Vega Whole Food Health Optimizer Review

I've been on the look out for a vegan vitamin supplement for a few months now. After discussing my new found veggie diet with a colleague of mine (she happens to be a Spinning instructor), she told me about Vega. She said she used it to supplement her diet. She's a flexatarian. Of course, with my attention span equating that of a newt, I kept forgetting the name of the product or even looking it up. Now bare with me, there's a couple of twists to this story so if I bore you, just skip to the end.

Fast forward two months, and after reading Skinny Bitch, I decided to try out "only fruits for breakfast" theory. That didn't work out too well. My stomach was rumbling two hours after the banana and apple. One morning, I had my banana and after the short 20 minute subway ride to downtown, I was already ravenous for more food. I went to Liquid Nutrition to get a shake and there I saw in their menu, The Vega shake. It clicked! That was the supplement my colleague was talking about. I ordered it and that held me over until mid-afternoon, and was only 400 cals for the shake.

Vega is more than a vitamin supplement, it's a whole food supplement, basically acting as a meal replacement or recovery drink after a vigourous workout and is completely vegan.

I bought a container, and had serious sticker shock, $41 for the 8 servings jar!!!! But it's worth every penny. I now make myself a smoothie for breakfast with a banana, some frozen organic berries, soy milk and a half serving of Vega. Even my painful acne has completely cleared up after 10 days of use. Just one word of advice, don't buy the "plain" flavor. The vanilla chai has an overwhelming licorice taste that makes it impossible to drink... It taste awful. The chocolate is descent, the berries is perfect for smoothies.