Goodbye Kale Smoothie, Hello Chlorophyll Water
The health drink we’re all obsessing over now is just one in the history of many.
Cheers, everyone! It’s time to get out your mason jar, we’re drinking chlorophyll. Whether you buy water pre-chlorophylled or add it yourself, you’ll be joining countless people all drinking the compound, which asserts a variety of health benefits.
Morgan Greenwald writes in NBC News, “Chlorophyll is the pigment found in plants that gives them their green hue.” Chlorophyll drops and liquid supplements, however, actually contain chlorophyllin, “a semi-synthetic mixture of water-soluble sodium copper salts derived from chlorophyll,” according to the Micronutrient Information Center of Oregon State University. While there are proven benefits to chlorophyll as eaten in green plants, whether it is beneficial to drink such liquid supplements is still debated by experts.
Many on TikTok swear by it, though. They’ve been documenting their journeys consuming the supplement on the app for others to learn about and follow.
