Powdered greens made from whole food sources pack more antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals into one drink than several plates of veggies and fruit.
The powder retains each ingredient's original nutrition profile, including carbohydrates, fibre, protein, and fat, effectively mimicking eating very small amounts of each ingredient.
Another fantastic thing about green powders is that they contain ingredients you wouldn't otherwise eat. For example, vybey Braincare Smart Greens contains spirulina algae, Reishi mushrooms, and Maca root.
Greens powder is also the easiest way to get more fruit and vegetables into your diet—just add the powder to your shake or mix it with water, and you have a low-calorie drink perfect for weight loss and maintaining your health.
What makes powdered greens nutritious?
Ingredient range
Braincare Smart Greens contains over 30 ingredients, including vegetables, algae, herbs, fruits, digestive fibre, fungi, and probiotics.
Diet staples like broccoli, kale, spinach, tomato, beetroot, hemp protein, acai berry, cranberry, turmeric, and flax seed all feature, alongside exotic ingredients like Peruvian Maca root, Matcha green tea, and algal omega-3 powder.
A quick rundown:
- Omega 3 DHA for brain function, sleep quality, and immunity.
- Nutrient-dense vegetables like spirulina, broccoli, and spinach for minerals.
- Matcha green tea powder, Peruvian maca root, Rhodiola rosea extract and beetroot powder for antioxidants and helpful compounds.
- Fruit extracts for their vitamins and antioxidants.
- Flaxseed and chicory root to support gut health.
- Mushrooms like Reishi support immune system function.
- Bacillus Coagulans supports gut health and reduces bloating and gas.
- Acai Berry Powder may improve brain function and heart health.
- Blueberry Extract for anthocyanins with anti-inflammatory effects.
- Algal Omega-3 Powder (DHA) for brain and heart health.
Our carefully chosen blend of ingredients delivers brain, immunity, metabolism, and digestive support. The solid ingredients' nutrition profile is mimicked in small quantities to ensure no bloating or gas.
Nutrient density
You can't beat the nutrition of powdered greens.
Using Braincare Smart Greens as our example, you get 139%, 113%, and 398% of your daily NRV for Vitamins B1, B9, and C—and those are just three vitamins.
You also get vitamins D, E, K, A, B12, B2, B3, B4, and B6, plus calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc. All these vitamins and minerals are 100% natural, from whole food sources.
Because the ingredients are powdered versions of fruit and vegetables, each serving also contains protein, fat, and fibre (albeit in small quantities).
Convenience
Powdered greens are a convenient way to supplement your diet when cooking, prepping, and eating healthy solid foods isn't feasible.
They can fill your nutrition gaps when you don't have time to prep before the school run or if you struggle to find the time to eat while working.
You can mix green powders into water, smoothies, and meal replacement shakes to suit your needs, and you can keep the powder at home and at work.
Price
It's impossible to eat all the ingredients in powdered greens without spending a small fortune on whole foods and extracts.
Greens powders are the cheapest way to consume exotic foods like chlorella, spirulina, and Reishi mushrooms alongside regular ones like broccoli and kale.
For example, vybey Braincare Smart Greens costs £1.58 to £2.00 per serving, depending on the pack size. A two-month supply (60 servings) comes in at under £100, providing the nutrition boost you need without breaking the bank.
The health benefits of powdered greens
Powdered greens are good for you because they contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other compounds your body needs to function.
You can get these from solid foods, but powdered greens contain more than one ingredient to provide more diverse health benefits.
Energy levels
Deficiencies in vitamins like B12 and minerals such as magnesium can reduce your daily energy levels and make you lethargic. That's why energy drinks usually contain vitamin B12 and magnesium alongside a massive whack of caffeine.
For example, you may need a boost if you struggle to keep your eyes open during the day or have episodes where your energy drops off a cliff.
Powdered greens contain the vitamins and minerals your body needs to convert carbs into energy to fuel you throughout the day.
Clearing brain fog
Natural nootropics like Reishi mushroom have potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties to help clear brain fog [1].
The compounds in spirulina and chlorella also show promising brain fog effects by protecting the brain from oxidative stress [2].
Immunity
The efficiency of your immune system is directly affected by diet because your gut microbiome produces the bacteria that deal with infection.
A low-quality diet consisting mostly of processed foods and a lack of exercise is known to weaken the immune system and make people susceptible to infection.
That's why doctors push patients to make positive lifestyle choices. Powdered greens are a top recommendation, as their vitamins, minerals, and probiotics help the gut respond to injury or infection.
Digestive support
vybey Braincare Smart Greens contains several food ingredients beneficial to digestion, including flax seed, chicory root soluble fibre, ginger root, and Bacillus Coagulans, a helpful bacterium that reduces bloating.
If you struggle with bloating and digestion problems after eating vegetables, powdered greens could be the solution you need. The powder digests faster than solid foods and gets into the gut early to provide more nutrition.
Better sleep
The vitamins and minerals in powdered greens can contribute to the production of the sleep hormone melatonin to help you sleep [3].
Chlorella and spirulina – ingredients of Brain Smart Greens – also contain natural melatonin that your body can use directly [4].
Healthy melatonin levels are essential for good sleep, with disorders like insomnia known to have depleted levels of this hormone.
Summing up
Powdered greens are the easiest way to get more vegetables and fruits into your diet, making them the best way to boost your nutrition fast.
Eating broccoli is better than drinking broccoli powder, but the diversity and synergy of ingredients in powdered greens make it more powerful.
Where else can you get chlorella, spirulina, Peruvian maca root, and super fruits like acai and goji berries in one product?
Grab a vybey Starter Pack to try our greens powder alongside vybey Complete Meal Powder and our nootropic coffee alternative Braincare Smart Focus.
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