AG1 - Green powder

msgandhi

I was planning to take AG1 on the days that I work out. Has anyone tried AG1 or has any other recommendations?

Anything that I need to watch out for ?

AnnPT77

What's your goal in adding the greens powder?

In general, it's ideal to get necessary nutrition from regular foods. A greens powder is a highly-processed food, a supplement. That doesn't make it bad, but it may not deliver in proportion to its marketing.

Also, if you're in the US, it's important to realize that the supplements industry is very lightly regulated, so it's good to check out any particular supplement with outside expert sources. Some don't contain what they say they contain, or contain things that aren't beneficial that show up when chemically analyzed, but don't appear on the label because they're not intentionally added.

With AG1 in particular, first - as you know - it's fairly expensive. Is it worth it? That depends on your needs, context, and goals.

I'd observe that AG1 says it has literally dozens of ingredients, including healthy-sounding things like apples, cherries, beets, carrots, etc. A serving size of one tablespoon is 13 grams. How much of each of those dozens of things would be in 13 grams?

Reading the supplement facts label, there are negligible macronutrients and fiber - fiber being one of the important things we'd want to get from greens when we eat them in the form of a regular food. The only things that are in meaningful amounts in the supplement facts are some of the vitamins and minerals. Those would be available in similar amounts in a much more modestly-priced multivitamin.

You can probably gather that I'm a skeptic, very biased toward focusing my energy for myself on eating foods that overall deliver the nutrients I need. When I do that, lots of things fall into place; anything that falls short, I look to either tune up my eating habits to improve that, or use an affordable specific supplement from a reasonably respected source. As a quite active recreational athlete, and an aging one, that approach has served me well so far. But I don't have any major professional credentials in nutrition, just the research I've done for my own benefits, plus a bit of formal education as part of getting coaching certification in my sport.

But, like I said, a lot depends on what you're hoping to get from a greens powder, and what your overall dietary context is.

myfitnesspal7906

I’ve been taking AG1 for a long time - I’m in Europe where things are much more regulated and did a lot of research around this product before I started taking it.
the quality is great and I feel the difference in my energy when I stop taking it.

I train a lot and I’m very fit - it’s hard to get all your nutrients from food every day and I feel I cover a lot of my nutrition with it - I also take omega 3 fish oils daily, magnesium citrate, vitamin D and collagen and eat lots of meat 😊

Take AG1 regularly, not only on training days. Your body will thank you for it 🙌🏼

I’m turning 50 this week and nobody believes me - this has been my routine for the last three years and I wouldn’t change it.
This is just my personal experience and many of my gym friends love it too.