Greens Superfood Detox, has anyone tried it?

BusyMomma_RH
BusyMomma_RH Posts: 16 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
Hey all,

I have been feeling extremely bloated, tired and overall "yucky". I have been doing some research and found the Greens Superfood Detox.
Has anyone on here tried anything like that?
What do you think?
Does it really help with energy and digestion?

Thanks in advance! :)

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  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    You don't need to detox anything, your body does that for you. You'll just poop a lot.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    It won't do anything, as your liver and kidneys naturally detox your body.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    You don't need a detox it's not a thing.

    If you feel like you have been eating a low quality diet and it's making you feel run down, just focus on getting a lot of "quality" into your diet for a week or two and see if it helps. Lots of regular fruits and veggies, healthy fats like fish nuts and avocado, lean protein. Drink plenty of water. Same results, less expensive, less unnecessary pooping.

    And if after that you still feel run down, schedule a checkup!
  • StrongGirlFitGirl
    StrongGirlFitGirl Posts: 183 Member
    Are you able to see a doctor and get some bloodwork done? You could simply have a little vitamin deficiency or something.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    I have looked into those green powders. One little scoop does not contain enough greens. Think about it. Could you take a bowl of kale, dehydrate it, and make it into a tini wini little scoop? No.

    Actually, since a huge bowl of raw kale or spinach turns into barely a couple forkfuls if I saute it, I think if I removed substantially all of the water and pulverized it, it would easily fit into a tiny scoop.

    But it's not going to detox you.
  • BusyMomma_RH
    BusyMomma_RH Posts: 16 Member
    Thank you!
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    I have looked into those green powders. One little scoop does not contain enough greens. Think about it. Could you take a bowl of kale, dehydrate it, and make it into a tini wini little scoop? No.

    Actually, since a huge bowl of raw kale or spinach turns into barely a couple forkfuls if I saute it, I think if I removed substantially all of the water and pulverized it, it would easily fit into a tiny scoop.

    The part that I looked at was the Vitamin K in the green powder. It was clearly 5% RDA. Kale and spinach both contain incredible amounts of vitamin K (kale 700% in one serving). So clearly they are not putting an entire serving of greens in one little scoop. Also the ingredients had fillers. I did not look at other vitamins, but the ingredients had added vitamin C (asorbic acid), which is natural in greens and fruit. Other vitamins were also on the extremely low side, considering their claims of containing a full serving. It just doesn't add up when you look at that label in detail. I don't know if these powder companies are trying to scam us just a little bit. I'm keeping an open eye, that's all.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,979 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    Then, a doctor's visit is a definite must. The tiredness could be anemia from lack of b12, iron, not enough protein, etc. Do you take a daily multivitamin? Not feeling well is not normal. First make sure you are not pregnant.
    Even a supplement you might be taking could have give you these symptoms.

    *There is a site called CronoMeter that gives you much more detailed info on micronutrients. Easy to use.

    No, don't take a multivitamin! If TO really is B12 deficient then the B12 in these will mask it. No problem if she doesn't have an absorption problem as the B12 will go where it needs to. But if she has then she's only raising her blood levels a tiny bit and a doctor will conclude she's healthy. You know what B12 deficiency can do to you? Destroy your nerves; not only those in arms and legs (starts with pins and needle), but pretty much every nerve, from eye nerves, to bladder and bowel control, to the heart and spine. Taking multivitamins really is the most stupid (sorry) thing one can do, especially as the ingredients in most are pretty dire and many things cannot be absorbed together. Another thing: after having taken a supplement with B12, any blood test will be wrong for at least 4 months. If someone already has nerve damage, 4 months or even longer of not being treated properly can do a lot of damage!

    TO, you mention you eat a lot of fruits and veggies and protein. What about fat? Fat is essential for your body, not only for proper brain function and vitamin absorption, but also for bowel movement. If this doesn't help then go see a doctor.
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    edited July 2017
    @yirara -you have done some serious reading - calcium and magnesium should not be taken together. I have osteopenia. Thank you for the info. I will look into that. B-12 is interesting, but I had never had a doctor test me for this, even after I told her I felt tired. All I got was a free vitamin D test out of it. I don't think insurance pays for this extra bloodwork, right?
  • OliveGirl128
    OliveGirl128 Posts: 801 Member
    edited July 2017
    Have you vitamin D level checked by a simple blood test, many people are deficient and it can cause that run down feeling.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,979 Member
    edited July 2017
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    @yirara -you have done some serious reading - calcium and magnesium should not be taken together. I have osteopenia. Thank you for the info. I will look into that. B-12 is interesting, but I had never had a doctor test me for this, even after I told her I felt tired. All I got was a free vitamin D test out of it. I don't think insurance pays for this extra bloodwork, right?

    I don't know. I suppose you're in the US? In the UK it's a real fight to get B12 tested, and then treated if necessary. So many people don't get the treatment they need :/
    Yes, I did a lot of reading. Was diagnosed big time deficient in B12 and thyroid a few years ago and was left alone with it (wasn't in a western country). Guess one starts to read to get it right.

    I read some papers yesterday evening that a diet high in sodium leads to excessive peeing, and with that to increased removal of calcium from the body and a higher risk of osteoporosis. The papers I read were about potassion citrate neutralizing the salt (doesn't work with other potassiums), but the recommendation was to have a low salt diet over everything else.

    Thyroid or low ferritin might also be reasons for being very tired.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,300 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    @yirara -you have done some serious reading - calcium and magnesium should not be taken together. I have osteopenia. Thank you for the info. I will look into that. B-12 is interesting, but I had never had a doctor test me for this, even after I told her I felt tired. All I got was a free vitamin D test out of it. I don't think insurance pays for this extra bloodwork, right?

    I don't know. I suppose you're in the US? In the UK it's a real fight to get B12 tested, and then treated if necessary. So many people don't get the treatment they need :/


    As an aside - why??

    Here in Australia is very easy to get it tested and treated if neccesary - one goes to doctor and says am feeling excessively tired - B12 would be one of the standard base line tests to investigate this ( along with other common causes - Vit D, HB levels, Thyroid function tests etc )
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    edited July 2017
    BusyMomma_RH wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I have been feeling extremely bloated, tired and overall "yucky". I have been doing some research and found the Greens Superfood Detox.
    Has anyone on here tried anything like that?
    What do you think?
    Does it really help with energy and digestion?

    Thanks in advance! :)

    if you are bloated you may also have a food allergy or intolerance that can also cause you to feel like that. but detoxes dont help with digestion or metabolism or give you energy unless it has caffeine or a caffeine derivative in it,or possibly a B vitamin that can give you a little energy.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    I have looked into those green powders. One little scoop does not contain enough greens. Think about it. Could you take a bowl of kale, dehydrate it, and make it into a tini wini little scoop? No.

    Actually, since a huge bowl of raw kale or spinach turns into barely a couple forkfuls if I saute it, I think if I removed substantially all of the water and pulverized it, it would easily fit into a tiny scoop.

    The part that I looked at was the Vitamin K in the green powder. It was clearly 5% RDA. Kale and spinach both contain incredible amounts of vitamin K (kale 700% in one serving). So clearly they are not putting an entire serving of greens in one little scoop. Also the ingredients had fillers. I did not look at other vitamins, but the ingredients had added vitamin C (asorbic acid), which is natural in greens and fruit. Other vitamins were also on the extremely low side, considering their claims of containing a full serving. It just doesn't add up when you look at that label in detail. I don't know if these powder companies are trying to scam us just a little bit. I'm keeping an open eye, that's all.

    OK, that certainly seems to be the case with that particular powder. I don't take a detox powder, so I wouldn't know. I was just commenting on the statement about the volume of dehydrated, powdered greens.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,979 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    yirara wrote: »
    TheWJordinWJordin wrote: »
    @yirara -you have done some serious reading - calcium and magnesium should not be taken together. I have osteopenia. Thank you for the info. I will look into that. B-12 is interesting, but I had never had a doctor test me for this, even after I told her I felt tired. All I got was a free vitamin D test out of it. I don't think insurance pays for this extra bloodwork, right?

    I don't know. I suppose you're in the US? In the UK it's a real fight to get B12 tested, and then treated if necessary. So many people don't get the treatment they need :/


    As an aside - why??

    Here in Australia is very easy to get it tested and treated if neccesary - one goes to doctor and says am feeling excessively tired - B12 would be one of the standard base line tests to investigate this ( along with other common causes - Vit D, HB levels, Thyroid function tests etc )

    No idea to be honest. Costsaving? The guidelines for diagnosis and treatment are completely wrong, as if the NHS doesn't want people to be diagnosed. A charity tried to find out what research the guidelines are based on, but was sent from a to b to c and back to a again. There's a huge private testing and self-injecting community there.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,300 Member
    Interesting yirara.

    I don't think the test is particularly expensive - is certainly common place here. (And covered by Medicare,no cost to patient)

    And treatment is certainly not expensive - consists of B12 injections which are quite cheap, and/or over the counter oral supplements.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I do have a friend who was tested and gets treated for B12 deficiency, no idea if she had to fight for it though. She's in Wales.

    As an aside. Gastroenteritis is a short term viral or bacterial condition. Basically what we refer to often as "tummy flu". So you don't have that as an ongoing condition.
  • kavahni
    kavahni Posts: 313 Member


    if you are bloated you may also have a food allergy or intolerance that can also cause you to feel like that. but detoxes dont help with digestion or metabolism or give you energy unless it has caffeine or a caffeine derivative in it,or possibly a B vitamin that can give you a little energy.[/quote]

    Agree about considering food allergy/sensitivity. Bloating and fatigue are common signs. The first two things you might check into are gluten (oh, God, I know!) and dairy. Try giving one or the other up for a week and see what comes of it. Don't give up both at the same time.
  • BusyMomma_RH
    BusyMomma_RH Posts: 16 Member
    Okay, so I have a GI doctor. I have been seeing him since I was 16. I am 24 years old and have already had 4 colonoscopies and an upper endoscopy. I have tested positive for Celiac, and was on the diet for 3 years until the lining of my colon was stripped so badly from the lack of nutrients from my diet that I HAD to return to a normal diet containing a VERY SMALL amount of whole grains containing gluten a day. I have been fine since with minor issues here and there that are to be expected. Also, I do have chronic Gastroenteritis, because of my intestinal issues, my body has a hard time with good and bad bacteria which causes me to have days where I'm running to the bathroom and multiple days in a row where I can't go at all. Believe it or not, that is what I have to live with.
    But I didn't start this feed because I wanted to talk about my colon issues. Which is no ones business anyways.

    No I'm not pregnant. No it's not an unknown food allergy. It's funny how many people think they are doctors on here.

    If you are wondering yes I am just a little frustrated because all I was looking for was yes or no answers on my question of the Greens. Just to hear opinions from peers about tastes, if it helped etc. But to conclude this discussion, I called my doctor this morning, told him about what I wanted to try, the brand and why I wanted to try it, and he told me that it wasn't a bad idea. That the brand is all natural and can only benefit my health.

    Thank you for all of your replies.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 6,008 Member
    BusyMomma_RH wrote: »
    Hey all,

    I have been feeling extremely bloated, tired and overall "yucky". I have been doing some research and found the Greens Superfood Detox.
    Has anyone on here tried anything like that?
    What do you think?
    Does it really help with energy and digestion?

    Thanks in advance! :)

    Since there are no such things as superfoods and detoxing is at best unnecessary, no...
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    Doctors are not trained in nutrition. They do not study products.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,644 Member
    BusyMomma_RH wrote: »
    Okay, so I have a GI doctor. I have been seeing him since I was 16. I am 24 years old and have already had 4 colonoscopies and an upper endoscopy. I have tested positive for Celiac, and was on the diet for 3 years until the lining of my colon was stripped so badly from the lack of nutrients from my diet that I HAD to return to a normal diet containing a VERY SMALL amount of whole grains containing gluten a day. I have been fine since with minor issues here and there that are to be expected. Also, I do have chronic Gastroenteritis, because of my intestinal issues, my body has a hard time with good and bad bacteria which causes me to have days where I'm running to the bathroom and multiple days in a row where I can't go at all. Believe it or not, that is what I have to live with.
    But I didn't start this feed because I wanted to talk about my colon issues. Which is no ones business anyways.

    No I'm not pregnant. No it's not an unknown food allergy. It's funny how many people think they are doctors on here.

    If you are wondering yes I am just a little frustrated because all I was looking for was yes or no answers on my question of the Greens. Just to hear opinions from peers about tastes, if it helped etc. But to conclude this discussion, I called my doctor this morning, told him about what I wanted to try, the brand and why I wanted to try it, and he told me that it wasn't a bad idea. That the brand is all natural and can only benefit my health.

    Thank you for all of your replies.

    Nobody is trying to be a doctor. Just throwing out suggestions.

    How much research did your doctor do on this supplement?
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  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    I personally prefer the Orange dreamcicle flavor to the detox/alkalinize flavor. But YMMV
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,644 Member
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    BusyMomma_RH wrote: »
    Okay, so I have a GI doctor. I have been seeing him since I was 16. I am 24 years old and have already had 4 colonoscopies and an upper endoscopy. I have tested positive for Celiac, and was on the diet for 3 years until the lining of my colon was stripped so badly from the lack of nutrients from my diet that I HAD to return to a normal diet containing a VERY SMALL amount of whole grains containing gluten a day. I have been fine since with minor issues here and there that are to be expected. Also, I do have chronic Gastroenteritis, because of my intestinal issues, my body has a hard time with good and bad bacteria which causes me to have days where I'm running to the bathroom and multiple days in a row where I can't go at all. Believe it or not, that is what I have to live with.
    But I didn't start this feed because I wanted to talk about my colon issues. Which is no ones business anyways.

    No I'm not pregnant. No it's not an unknown food allergy. It's funny how many people think they are doctors on here.

    If you are wondering yes I am just a little frustrated because all I was looking for was yes or no answers on my question of the Greens. Just to hear opinions from peers about tastes, if it helped etc. But to conclude this discussion, I called my doctor this morning, told him about what I wanted to try, the brand and why I wanted to try it, and he told me that it wasn't a bad idea. That the brand is all natural and can only benefit my health.

    Thank you for all of your replies.

    Nobody is trying to be a doctor. Just throwing out suggestions.

    How much research did your doctor do on this supplement?

    Probably....is x a known poison.....no.....then do what you like, oh and that's $75

    Sounds about right.
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