Comments on: GABA gimmick in a can

By: Michael Moncur

Michael Moncur — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:09:35 +0000

Who says it ISN’T highly caffienated? Most energy drinks are, even those who tout “Taurine” or “Ginseng” as ingredients, so I doubt GABA would be different.

By: metropolitan

metropolitan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:43:14 +0000

uhm.. i can’t be too sure about GABA not crossing the blood brain barrier. the link you give has a very vague statement about it “GABA does not effectively cross the blood-brain barrier” (well vague for a scientific paper). wikipedia also has a vague entry regarding the subject: “it is unknown whether GABA can pass the blood-brain barrier.”
but the reason i put doubts on the issue is that i’ve taken GABA as a nutritional supplement before and you do feel it. in your head. undoubtedly. it’s not that expensive to try it yourself and you’ll see what i mean.

By: Tom Michael

Tom Michael — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:22:05 +0000

Isn’t Alcohol a GABA agonist? Lucky that GABA can’t cross the blood brain barrier really…

By: Anibal

Anibal — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:39:08 +0000

But what is supposed to do a gaba-drink? Inhibit myself? Is not the purpose of the mayority of energy refreshment drinks to excite, to empower…

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:30:34 +0000

I “tweeted” this last week.