Product review: 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Berry Energy Drink (overly sweet)

 

I purchased the Berry flavor of a 5-hour Energy drink. Berry flavor is Cherry flavor. The problem I have with the flavor is that it is extremely sweet. Overly sweet. So sweet that I can't drink it straight. To get to the tolerable level of sweetness, I need to add water in an amount of 1 to 3 (1 oz berry drink to 3 oz water). By adding that much water, I lose the fizz and the tartness.

I received twelve 16 oz cans. Each can has 0 grams of sugar. It is sweetened with Sucralose. Sucralose is marketed as Splenda. One can also contains 230 mg of caffeine (compare that to 34 mg of caffeine in a 12oz can of Coca-Cola or 142 mg of caffeine in a 12oz mug of coffee).

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★☆☆☆

Review of 5-hour ENERGY Extra Strength Berry Energy Drink

Product review: VICKS NyQuil & DayQuil High Blood Pressure Combo Liquid Cold, Cough, and Flu

 

NyQuil has always been my go-to medication, but I have recently developed high blood pressure. I was happy to see this version of it. It is missing a decongestant. Decongestants relieve nasal swelling by narrowing blood vessels in the nose. This narrowing can also affect other blood vessels, which can increase blood pressure. It also does not have sugar and alcohol, which is helpful for high blood pressure.

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★★★★

Review of VICKS NyQuil & DayQuil High Blood Pressure Combo Liquid Cold, Cough, and Flu

Product review: Peaceful Squirrel Variety, Tao Kae Noi Thai Big Sheets Seaweed Snack

 The package contains four boxes, each containing different flavors of seaweed. Each box has 12 sheets of seaweed. They taste terrific! Each sheet comes in its own seal package, and none of the big sheets were broken.

Each piece is a very thin and crispy wafer of seaweed. The seaweed sheets have a slightly salty seaweed flavor. The spicy flavor is slightly spicy and not too hot. They crunch and then dissolve in your mouth.

The product is made in Thailand, and the label is entirely in Thai; I could not even figure out how many calories each seaweed sheet is.

I purchased these packages in July 2022, and the expiration date is March 2023.

Great tasting, very addicting!

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★★★★

Review of Peaceful Squirrel Variety, Tao Kae Noi Thai Big Sheets Seaweed Snack, 4 boxes

Product review: Dry Ice for Coolers, Dry Ice Packs by We4Life

 

 This product comes as ten flat sheets of dry ice, each sheet has 12 cells that are partially filled with powdered dry ice.  You must soak the sheets in water and place them in the freezer for 8 hours.  

The thickness of the cells expands as soon as you soak the sheets.   The instructions  say that a couple of minutes of soaking results in thin, flexible sheets, 5-7 minutes of soaking generates fuller, less flexible cells.  However, my cells immediately blew up to be very large and thick.  I was never able to get thin pliable  cells, even if I soaked them for less than a minute. These packs last longer than ice.  We used them to bring food to a picnic a few hours away from when we purchased the food, and the packs did a good job.  The food stayed cold for over 8 hours in 95 °F heat.  Note that the packs stay inflated once they get soaks.  The packs sweat as they cool.

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★★★★

Review of Dry Ice for Coolers, Dry Ice Packs by We4Life

Product review: Kaze Keto Cheese Bites

 These cheese balls surprised me with their pleasant taste.  They are crunchie and cheesy and not too salty.  Each claims to have six servings(about an ounce) at 180 calories, but it is hard to stop after just a few puffs.  I love cheese, but cheese snacks often taste artificial to me, but not this one.

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★★★★

Review of Kaze Keto Cheese Bites

Product review: Iya Foods Hibiscus Flower Tea 1 lb pack

 People claim all kinds of health benefits from the tea often when people believe something it helps them, as proven with placebo pills. However, I like Hibiscus tea for its flavor. It is delicious cold, so I drink a lot of it in the summer instead of lemonade. I enjoy it unsweetened. That alone is a health benefit because it lowers my sugar consumption.

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★★★★

Review of Iya Foods Hibiscus Flower Tea 1 lb pack

Product review: PleasingCare Natural Oil Blotting Paper Roll, Refillable Compact Dispenser

 

The blotting paper container is much smaller than I thought by looking at the stock photo. I like the small dispenser a lot better than I expected. It is only 3.75" long and less than 1" wide. It contains a small roll of blotting paper, and the edge of the container helps you to tear off the amount you need. The dispenser is the size of a lipstick and is easy to keep in my purse.

You can find it on Amazon by following this link.

Ali Julia review ★★★★★

Review of PleasingCare Natural Oil Blotting Paper Roll, Refillable Compact Dispenser