Garden of Life Raw Protein & Greens Vanilla Protein Powder – 20g Plant Based Greens Powder, Probiotics & Enzymes, Post-Workout Recovery, Vegan, Gluten-Free, Non-GMO, 20 Servings

Very effective. Very safe, tested by one of the most reputable independent labs in the business
I usually expect a protein supplement to suppress my appetite since it should produce a protein overload. Adequate amounts of protein are necessary to control appetite. Also fat will control appetite but that’s a real long story and not relevant here unless you’re making a smoothie and adding oil (fish oil healthiest, olive oil #2)Now I have medical issues and my nutritionist’s advice is to eat 30 grams of protein in one meal. 30 grams of protein is 5 large eggs, 5 oz of skinless, boneless, defatted chicken, a 7-8 oz steak with the bone in… And for optimal healing I need to do this three times a day!! (don’t be neglecting your veggies…) Who the heck can wrap their tummy around that much food? Three times a day???!!Now the nutritionists only recommend a diet like this if you are trying to heal from major trauma like significant surgeries. They only recommend this for about 4-8 weeks, it’s not supposed to be permanent! There are…people (I call them ding dongs) who are trying to get 100 gms of protein every day apparently for the rest of their lives? No! No, no, no!You see, 30 gms of protein will initiate protein synthesis. Healing automatically requires your body replace damaged enzymes, cells, or tissues or muscle…all of which depend on active protein synthesis. So eating protein in one sitting (2 hours) will initiate protein synthesis. The effect lasts for about 24-48 hours but if you want to keep this running full steam…hence the forced feeding.But doctors will freak out over the vast quantities of animal protein (and therefore saturated fats too). Also any high protein diet like that is really, really bad for your kidneys, your heart, you better not have difficulties with digestion… If you are going to do this, please, please drink tons of water. A gallon a day makes most doctors sigh with relief if you must eat like this. It protects the kidneys… not sure about anything else…Meanwhile there is also the recommendation that a significant portion of your protein intake should come from vegetable sources. Well guess what tofu ranges anywhere from 5 gm (silken tofu) to 15 gm for about 3-4 oz. ( Not the firm tofu, the tofu bricks – the denser the better – mostly found in Asian grocery stores – convenient much?) And I’m not about to eat tofu 3x a day.Gah! How? The only solution I could think of was a protein supplement preferably from vegetable sources. Now some of you may have heard about the scandal about 30-40-ish years ago that protein supplements were contaminated. And not just PFA or whatever. Heavy metals… lead, cadmium. Enjoy retardation much? But wait! Modern products are just as contaminated!The only testing organization that tests for all of these types of contaminants that I’m aware of is Informed Choice. They test for well over 200 harmful and dubious substances. So toss organic, non-gmo, gluten-free (well unless it’s been medically proven that the stuff is harmful to you..) out the window. Your best bet is the Informed Choice seal.I’ve been using Vega mostly because I don’t tolerate many products. If there are ingredients where I’m sensitive, I’ll just toss my cookies. But Vega does not submit to Informed Choice and I wasn’t really happy with their “standards”. So when I saw this product I instantly switched.Good news – I can hold it downBad news – in the race to get the highest quality product, taste has been left far behind. Initial inspection of the product immediately fills you with doubt – Do not try to swish this into your favorite beverage and drink it. It doesn’t dissolve well and drinking clumps of this…You will regret this, I promise.I made a smoothies with this with almond milk and the flavor and texture was much improved. Adding powdered cocoa, banana and for me stevia worked really well. It wasn’t great but there was no gagging and I could drink the whole thing.The appetite suppressant effect was there in force. Effectively I felt so full I started to skip meals like lunch… and dinner… I found myself not snacking at all. To my surprise I was loosing weight and I didn’t even notice it was happening until I put on this ancient jacket from the bygone days when I was a size or two smaller and the dang thing was loose on me. Uhh..this is great for weight loss, but I promise you this diet is not what my nutritionist wanted for healing…You are suppose to drink this in addition to balanced meals….Drat, still working on getting enough food into the stomach…

Awesome Product and Low Carb!
Absolutely one of the BEST tasting and smoothest plant based/low carb protein powders! 1 scoop per serving is great. It mixes well with water. I will definitely buy the other flavors.

Ik

This is a great meal replacement protein powder. It tastes great and it has the right amount of protein per serving(20g). I used it to add more protein to my diet. I like the vanilla flavor. I have not tried chocolate so I do not know which flavor tastes the best.