The best greens powders on the market help you make sure you get all the nutrients you need in a day as well as extra fiber, healthy bacteria and a lot of other good things that you wouldn’t just get from a multivitamin. They are of course a bit more expensive than that option. Greens powders are however more readily absorbed by the body as they’re a lot closer to how we should ingest our nutrients. Most advocates use them as a way to make sure that they cover all bases rather than as a way or replacing fruits and vegetables.
What Are Greens Powders? What Do You Need To Know?
There’s a lot of options that could go into greens
supplements as most of us are missing quite a few nutrients with the west at
large not having a healthy diet. So here’s a few things you can look out for in
superfood powders.
Spinach
We all know what spinach is, arguably king of the green
superfoods. It’s low calorie, high in protein, but it’s also high in vitamin E
and magnesium which helps defend your body from toxins. [5]
Wheat Grass
Not many of the greens powders contain wheatgrass, but it’s high
in antioxidants and vitamins such as glutathione, vit c and e. It’s also
incredibly low in calories and has been shown to have free radical scavenging effects
[6].
Vitamins and Minerals
It goes without saying that you want your supergreens to be packed
with vitamins and minerals to help promote overall health. The best green juice
however will be particularly rich in vitamin D seeing as this is the most
common deficiency in the USA effecting nearly half the adult population [7].
No Added Sugars
Typically speaking most of the good super greens are
naturally sweetened, although a few do have added sugars, this is something to
watch out for as the calories can stack up if you’re not being careful with
your green juice selection.
Spirulina
Less well known outside of green supplements, Spirulina is
popular in a lot of super greens. It comes with a host of health benefits that
you’d expect from a green superfood. It’s high in nutrients, particularly b
vitamin, is a powerful anti inflammatory containing a large amount of phycocyanin
which can fight free radicals [8]. It can lower cholesterol and bad LDL with
just one gram a day [9] and can even improve Allergic Rhinitis.
1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6979308
2 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6422825/
3 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25759004/
4 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112180/
5 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184420/
6 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30059150/
7 - https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional/
8 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19299804/
9 - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23754631/