Vitacost Passion Flower Review
Today we review Vitacost Passion Flower. Passion flower has been shown to offer calming feelings to help you fall asleep. By also offering antioxidants, fatty acids, and alkaloids, the passion flower in this supplement will help you get the relaxation you need.
Ingredients
Each serving of this supplement, or every two capsules, contains 700 mg of passion flower. While researching this ingredient, we found that passion flower, while it could help you fall asleep faster, there is insufficient evidence that that this truly works. Due to this, we were unable to learn any real dosing information for passion flower supplements used for insomnia. We did learn, however, that for people with General Anxiety Disorder (GAD), passion flower can be effective in daily doses of only 90 mg. This means the amount of this supplement is extremely high.
Dosage
As stated above, the suggested serving size of this product is 2 capsules. The directions state that you should take this dose once per day with food. It is unusual that this supplement is advertised for sleep help, but it is not directed to be taken at night time, when most people go to bed.
Possible Side Effects
The only warning available for this product is that women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, and those who suffer from diabetes or have other known medical conditions should consult with a doctor or pharmacist before beginning this supplement. While this warning should be on every dietary supplement, we feel there should be more warnings for this product. If passion flower is supposed to help with sleep, there should also be a warning not to drive or operate heavy machinery within a certain time period after taking these capsules. It this type of warning was left off, it shows this supplement may not be all that effective at helping people with insomnia.
Price
Every bottle comes with 300 capsules, which is enough for 150 doses. One bottle costs only $10.39. Free shipping is offered on all purchases over $25. Additionally, if you subscribe to the company’s auto-shipment program, you will save an additional 10% off of the total purchase price.
Guarantee
When we went to the Refunds & Replacements page of the manufacturer’s website, they offered no real information regarding their return policy. Instead, they ask for your order information, and claim to help make things right once they have more information. Offering so little information on their refund policy shows that the manufacturer may not give you your full money back, should you be unsatisfied with this product.
Conclusion of Our Vitacost Passion Flower Review
There are a few things we liked about Vitacost Passion Flower. Each bottle comes with 150 servings, which will last for a long time. With each bottle costing less than $11 each, this supplement is very cheap.
Unfortunately, we have many concerns regarding this product. First of all, passion flower has yet to be proven effective in helping stop insomnia. Secondly, it was strange that this supplement does not need to be taken at nighttime, or that there was a lack of warning about driving after taking these capsules. Lastly, there is no available information regarding a guarantee or a refund policy. For these reasons, we cannot recommend this supplement to help you get a better night’s sleep.
