I'm A Functional Medicine Expert, And I Swear By This Greens Powder Supplement

My obsession with green powders started like most of my obsessions, with a high-quality solution to problem.

Let me quickly rewind to mid-pandemic: I found myself tired, bloated, wanting to eat only mac and cheese, queasy, and getting unreasonably emotional while watching C-SPAN. Yep, you guessed it: I was pregnant. So, after peeing on about a million sticks, I finally went to the doctor and confirm what the $97 in pregnancy tests were hinting to: I really was going to have a baby.

Like any woman who has newly learned she is pregnant (or, at least, I think this is a common sentiment?) I became immediately protective over what I put in my belly. But with my stomach and energy levels feeling off due to the hellish roller coaster of a first trimester, all I was able to stomach was yogurt, mac and cheese, cheese, and grilled cheese (you can pick up a theme here). I was positive my baby was going to come out looking like a wheel of Brie. 

So I tried eating a salad one day. Couldn't keep it down. Then some cooked broccoli. Not a chance that stayed down. I managed to successfully eat peas and butter with a lot of effort and some acupuncture (I was determined that day and had a little extra time on my hands). But all in all, I wasn't getting anywhere near my usual intake of 10 to 12 veggies a day, and all I kept seeing was my adorable little unborn child with a block of cheddar for a head.

So I posed the question: How do I sneak in the nutritional benefits of organic vegetables every day? It finally dawned on me that greens powder was the way to go.*

I looked at the top brands and tested three of the crowd favorites out. I won't name names, but I found one of them was super sweet; one of them was great-tasting but lacked the organic veggies I needed; and the final option was kind of blah, and I didn't see a difference in how I felt. Not only that, but none of them moved anything along my digestive tract, which was concerning. Then a girlfriend recommended mindbodygreen's organic veggies+. Finally, I found the solution I'd been looking for.*

When I mixed it with water, it didn't taste awful (huge score!)—the drink went down easy and helped to move things right along.* The pineapple-and-water combo was probably my fave because it added a teeny bit of sweetness and made me feel like I was on vacation (very important when you haven't been out of the house in months). In the smoothie, it didn't have an overbearing greens taste, and I was even able to sneak it into my boyfriend's morning smoothie without getting an eye roll, which was a big bonus.

Once I established that I liked the taste and I could feel it doing positive things in my body,* I dug a little deeper into what was really in the powder and what set it apart from the others. Here were my big takeaways:

Needless to say, I'm a fan. I love that organic veggies+ tastes good, it's organic, it supports the digestive system, and I can actually feel it doing good in my body.*

I'll also tell anyone who will listen that unless you're getting an ample daily dose of organic veggies, prebiotics, and sea veggies—organic veggies+ should probably be in your pantry.