Do Green Drinks Really Work?

We’ve all seen the ads in the magazines and heard the buzz in the office about new supplements that are supposed to fight cancer or heal disease or lower blood pressure or increase one’s vitality. But do they really work?

I recently purchased a big tub of Life Brand “Green Source” Nutritional Supplement as a way to get more “greens” into my diet. And although it says, “Natural Mixed Berry Flavour”, I specifically taste “bee pollen”. Yuuuuuchk!!

The stuff looks like the dirty water I used to get from cleaning off my paint brushes in art class. It’s a soupy dark green and very hard to mix. The clumps of spirulina and pectin are incredibly hard to locate and disgusting if you get one caught on your teeth. I take no prisoners when it comes to crushing them with a spoon and drink carefully to avoid disaster.

After the first sip, my stomach lurches a bit. I’m sure it’s growing into a full-fledged stomach ache. Maybe I’m allergic to the pollen which would explain the reason that it’s all I taste or smell. But my doctor isn’t interested in sending me for allergy tests even though I’ve asked.

I go to the web-site for Shopper’s Products and I can’t find any helpful information there about their product. I have to do my own research. Apparently the bee pollen has amino acids in it. The Lecithin I know is great for building up cell wall linings and the spirulina and chlorella are the best ways of keeping blood cells oxygenated and fed with nutrients because they are complete cell foods and at the “bottom of the food chain” where all of the most nutritious food lies.

Apparently the rest of the ingredients all help with getting rid of toxins and improving memory. I should be having really soothed liver movements after a few weeks of taking this to tone my digestion. But as I read how small the doses are, I can’t help but wonder if this product was put together from a wide variety of sources to make up for the fact that they went really really cheap on the overall concoction.

Does anybody really know if these drinks work or not? Please leave comments below as I’d like to know what to expect. The web-site was of absolutely NO help. Thanks! =)

Tags: , broken cell wall, chlorella, food, green, health, Life Brand Products, nutrition, Shopper's Drug Mart, supplements, vitamins