Vibrant Health Green Vibrance Family Size Power - 60 Day Supply, 25.4-Ounce
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Customer Reviews of Vibrant Health Green Vibrance Family Size Power - 60 Day Supply, 25.4-Ounce
Customer Review: Hypoglycemics use caution
Summary: 2 Stars
I'm hypoglycemic, and I've learned through experience that there are certain herbs and herbal products that can profoundly affect my blood sugar.
There is little clinical study of many herbs, and reliable reporting on side effects (or even beneficial effects) is anecdotal. Herb popularity tends to run in fads -- there's always a hot new herb everyone is enthused about. And the excitement over the new one lasts about as long as it did with the last one.
Still, because of the buzz, anything with herbs is considered by most people to be better than anything without herbs. Manufacturers get around the "what's hot" thing by throwing in the kitchen sink -- every herb that sounds good goes in the pot.
Unfortunately that just increases the chances that some people are not going to be able to use the product. Or will use it and have reactions or side effects (or even long term effects) they don't realize are coming from an herb or herbs in the product.
Green Vibrance happens to be one of those products with a kitchen sink full of herbs in addition to the green foods like spirulina and other beneficial ingredients.
I didn't realize this when I took a serving. I had been looking forward to trying Green Vibrance because I had heard so much about it and read so many glowing reviews. A few hours later my blood sugar was way low -- I had the familiar and unmistakable symptoms. I was on schedule with my meals. The only thing I had done differently was try the Green Vibrance.
I read the Green Vibrance label carefully and, among the many, many ingredients, discovered the likely culprit -- silymarin (milk thistle extract). I've had a similar experience with milk thistle before, as well as goldenseal. Do a Google search and you'll see silymarin has been noted as causing blood sugar drops.
I really wish companies and corporations would get past the obsession with adding faddish herbs to every manufactured good out there. If we want herbs, we can easily buy them separately. Or the company could package and sell them as a separate adjunct to the product.
For those who don't have blood sugar problems, Green Vibrance may be as wonderful as many people claim, but I'll just look for a green drink without all the added herb stuff.
Customer Review: very deceptive selling practice: you don't know what you are buying: please be aware
Summary: 1 Stars
I saw this product in Whole Foods. I checked the nutritional profile, and was satisfied. I pay particular attention to the iron content: I steer clear away from anything with high iron content. The bottle in the store had an iron content of 3.95 mg. And, that was in the acceptable range (it's about 40% of RDA for a man or a menopausal woman. So, I ordered online. When I saw the nutritional profile again on the bottle that arrived, it had whopping 16.7 mg of iron, that's close to 170% of the RDA for a man or a menopausal woman.
Note that high concentration of iron is not a GOOD thing at all: a lot of maladies are associated with this. The body does not have a natural way of getting rid of excess iron: only through blood donation or menstruation. So, if you are getting 170% of your daily RDA from this supplement, and then eat other food that contain iron (like, meat, beans, spinach, etc), you are accumulating a dangerous level of iron.
I went back to the store to see whether I misread the nutritional table on the bottle sold in the store. Then I realized that there are several versions. The latest version, version 10.2 has a low iron content. Older version (version 10.1) is the one with incredibly high, almost dangerous level of iron. On the web site, they don't tell you which version they are selling, and they don't publish the nutritional profile.
My guess is, they want to unload the older version with this major problem without really disclosing the details of their product.
I will NOT buy any product of this company until they clearly show the nutritional profile of the product they are selling each time.
This product is going to be returned PRONTO. Very deceptive selling process and hugely disappointing.
Customer Review: The Real Deal
Summary: 5 Stars
I will add to the chorus of positive reviews of this product. It is absolutely incredible and is, essentially, a pharmaceutical grade phyto-nutrient/herbal/vitamin/mineral supplement that works as advertised. I am an internist (MD) who happens to believe in nutritional supplementation and the positive effects of "alternative" measures to combat everyday ills--i.e. common colds, body and joint aches, skin ailments, etc. However, I am also very skeptical about the true benefit of many supplements. I find it amusing that most "alternative practitioners" bemoan the fact that most MD's are pharmaceutical pushers who are lapdogs for the drug companies while the "practitioners" preaching this are trying to sell something (to line their pockets)... but I digress. I was suffering from lack of energy, poor mental clarity and had multiple aches and pains like many people have. On a recommendation of a colleague, I tried Vibrant Health Green Vibrance--of course, after a bit of research. Wow! This is no placebo effect. Its careful balance of ingredients worked to improve my energy, mood and sense of well-being. I highly recommend it both from an anecdotal perspective (mine) and from a medical perspective. I will begin recommending it to patients. One word of caution.. in people undergoing chemotherapy who are neutropenic (i.e. extremely low white blood cell count--under 1000) the pro-biotics can potentially be harmful (i.e. even the good bacteria can be bad under these condtions). On the flipside, if you are taking antibiotics (and are not neutropenic) then I would highly recommend taking this because it is a good way to protect colon health and prevent Clostridium Difficile ("C diff.") colitis. Take care and take this supplement. You will not regret it!Customer Review: Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been using this product for about a week, less then a week actually.
Amazing.
My energy is better, I feel more upbeat, less physically exhausted. I feel like my recollection is even getting better... I'm more regular, my body is detoxing, this stuff is just amazing! I'm even less anxious, I used to have panic attacks and little OCD things... but they are basically gone! Though that much I'm not sure if that is due to the green vibrance or the fish oil I started taking about a week and a half ago, or maybe them working together. I cant wait to see how I feel after a month on it, or more! This stuff is fantastic, I've been recommending it to everyone I know, though mostly they go "ewww I'm not drinking that!" haha
I'm never going without my Green Vibrance again!
It does taste horrible, I mix it with grape juice or cranberry juice and it isn't as bad. My friend who takes it suggests apple juice, though I've never tried it. I do alot of supplements/herbs so I'm used to drinking yucky stuff for my health, it doesn't really bother me. I just drink it down, and then have something good to drink. I mean, your talking 4-8 oz of juice with the green vibrance, its not that bad, not like you need to mix it into a 2 liter.
This stuff is magic!
The only problem is it needs to be frozen or refrigerated after you open it, and the container is big, so its hard to fit it in there if your fridge/freezer is usually full.
Customer Review: Buy it. Now.
Summary: 5 Stars
So I've been smoking since I was 13, which is about 8 years now. For my whole life I always had no energy, no attention span, no mental clarity, etc. I started taking this a little over a year ago. I kept smoking while I was taking it.
Let me tell you right now, this is what you have been looking for. I got a .73 GPA in high school, and was failing out of college. With this, all of a sudden I could understand everything in my textbooks. I was shocked. I began reading everything I could get my hands on. I was waking up at 6 am every morning on time for class, jumping out of bed full of energy. I began doing 1 mile jogs every morning. I got straight A's and a B for the first time in my life. The mental clarity and physical energy this brought even allowed me to comprehend emotional issues I wasn't confronting. I was STILL SMOKING and eating crap during this time.
Now I don't smoke, eat all organic, and drink this every morning. Vibrant Health, you have no idea how thankful I am to you people for making this. If I get rich once I'm out of college I will gladly donate to your company. Everyone NEEDS to know about this.
Here's my morning shake:
1 scoop green vibrance
1/2 banana
1 tbsp fish oil/cod liver oil (carlson's or norwegian naturals)
1 scoop hemp or whey protein
1 cup apple or grape juice