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Best Super Greens
Bovine Hide Collagen Peptides - 15 Grams
Bovine collagen peptides are a source of flavorless collagen that is obtained from beef and includes Type I and III collagen. They are well known to be able to improve the health, functions, repair, and strength of the skin, hair, nails, joints, and muscles, and remove any visible cellulite.
They also contain 8 of the 9 essential amino acids and can offer benefits beyond this too, such as improving intestine functions and blood clotting and preventing birth defects and other reproductive harm during pregnancy.
With 15 grams of collagen peptides being the optimal dosage of collagen required to produce these effects, the product actually starts out well, as that is exactly the dose of collagen peptides present in each daily serving of Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens (1).
Superfood Greens Blend - 5.8 Grams
Organic Wheat Grass Leaf
Wheat grass is the new sprouts that grow atop a wheat plant. It has become a popular ingredient in dietary supplements as there is evidence to suggest that it is rich antioxidants, fiber, minerals, phytonutrients, vitamin a, vitamin b, vitamin c, vitamin e, and vitamin k, while containing very few calories.
This would allow it to reduce oxidative damage and stress, inflammation, the risk of heart disease, and your cholesterol levels, and be used to treat arthritis or potentially another disease or health condition, without making you gain weight (2).
Unfortunately, while the early signs are indeed promising, there is no conclusive proof that wheat grass can do any of this things. This means there is a high chance that its inclusion in Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens will be of no use at all.
Organic Alfalfa Leaf
Alfalfa is a flowering plant from the legume family that contains a high concentration of pinitol, a powerful antioxidant which studies have shown can enhance your kidney, liver, and digestive health and functions, while also benefitting your other organs and reducing inflammation throughout your body.
The issue is, the beneficial effects of alfalfa have only ever been seen when people consume large amounts of the fresh plant. This means that the small quantity of alfalfa leaf powder present in Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens is almost guaranteed to provide no health benefits (3).
Organic Kale (Leaf & Stem)
Kale is one of the most widely consumed green vegetables on the planet, as it is full of phytochemicals, minerals, vitamin b6, vitamin c, and vitamin k. This allows it to offer health benefits like reducing inflammation and your LDL cholesterol levels and risk of heart disease (4).
Unfortunately, the benefits that kale can produce will only occur when you eat between 5 and 10 grams per day. As the entire blend it is in weighs just 5.8 grams and kale is not the first ingredient listed, it therefore cannot be present in a dose that will do you any good.
Organic Barley Grass Leaf
Barley grass is both a grass and cereal grain that has been used for centuries to make things like beer and bread. It also delivers vital nutrients that allow it to provide a plethora of health benefits, such as helping to enhance the health of your heart, boost fat loss, and reduce your cholesterol and blood sugar levels (5).
Yet again though, the dosage is an issue. With 5 to 15 grams of barley grass being needed each day in order to produce these effects and it being located in a blend that weighs just 5.8 grams where it is not the first ingredient listed, there simply can't be enough present for it to be of any real use.
Organic Spinach Leaf
Spinach is the single most popular leafy green vegetable consumed on Earth. Often seen in cooking and salads, its extremely rich fibre, mineral, protein, and vitamin content has also led to it being widely used in smoothies and greens supplements as well, due to the extensive range of health benefits it can provide.
This includes being able to improve your vision and the health of your eyes, regulate your blood pressure levels, enhance your cardiovascular health, boost immunity, and reduce oxidative stress and damage, anxiety, stress, and the risk of heart disease and certain other chronic medical conditions and illnesses (6).
With at least 1 gram of spinach being required each day, this is one of the only instances where Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens may actually contain a sufficient dose of a useful ingredient.
That said, it being hidden in a proprietary blend makes it impossible to know for sure, while the whole blend weighing just 5.8 grams and spinach being the very last ingredient listed makes it highly unlikely.
Hyaluronic Acid (From Sodium Hyaluronate) - 120 MG
Hyaluronic acid is a polysaccharide known as a glycosaminoglycan that is one of the main components of human skin. It best known for being able to improve skin moisture, elasticity, health, and healing time, and reduce wrinkles and the signs of aging, which is why it is included in countless different beauty products.
Beyond this though, it can also offer various other benefits for the human body, including being able to aid the health and function of the eyes, boost cartilage, connective tissue, and joint health, strength, mobility, flexibility, and elasticity, ease painful or stiff joints, and stop the hair from getting dry or brittle (7).
However, in order for it to produce any of these effects, you need to take a minimum dose of 200 mg of hyaluronic acid a day. With Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens containing just 120 mg of hyaluronic acid per serving, it is like everything else in the product in that it is just too weak to be of any use.
Unique 1S2 Bacillus Coagulans - 20 MG (2 Billion CFU)
Bacillus coagulans is a type of healthy bacteria known as probiotics and may in fact be the most popular kind. It is believed to be very good for improving your digestion and gut health, relieving stomach pain and diarrhoea, and even helping to treat more chronic digestive issues, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Unsurprisingly at this point though, the recommended minimum dose of probiotics needed to see an effect is 6 billion CFU (colony forming units) per day (8). As Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens contains just one third of this at 2 billion CFU per serving, it is therefore highly likely it will do absolutely nothing for you.
Other Ingredients
In addition to its key active ingredients, Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens also contains coconut water powder and ground vanilla bean powder.
Powdered coconut water is made from the clear liquid found at the heart of a coconut and it has a rich electrolyte and mineral content, which includes things like iron, potassium, magnesium, and sodium.
It can help to keep you hydrated, prevent inflammation, boost energy levels, cognitive functions, weight loss, and digestive health, and prevent and treat some illnesses and conditions, such as kidney stones.
However, given the large dose of powdered coconut water required to produce these benefits and the miniscule quantity present in Vital Proteins Collagen Beauty Greens, it is unlikely to do anything here but alter the way the powder tastes and naturally add to its vanilla coconut flavor (9)
The same can also be said of the vanilla bean, which can reduce inflammation, oxidative stress and damage, and cognitive decline, and help to combat certain medical conditions when used in sufficient doses, but which will likely only affect the taste and flavor here (10).
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