as TeaCrine), and Alpha-Glycerylphosphorylcholine powder (Alpha-GPC). Alpha GPC is a natural choline compound found in the brain and it’s better understood than some alternatives. It delivers choline to the brain, through the blood brain barrier, and has potential in treating things like stroke and dementia.

In Europe, Alpha GPC is used in some prescription medicines for Alzheimer’s disease. It’s also found in some foods, and there’s some evidence to show that Alpha GPC may be superior to many other forms of choline. It’s also thought to be more pharmacologically active at higher doses. However, it shouldn’t be confused with general choline. Taking it with food is recommended but not necessary. Storage is the single biggest issue with Alpha GPC. It degrades quickly, especially when you take it every day. Vacuum sealed bags or freezing your Alpha GPC is recommended, especially if you won’t use the entire bottle within a month. Minimizing the amount of air you expose Alpha GPC to is essential to keeping it for any extended period of time. With Focus Mode, you shouldn’t need to worry about storage. That generally matters only when you need to store a supplement for two months or more. The only problem is that this supplement contains 100 to 200 mg of Alpha GPC per serving, and the most common dose is 300 to 600 mg a day.

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Advantages

Uses popular ingredients such as Huperzine-A and contains a fair amount of choline.
The company offers low-cost samples to people who want to try Focus Mode without buying a month’s supply.

Disadvantages

Highly priced for a supplement which doesn’t contain optimal amounts of certain ingredients.
Isn’t particularly innovative or unique. There are hundreds of supplements which make similar promises about what they can do for your mind.

Conclusion

Some people really enjoy Focus Mode and it has a wealth of potential benefits. Like many other nootropics it promises a great cognitive boost for daily activity. Unfortunately, the formula doesn’t seem properly optimized, and the price is high considering this fact. There are a lot of nootropics on the market, many with similar benefits, and some sites offer in depth reivews. Focus Mode looks like it will be perfectly average for most consumers. That might be exactly what people want, in some cases.

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(Published on: October 31, 2016 6:17 pm)

Is Focus Mode Right For You?

Focus Mode is a supplement which claims to focus your mind for improved performance, motivation, memory, energy, and mood. It’s sold by Florida based Evlution (EVL) Nutrition, one of the larger supplement companies in the market. They were founded in early 2013, and won the Bodybuilding.com Breakout Brand of the Year award in 2015. The company sells products for a variety of needs, including pre-workout and recovery (post-workout) items. They also sell clothing and accessories.

Ingredients of Focus Mode

Focus Mode includes the following ingredients: Acetyl L-Tyrosine (750mg), Guarana Seed Extract (250mg), Alpha GPC (200mg), Choline Bitartrate (200mg), Theacrine (25 mg), Sceletium Tortuosum (25mg), Huperzine A (10mg).

Effectiveness of Focus Mode

The supplement uses seven nootropic ingredients: N-Acetyl L-Tyrosine, Guarana Seed Extract, Choline Bitartrate, and others. Choline is a water-soluble nutrient often grouped with B vitamins. It’s an essential nutrient in humans and many other animals, who can’t produce it themselves. It helps with structural integrity in cells, regulating some liver health, and more. It may have cognitive boosting effects because it can help neurotransmitter production. There aren’t a lot of reliable studies on the effects of choline, although it may have a wide variety of uses, and can be found in a considerable number of nootropics. It may be especially important for women who are about to become pregnant, or are pregnant, because it could reduce chances of certain birth defects.

A typical serving of choline is 250 to 500 mg, for health purposes. It’s often best to start out slowly. A beginning dose is often 50 to 100 mg a day, and Focus Mode has 100 mg of choline per capsule. You can also get choline from various foods. Choline is found in eggs, broccoli, chicken, peanuts, almonds, and more. Most adults needed less than 600 mg of choline a day, which some diets already supply.

Focus Mode Price

There are 60 capsules per bottle and EVL Nutrition recommends taking two a day. (At breakfast, with a glass of water.) The price is above average for a cognitive enhancer which lasts for only one month. You might be able to get a good deal at a large retailer like GNC. The company does not appear to have a standard money back guarantee. Returns are only accepted if your order was damaged in transit, and you’d have to pay for the return shipping. EVL Nutrition does, however, offer samples of several product. For a fraction of the original price, you can get at least one daily serving of the product of your choice.

Does Focus Mode Work?

There aren’t a lot of reviews for this product, but Evlution (EVL) Nutrition is pretty popular. They have tens of thousands of followers across their social media accounts. One user of EVL products said the taste and price was better than that of a competing brand. Most people tend to take issue with the ingredients in Focus Mode. One reviewer advocated for alternatives to the ingredients in this supplement, for example Citicholine instead of Choline Bitartrate. The consensus for Focus Mode is that it can be effective. However, in general, it can be considered an average supplement at an above average price.

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