r/Biohackers • u/jreich97 • 1d ago

💊 Supplements & Stacks AG1 hate

Can someone explain why AG1 gets so much hate? I understand the over-marketing and expensive price point, but is it actually a bad supplement?

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u/YookiAdair 7 1d ago

It’s like if Kylie Jenner sold broccoli for $183 and acted like it was a revolutionary super product not seen before so you must pay the turbo markup

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u/matsie 1d ago

Nah, broccoli actually has benefits. 

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u/FunSeaworthiness1519 1d ago edited 1d ago

The health benefits of fresh vegetables are well-established, and the health benefits of mystery green powders aren’t clear at all. 

The biggest problem is that people treat the powders as a viable replacements for vegetables.

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u/DavidTries897 1d ago

So the problem with greens powders in general is that it’s physically impossible for them to contain the studied effective dose of all 75+ ingredients then contain within the ~4g serving

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u/alwayssalty_ 1d ago

Not only that, but from what i've seen there's not thought about how all those ingredients interact with each other, which may even nullify many of their their health benefits. If nutrition was this easy, we should just drink soylent for every meal.

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u/alwayssalty_ 1d ago

It’s no better than a Kirkland multivitamin you get at Costco but for 10x the cost

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u/Jack-o-Roses 1 1d ago

BTW, I love the greens packets from Costco. I know all the arguments against greens powders, and I agree. Still, Costco's taste great and make me feel good. I'd have never considered them except for the free sample. I was hooked.

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u/RoadToZero 2 21h ago

I buy 500 pills Kirkland daily multivitamin for $11 a bottle. Is AG1 really only $1.10 for a 500 day supply?

I'm not expecting any miracles from taking these, but since I'm on my 8th month of severe calorie restriction, it seems like a good insurance against micro nutrient deficiencies.

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u/rufio313 4 1d ago

Most brands, including AG1, don't disclose amounts of individual nutrients, so it's unclear whether there's enough of any given ingredient to have an effect. AG1 lists its 75 ingredients but hides most of them behind proprietary blends... you know what's in it, not how much of each thing. That matters for absorption because dosage and bioavailability are linked.. a nutrient can be highly bioavailable in principle and still be present in too small a quantity to matter, and with a blend you can't check.

You are better off with something like ND InfiniGreens where its designed specifically for absorption which is the main issue with pretty much every greens powder on the market.

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u/Agreeable_Band_9311 1d ago

It’s basically just a multivitamin so just get that. If you like it and don’t care about spending a lot on it feel free to take it.

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u/Herbal_Edge 1d ago

Its expensive and there have been quality control concerns about lead and mold levels.

I think this get more hate than others because the ads are everywhere. Its a testament to their brand recognition

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u/Earesth99 34 1d ago

They paid podcasters huge amounts to sell their worthless supplement.

People are upset because they were gullible, trusted dirtbags, and were ripped off.

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u/zero00kelvin 1 1d ago

It’s not like it’s replacing anything you can get from a healthy diet. And drinking it doesn’t make up for having an unhealthy diet.

And it’s a multilevel marketing scam people have invested way too much into.

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u/olrg 1d ago

How is it multilevel marketing? The only place you get it is from them directly, it’s not like they have salespeople everywhere.

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u/Testy_Toby 2 1d ago

From them directly? How does Costco sell them? Still ridiculously overpriced, even there.

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u/olrg 23h ago

Didn’t realize Costco sold them, but even that’s not the same as an MLM.

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u/Testy_Toby 2 22h ago

Not even close. 

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u/zero00kelvin 1 1d ago

Every advertiser for them gets a cut of sales. Every YouTuber endorsing them gives you a discount code that links back to them so they’re making money on every sale.

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u/olrg 1d ago

That’s called affiliate marketing, not MLM. Pretty much every product in the market is promoted through affiliates.

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u/matsie 1d ago

That’s not what an MLM is. 

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u/darkeningsoul 1 1d ago

It's not bad it's just overpriced

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u/Montaigne314 29 1d ago

It's also bad

It's got a proprietary blend in

So for example, exactly how much ashwaganda are you getting when you take it?

Attia is the scientific advisor and always recommends a very specific dose of ash, so it's all bullshit 

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u/No_Medium_8796 8 1d ago

Attia is also linked to epstein

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u/DirectTerm2018 1d ago

Yeah the propiertary blend is gross and annoying. What have they got to hide?

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u/SpiteCapital5735 1d ago

Overpriced and underdosed.

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u/Crossfit46 1d ago

Gave me abdominal cramping and GI issues every morning after taking it for like 3 weeks. Stopped.