| | |  | Beverages | Home » » FRS Healthy Energy Low Calorie Wild Berry Powder, 2.2 ounces Boxes | | | | | | | Description: | | FRS Healthy Energy Powered Drink Mix comes in a box of single-serve stick packs. The packs are small, lightweight and easy to add to a water bottle. With just 10 calories each, they provide 250mg of quercetin in the lowest-calorie way to get FRS sustained energy. | | | Features: | |
• Gives you sustained energy to help you be focused and fully charged
• Fueled by quercetin, a powerful antioxidant found in fruits and vegetables
• Helps the body produce real energy, helps enhance fitness and supports the immune system
• For best results, drink 2-3 servings per day
• Only 10 calories per serving
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 6.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.1 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 77 reviews |
| | | Label Information: | | | Ingredients:
| Polydextrose, natural and artificial flavors, gum Arabic, citric acid, guar fum, quercetin, ascorbic acid, DL- Alpha tocopheryl acetate (Vit. E), green tea extract, acesulfame potassium, calcium silicate, caffeine, sucralose, niacinamide (B3), panax ginseng extract, FD&C Red #40 and FD&C Blue #1, locust bean gum, pyridoxine hydrochloride (B6), gingko biloba extract, riboflavin (B2), thiamine hydrochloride (B1), retinyl palmitate, cyanocobalamin (B12). |
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137 of 146 found the following review helpful:
 Didn't work for me, but worth a try. Order it from Amazon.Aug 02, 2008
By Samuel Chell
The first time I posted my experience, six readers immediately disagreed with it (obviously they felt they knew far better than I whether FRS Healthy Energy provided me with any "lift"). I withdrew the review, but upon reflection I've regretted my decision to do so. Whether or not the product "worked" for an individual is necessarily personal and anecdotal, one person's report. It's hardly a matter for disagreement--unless the responder is intent upon promoting an agenda.
All of the FRS products have ingredients likely to be familiar to users of "energy" drinks, powders, supplements, and bites: sugar, corn syrup, fructose, caffeine, green tea extract. The drink also offers the MDR for key vitamins along with antioxidant activity from the green tea leaves and, most importantly, "quercetin," a bioflavanoid that is used in red wine replacement capsules as a highly potent free radical scavenger. While "quercetin" is widely recognized as an effective blood toner, conditioner, and "bad" cholesterol reducer, FRS is prominently promoting it as an energizer, capable of "extending" the body's natural adrenaline "and" removing the "oxidants that cause fatigue." A controversial statement, backed by little controlled studies, especially if the inference is that quercetin will provide an immediate "lift."
Of course, FRS points out that it's not simply the individual ingredients that provide increased energy but an optimal, catalytic combination that promotes thermogenesis, increases metabolic rate, and helps the body make efficient use of carbohydrates. So it's possible the product has worked for many (besides Mr. Armstrong). If so, testimonials on its behalf deserve to be taken seriously by any curious, health-minded individuals.
The powdered drink mix perhaps makes the most sense to start with, and the chewy bites the least (the sugar in the bites actually had a paradoxical effect, momentarily enervating rather than energizing me). The drink is flavorable enough, with a convincing fresh-fruitish "tang," and not overly sweet. But in my case it did not counteract either the late-morning or late-afternoon "crashes" and obviate the need for that extra expresso or two.
If you choose to try the product, be exceptionally careful about the apparently generous internet offer, endorsed by Mr. Armstrong, of a complete sample kit of the products sent free of charge (with the exception of postage and handling costs). The merchandising tactics of FRS are practically antithetical to the full-disclosure, consumer-centric policies of a site like Amazon. (If Bezos offered everyone a free Kindle, saying it's yours to keep if you don't like it, I'd have full confidence in his offer; FRS employs more deceptive, misleading tactics that could result in your admittance to a pricey club before you even realized you were a member.)
So put Lance Armstrong and his company (he's part owner) to the test, but order the products through Amazon to avoid unwanted hassle, hustle and hype. If you decide the product is for you, then is the time to inquire into the benefits of being a member of the club.
15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 Great Sustained EnergyOct 15, 2008
By K. O'Rourke
I am pretty much a sceptic of so-called energy drinks. Most of them give you a quick buzz, then let you down just as hard. But, that being said, I am a cyclist, so I decided to give this a try since Lance has his hand in the company.
I love it. I love it. What I especially love is the fact that it is a gradual release. You don't get that horribly jumpy I-gotta-run-around-the-block feeling. I drink it about 30 minutes before my ride, which is usually 20 to 30 miles, and about a third of the way into the ride it kicks in. I don't get a rush, just a feeling that I can keep going and push a little harder. The energy really does seem to last for a few hours without a horrible crash at the end.
Taste is not bad, not great, but certainly drinkable. I got the orange powder. I put it in a shaker bottle with eight ounces of COLD water, let it sit for a bit, then drink. It reminds me of the orange Tang I used to drink as a kid.
This is a product I will buy again.
16 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 FRS Hype??Aug 31, 2008
By EyeSpy
"Bonnie"
I purchased FRS powdered drink for the energy it would provide (so the packaging suggests). Like many people, I work during the day and the evenings often times bring on another part time if not full time job. As far as energy goes, no more energy for me than taking my daily vitamin in the mornings. I purchased the orange flavored powder which doesn't taste too bad but not a flavor I would want to drink long term. Perhaps I lacked energy because I didn't adhere to the suggested daily intake of more than 1 drink a day (who would want to and how many people could afford it?). In any event, take a vitamin instead (save your money). I'm being generous in giving this product 3 stars only because of the nutritional value.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
EnergizerMay 09, 2008
By P. McGuire
I've recently gotten into health drinks (Emergen-C and ZipFizz, etc...). This stuff is a little expensive but I got it with the 15% discount. Without a doubt I had more energy while working out the first time I tried it - I burned 100 more calories than I usually do on the treadmill and afterwards felt like I had never gone running in the first place. I've used it a few more times since then and this stuff is great. I'm no health expert but I have already recommended this stuff to several siblings and friends. Everyone I've told about it (gave them a free pack) liked it a lot and got their own.
Try it out for yourself. I take it 30 mins before I workout.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Does what it saysMay 05, 2008
By R. Freed
Just as the description states: "for sustained energy and weight reduction". FRS does not give you a jolt like caffeine does, instead it is more subtle. It'll keep you awake in work after a heavy lunch, or will give you the energy to do just a little more during your workout. Consequently, it raises your metabolism making dieting more efficient.
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