Green Powders, Fiber Frenzy & What’s Actually Worth Your Money

🔍 Episode Overview

Joanne Lee Cornish explores two massive wellness categories — green powders and fiber supplements — breaking down real science, real efficacy, and real value. She helps you make informed decisions, avoid marketing fluff, and invest in what actually works.

🧬 What You’ll Learn

• The manufacturing differences between whole-plant powders, juice powders, and cheap heat-dried powders

• Why processing method determines how effective a green powder actually is

• The truth about sulforaphane: how it’s made, how to ensure you’re getting it, and why so many products don’t

• The roles of fiber in midlife: gut health, hormones (especially estrogen metabolism), insulin sensitivity, weight control, satiety

• Why fiber supplements can be inexpensive yet powerful — and how to avoid overpriced fluff

• A clear framework for purchasing: what to buy, how much to pay, what to avoid

🌱 GREEN POWDERS — BRANDS & VALUE GUIDE ✅ Premium Tier (High-quality, “buy if you’re serious”)

• Vibrant Health – Green Vibrance: Whole-food powders + probiotics + enzymes; transparent dosing.

• Thorne Daily Greens: Clean manufacture, third-party tested, reliable.

• Biotics Research – Sulforaphane / SFE-Branded Extracts: Not a generic “greens powder” but one of the only ones that actually delivers sulforaphane.

• AG1 (Athletic Greens): Big brand, high price, good quality—but you’re paying convenience + marketing.

🏷 Mid Budget Tier (Good value)

• Amazing Grass Greens Blend: Whole-food based, more affordable; not highest potency but decent.

• NOW Foods Super Greens: Basic formula, clean brand, budget-friendly.

• Primal Harvest Primal Greens: Balanced formula, solid value.

⚠️ Caution / Avoid Unless You Know What You’re Buying

• Essential-oil companies doing greens powders (e.g., doTERRA Greens): Overpriced, questionable processing, poor taste.

• Powders made mostly from barley grass/wheatgrass juice powders: Low fiber, low matrix, low potency.

• Products claiming “sulforaphane” without listing myrosinase or stabilized compounds: Likely empty claim.

• Any greens powder that uses “proprietary blend” to hide dosages: You don’t know what you’re paying for.

🧾 Quick Brand Comparison Table

Brand Price Tier Fiber Content / Indicators Remark Vibrant Health Premium Higher fiber, full-food matrix Top performance Thorne Premium Moderate fiber, clean label Medical grade AG1 Premium / convenience Moderate Good but pricey Amazing Grass Mid Moderate–Low Value starter doTERRA Greens Premium price Low fiber Taste & value caution Generic superfood blends Budget price Low transparency Risk of low effectiveness

🧾 FIBER SUPPLEMENTS — BRANDS & VALUE GUIDE ✅ Best Value / Most Effective

• Doctor’s Best Prebiotic Powder (Sunfiber® PHGG): Clean, effective, affordable.

• Bluebonnet Sunfiber® Prebiotic Soluble Fiber: Same core ingredient, budget friendly.

• NOW Foods Psyllium Husk: Viscous fiber, highly effective for satiety, gut motility.

• Metamucil Sugar-Free: Proven brand, basic but reliable.

🎯 Premium / Specialty Tier

• Sunfiber® (Stick Packs / Travel Versions): Convenience format, slightly higher cost.

• Essential Stacks Sunfiber + Acacia Blend: Layered fiber types for more advanced gut support.

• Bob’s Red Mill Potato Starch: Resistant starch, metabolic benefits—not just a “fiber drink.”

⚠️ Brands/Formats to Avoid

• Fiber gummies (low gram dose + sugar)

• Detox “fiber drinks” with senna, cascara (not true fiber)

• Influencer-priced blends ($60–$100) with handful of grams of fiber and big marketing

• Any “fiber” product with <4g per serving unless clearly intended as microdose

🧾 Quick Brand Comparison Table

Brand Price Fiber Type Key Benefits Doctor’s Best Sunfiber® ~$20-30 PHGG (soluble, fermentable) Excellent value Bluebonnet Sunfiber® ~$20 PHGG Same core, budget variant NOW Psyllium Husk ~$15-25 Viscous soluble Satiety, gut motility Metamucil Sugar-Free ~$25-30 Psyllium Proven history Essential Stacks Sunfiber+Acacia ~$30-35+ PHGG + acacia (dual fiber) Advanced gut support Gummies / Detox blends ~$40+ Mixed or under-dosed Low value

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💌 THANK YOU (From Me to You)

Happy Thanksgiving to you — who listens, learns, shows up.
When I started this podcast I was just talking into the void.
Now thousands of you tune in.
It means everything.

I’m deeply grateful for your time, your curiosity, your willingness to think critically.

Here’s to smart supplements, strong bodies, clear minds — and choices we make with intention.

— Joanne Lee Cornish 🧡