Shakeology - my take

These are just a few preliminary thoughts I had while glancing from the Shakeology ingredient lists on my packets to the dosages of several of the same supplements in my kitchen.

At first glance, I think that Shakeology contains some hard-to-find, exotic, valuable supplements like Sacha Inchi powder; and also some easier-to-find, very valuable things like the horrible-tasting maca root. I also noted that their "proprietary blends" often contain far less than the recommended amounts of specific supplements in some cases (the digestive enzymes, for instance), and adequate amounts in other cases (ashwagandha, flax, and MSM, for example).

But our bodies evolved eating WHOLE foods, not powdered, encapsulated versions or derivatives thereof, so it is still better to obtain nutrients from food. Commercialized forms like this "trick" our bodies, and often our systems don't know how to metabolize them. However, given the average American diet and our federal subsidization of harmful additives in all foods, I think that Shakeology is very helpful in general.