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Can't Sleep? Try This Berry Good Juice

There's energy drinks to keep us up.  What about a carbonated, berry-flavored beverage to help us relax , and sleep? We all know about Ambien and lavender tea and the herbal tea I once took to try to get to sleep -- and it got my heart racing so hard I thought I was having a heart attack.  (Can't think of the name -- maybe I'm blanking out of fear!). Anyway, The Wall Street Journal reports today, "With names like Neuro Bliss, Marley's Mellow Mood (as in Bob), and Just Chill, the products aren't marketed as medicine, but as a way to relax without turning to more traditional, if sometimes imperfect, measures like taking prescription drugs or having a few beers." Sarah Nassauer interviewed Paul Nadel, president of Neuro Drinks, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based company that sells a line of just such drinks, who told her consumers are "warming up to drinks that could fill the chasm between taking medication for anxiety or sleep problems and doing nothing...