Comment · Sat, June 6, 2020
Greens Powders
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TheOptimizzzer · 12 points
u/misteryouaresodumb I don’t think the possibility of a greens powder from ND/Natrium has ever been mentioned, but curious if this has been discussed at all? Have you used any of these products in the past? Would be interested to know how some of the leading brands test in terms of accuracy of ingredients given how many ingredients these often list. Thanks!
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TheGermanGuy21 · 2 points
The one I would probably suggest is the Thorne Multi-Vitamin Elite. They split it up into AM and PM, and use solid doses of bioavailable forms.
They don't actually split up the vitamins and minerals in either AM or PM. The AM and PM formulations are almost exactly the same. Also very little calcium, barely half the RDA of magnesium, too much folate, copper and manganese for a daily supplement in my opinion, vitamin D in the PM and a negligible amount of lutein. I would have expected more from a company like thorne.
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Shit, I guess I needed to look closer at it. I don't personally use it. That's just one I saw that split dosing up. Maybe I gave them too much credit. Most multivitamins are garbage, but at least the Thorne would help you get through a period of bad diet due to no money. However, it's expensive. So I guess if you didn't have money you would not be able to afford it anyway.
I guess we can consider an essential nutrients product. I am not convinced we should be supplementing calcium, though. At least not in high amounts. There is evidence that exogenous calcium supplementation actually reduces bone mineralization.