Comparing Green Superfood Products, Making Sense of Green Drinks
UPDATED November 27, 2010
by Christopher Van Buren
The number of green superfood powders that have sprouted up lately is astonishing. Now there are more than 150 brands on the market and they all have different formulas and offer different health benefits. But not only are there numerous products…but the number of herbs, veggie powders, grasses and grains used in these mixtures is nearly endless. So this article is your first stop for making some sense of this chaos. Here, you’ll get a bird’s eye view of the green drink market and what you should look for in a product. See the list of related articles at the end to take your investigation to the next level.
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If you’ve read a few of the posts in this blog, you’ll see that I’m a fan of certain super foods and health formulas. There are certain health supplements (or non-supplement enhancement products) that I think benefit just about anyone who might adopt them. One of these is a good green superfood drink. A good green drink is made from freeze-dried plants and vegetables (and often fruit or fruit juices) and is actually a food product — not a supplement, like a vitamin or mineral supplement. Green drinks are basically food in concentrated, powdered form. The best ones use organic ingredients and combine a variety of food sources, which may include the following super ingredients:
The health benefits of spirulina were not discovered at Klamath Lake in Oregon, but some of the first companies to offer spirulina products, under the name of “Blue Green Algae” came from this unique location. That was back in the late 70s and early 80s. Since then, companies have been raided by the FDA for “false claims” and other companies have sprouted up around the edge of the lake. Now there are four or five companies wild harvesting the algae from the lake for sale directly to consumers, through health food stores, or through network marketing structures.
