Whether your job, family life, or health are stressing you out, your diet can have good and bad implications on combating stress and mental fatigue.

You could fall into the trap of using your diet as a coping mechanism, fuelling yourself with all the convenient junk food you can eat – fantastic for that little pick-me-up, but not so good for your physical and mental health.

On the other hand, you can recognise that stress and mental fatigue are exasperated by poor nutrition [1] and use this information to improve your diet.

Healthy eating habits could be just the ticket to coping with stress and mental fatigue, and super greens can help you get started.  

What are super greens?

Super greens are powdered supplements made from whole foods, including ground-down fruits and vegetables and potent natural extracts.

The idea is to deliver vitamins, minerals, and helpful compounds like antioxidants fast in liquid form to instantly boost your nutrition, and in some cases, like with vybey Braincare Smart Greens, introduce new ingredients to your diet that have promising effects on mental health, such as Reishi mushroom and L-theanine.

Why are super greens good for stress?

Brain boosting ingredients

The natural antioxidants in super greens help to fight oxidative stress, which can be heightened during periods of mental strain.

Some blends, like vybey Braincare Smart Greens, go the extra mile by incorporating adaptogens and nootropics that impact cognitive function almost immediately, helping to improve concentration in stressful situations.

The addition of B vitamins—ideally a B vitamin complex—fuels your brain with essential vitamins for brain neuron growth and communication, giving your grey matter everything it needs to handle mental fatigue.

For instance, 12g of vybey Braincare Smart Greens gives you 101% of your daily NRV for vitamin B12, which contributes to normal psychological function [2], and 49% of your daily intake for manganese, which protects from oxidative stress [3].

These are but two of countless vitamins and minerals in vybey Braincare Smart Focus, and we still need to get to the raw ingredient list.

A convenient dietary supplement

Avoiding junk food is a massive problem during stressful situations because our bodies naturally crave quick energy boosts like sugar and fatty foods.

Dips in nutrition and episodes of feeling lethargic, physically sick, and bloated come from eating junk foods, especially in large quantities, or day after day.

You need a convenient source of healthy foods, and super greens are by far the most convenient way to get your veggies and fruit.

One serving of super greens powder usually contains a quarter to half of your daily needs for essential vitamins and minerals. Doubling the dose can give you 100%.

You can add super greens powder to your meal replacement shake, protein shake, porridge, or yoghurt to create a nutritious meal or snack.

Of course, eating solid fruit and vegetables will give you more fibre and carbs than super greens powder and possibly higher concentrations of specific compounds, but how much time do you have to prepare them? And can you stomach them?

For some people, super greens are a better way to consume vegetables and fruits, and they are also the easiest way to try exotic ingredients like fungi.

Most nutritionists recommend super greens powder to people who struggle to eat enough greens and need a general nutritional boost.

Unique ingredients you won't find in the supermarket

The biggest lure of super greens for combatting stress and mental fatigue is their synergy of ingredients from diet staples like broccoli to superfoods like spirulina (algae).

vybey Braincare Smart Greens contains over a dozen ingredients you can't get in a supermarket and delivers them more cost-effectively than buying them individually from specialist suppliers.

A quick rundown:

Algae super blend

Braincare Smart Greens contains three algae powders – spirulina, chlorella, and Algal Omega-3 Powder DHA Vegan.

•         Spirulina contains protein, vitamins (especially B vitamins), minerals, and antioxidants that show promising effects for boosting the immune system and protecting against allergic reactions [4].
•         Chlorella can improve cholesterol and cardiovascular health [5]. It has antioxidant, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties similar to spirulina.
•         Algal Omega-3 Powder DHA is an alternative to Omega-3 from oily fish derived from cultured freshwater and marine algae. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is scientifically proven [6] to contribute to normal brain function.  

Fungi and fibre extracts

•         Reishi mushrooms contain bioactive compounds like antioxidants and fibre-rich beta-glucans, enhancing the body's immune response. Some studies suggest they can even inhibit infection from coronavirus [7].
•         Maca root powder contains amino acids, iron, calcium, and several compounds unique to the maca plant, including glucosinolates, macamides, and alkaloids that can boost your energy levels [8].

Additional ingredients

•         A super fruit blend of apple, strawberry, raspberry, acai, goji, and cranberry powders, plus acerola cherry, grape seed, and bilberry extracts for an unbeatable combination of antioxidants.
•         Vegetables and herbs, including barley grass, wheat grass, kale, broccoli, hemp protein, and Matcha green tea powder, which is an excellent source of natural caffeine and L-theanine.

Summing up

Super greens provide your brain and body with the vitamins, minerals, and useful compounds they need to respond appropriately to stress.

That response could boost your energy levels, form new neuron connections to help you think more clearly, or eliminate toxins in your blood.

The diverse ingredients in super greens powder make it such a fantastic nutritional product. You just can't get spirulina, chlorella, and Reishi mushrooms at normal shops, and these foods bring the biggest benefits.

Get started with vybey Braincare Smart Greens with a starter pack and bundle in other goodies like Complete Meal Powder and Braincare Smart Focus to boost your overall health.  

Sources

1. Vitamins and Minerals for Energy, Fatigue and Cognition
2. European Commission – Vitamin B12
3. European Commission – Manganese, Oxidative Stress
4. Spirulina in Clinical Practice: Evidence-Based Human Applications - PMC (nih.gov)
5. Potential of Chlorella as a Dietary Supplement for Human Health - PMC (nih.gov)
6. European Commission – DHA, Normal Brain Function
7. Exploring the Potential Medicinal Benefits of Ganoderma lucidum - PMC (nih.gov)
8. Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) - PMC (nih.gov)