Propel Mind fact finding
For your life in motion, you need a water that does more. Propel goes beyond hydration to provide flavor and choline* for a great-tasting beverage with purpose. *Choline is an essential nutrient in the brain.
The fact that stuck out the most was choline being an essential nutrient of the brain. I was curious how nutritious and went on a fact finding expedition. Of course I headed right over to Wikipedia and found the article. I figured out that it’s 55MG of choline per server of 8FL OZ. in a 20FL OZ bottle so that’s 2.5 servings and a total of 137.5MG of choline per bottle. 550MG is the upper limit of adequate intake for this. It is also noted that too much intake can cause you to smell like a fish.
Let’s see what that means then. I’m not certain how much it takes to smell like a fish but choline is found in other foods like eggs and wheat germ. So a typical day for a person could be 2 eggs in the morning, wheat germ in the yogurt for lunch and 4-6 bottles of propel. The person is thinking they are doing a good thing drinking “water”. Once in a while they eat a meal that is high in choline as well. This could be giving the person around 1000MG of choline a day! That’s twice as much!! I think you would begin smelling like a fish any day now.
This is besides the other junk in the drink like high froctuse corn syrup, sucrolose, AND acesulfame potassium. All three are different kinds of sweetners. When drinking flavored “water” or any other drink that’s giving you important nutrients just make sure you know what you’re getting yourself into.
Mike,
You have correctly ascertained that it would be ridiculous to drink Propel to nourish your brain. Hopefully, no one is drinking 4-6 Propel per day but, if they are, and also are taking choline supplements or eating loads of tofu, they may indeed start smelling like a fish. Someone should also point out that while choline may nourish the brain, phosphatidylserine and/or acetyl l-carnitine would be much more beneficial for fueling the brain. Why don’t they add that? They are more expensive than choline. Also, they could remove the artificial sweeteners and use stevia, which would be healthier but also cost more. Let’s face it, Propel and Gatorade are nothing more than flavored water with great marketing to a gullible market!
Stray data: 600MG of choline (I took 2 300s by accident once) makes your lips & brain buzz (too much). Otherwise, I find 300MG @ 10:00 AM virtually eliminates day-end brain zombification. Too late in the day disrupts sleep.