Is AG1 (Athletic Greens) A Scam?!

if you're anything like me you probably fall asleep at night listening to Joe Rogan and then bam this episode is brought to you by athletic greens every single influencer and every single big podcast is talking about athletic green so I decided to take it upon myself to figure out whether or not this ag-1 is worth the hype so what even is athletic green sponsors athletic Green Athletic greens ag1 well according to their advert it's this eg1 by athletic greens brings 75 vitamins minerals Whole Food sourced ingredients probiotics and adaptogens together in one place it might just be the most comprehensive and convenient nutritional regimen on the planet ah now Straight Out of the Box now there are two things that are going to be different about this review compared to others the first one I've never even tried it and the second thing this is definitely not sponsored across social media I've got over 4 million followers and I've never done an endorsement or a paid post so I have zero Financial incentive to chat shite about anything now as far as reviews I went across YouTube and the majority of them seem pretty positive it actually looked like the majority of influencers were arsenic in the brand however then I decided to look Underground Across Reddit forums and the reviews were not so positive the first thing we need to talk about is the price I do not mind spending money when it comes to making content but this was 99 US Dollars it was 90 quid it was 180 Australian dollars for this tiny little pouch one is that little water bottle supposed to make me feel better about it just want to know why I think some of the reviews are so positive on YouTube I think a lot of people bought this and the second they got it out the box they went my my I've just spent nearly a hundred pounds on a pouch of green powder so they go find a positive review they can watch to make themselves feel warm and fuzzy about it inside of the boxes you're going to need a smaller cabinet no you're going to need a bigger bank account 90 pounds 100 US dollars 180 what's in it for that kind of money you would hope there's cocaine in it I'm just not sure how you could justify 90 pounds a month on this before we get into the purported benefits and I said the purported benefits we need to appreciate that this is more expensive than most Swiss gym memberships you get a gym membership with a hot tub my online personal training platform is half the price of this pouch of powder a month you can nearly get a car in finance a month instead of this when I open the box I expected there to be like a something bigger I don't think anyone's been so devastated about something being so small since the third date I had my current misses now I actually know why every bag of this is so expensive and I'm going to tell you at the end it's a truth you might not want to hear but let's first of all get into the ingredients when we look at the vitamins and minerals that are inside this we can say that it's a pretty decent amount and collection of these but I suspect that not many people are taking this for a multivitamin because they could get a multivitamin for a fraction of the cost now I know probiotics are a big trendy thing and a lot of people want to feel good that they're doing something for their gut microbiota and when we look at the research and the data that we do know we know that prebiotics are better than probiotics prebiotics being fiber fruit and vegetables so the research seems to really clearly suggest that eating in a fiber which is again a Prebiotic that that is a better way to get a healthier gut per se than probiotic if you really care and want the benefits to your gut you should be eating more fruits and vegetables not probiotic powder and one of the biggest issues I see with this is there are a lot of us out there that do not consume enough fruit and vegetables so we're looking for a magical solution around it so we grab a bag of this however the big issue is if you're going to drink a glass of this in the morning you're going to go through the day thinking I don't need to eat fruits and vegetables because I had my greens powder and this is no way going to be superior to consuming fruits and vegetables but missing the forest for the trees if you're not consuming enough fruits and vegetables for your gut then consume more fruit and vegetables the benefits would be better and significantly cheaper no doubt that when people start consuming this they will consume less fruit and vegetables they will consume less prebiotics for a manufactured and processed probiotic so it's going backwards so let's get into what's actually inside it to really get an idea of exactly what is inside it you're better off looking on the website but even then you're going to find out they've got something called a proprietary blend which you could argue is not giving away exactly what your product is or your competitors can't create a carbon copy and price you at the market but the reality is you don't have to tell the people buying your product how much of each product you put in it now I'm not going to bore you with a massive science lesson but some very smart nutritionists on the internet have pointed out the fact that spirulina is the first thing that's mentioned and it's supposed to be in the order of the heaviest compound first now the evidence states that you need about eight grams of Spirulina to really get the benefits from it however the servings are 12 grams so if spirulina alone is going to take up two-thirds of the serving well that doesn't leave much room for everything else in the blend and when you see how many ingredients are in this let's say even if there was two grams of each of the first five ingredients that means the other 20 ingredients are only going to fill up 2 grams you get to dosages and efficacy really the majority of these things in here are just the way to virtually signal how good the product is without the product actually being that good and as far as people actually saying that they feel better taking the product well Placebo you're drinking a green juice in the morning that's supposed to make you feel healthier you're probably going to feel healthier not to mention you probably get to work and see a pastry and you go no not today because I'm taking my very expensive greens juice and there's no point taking a green juice so I'm going to get to work and have a pastry it's the same reason people can make good progress taking fat strippers no not big girls on poles like fat loss pills it's not even the stimulants in these pills create fat loss it's that when people spend 50 Quid on a pot of pills they're more inclined to exercise and go to the gym and be active because they want the pills to work that they spent all their money on and really it's just green tea extract and other rubbish now we can't talk about athletic greens unless we're going to talk about the marketing when Joe Rogan signed to Spotify in 2019 it said he had 190 million downloads a month so let's be conservative and say he's got 200 million and this isn't mentioning any of the other podcasts or sponsorships with Andrew Schultz or Andrew huberman so let's say 200 million downloads and that's being really conservative so let's imagine that 0.01 of people that listen actually bought the product and I know what you're thinking not everyone that listened it was only a matter of time until I bought it from being woken up in the middle of the night this podcast is sponsored by athletic greens OG one I could have had a therapy session for the cost of this I've heard on the Grapevine that the commissions are up to 50 US dollars not just per purchase is but every purchase there are on in so if you end up buying 12 of these a year one a month there's Kickback for that person that got you involved every month until you stop but on the website it states thirty dollars but most people never speculate the amount they actually give people to sign people up like whoop for instance they don't openly tell people that they give people 50 US dollars per person they bring on so when someone says hey join a free Boop they're getting 50 US dollars for it anyway 0.01 of 200 million is yes 20 000. 20 000 people being super conservative well yeah that's 600 000 US dollars a month seven million dollars a year now let me tell you this if I did paid posts or promotions seven million dollars a year let's take this tasting pretty good right now yeah I felt a lot of benefits to my energy to my yep you know my sex drive was increased and God bless it was athletic greens would you promote powdered vegetables with a sprinkled multivitamin from 7 million for the majority of us reported Seven Grand a year plus this is Joe Rogan they're paying him way more they're probably if you had any brains in a marketing team you'd sell this at Cost you'd give them 100 of your profit because you're getting it on the Joe Rogan podcast and look I'm not even someone that's drunk it I haven't even tried it yet I'll probably have to to make the thumbnail for the video but what I'm saying is before resorting to supplement or greens powder eat more fruit and vegetables for a start than before Splash in loads on a multivitamin get some blood work done and see if you're actually deficient in something and my biggest bug bear with this is the extortionate cost of this you're not paying for the product you're also paying for the marketing that went into place for this product to end up at your front door this was 99 US dollars probably 50 of that went to different people to put it on their podcast and say how amazing it is the famous saying online is beware the words of those whose Pockets aligned for their tongues May dance with this I even found a Forbes article and I was like right cool sponsored it even says at the top up here sponsored article you scroll down by now they're getting commissioned everyone's getting kicked back everyone that's talking about this product is getting paid to talk about it creates an echo chamber everyone's own guns Pro it's amazing they're buying their popularity and I'm not gonna say it but it feels a bit like Egypt and here all of a sudden doesn't it feeling a bit pyramidy a minus personal opinion if you look at Wikipedia it says a pyramid scheme is a business model that recruits members via a promise of payments or services for enrolling others into the scheme but I'm going to leave that up to you to decide but before that use my commission code I mean uh my discount code and that discount code is eat your fruit and vegetables thanks for watching

Channel: James Smith

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Length: 9min 18sec (558 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 04 2023