Morning Kick Review: Will It Really Kickstart Your Health?

When a celebrity comes out with a new dietary supplement, I’m acutely interested, especially since I know my clients will be as well. So when Chuck Norris launched his Morning Kick superfood blend, I knew I had to check out its nutritional specs immediately. 

This product is an intriguing combination of prebiotics, probiotics, and superfoods, all of which are essential for overall well-being, but does it live up to its claims of energy, digestion, and joint health?

Hint: It does pretty well, but still doesn’t outperform Live it Up Super Greens.

In this article, you’ll get all the facts about Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick, so that you can decide if this greens powder is the right one for your daily routine.

Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick Quick Facts

• Key ingredients
  Fiber blend
  Bovine collagen peptides
  Greens blend containing 8 superfoods
  Ashwagandha extract
  5 billion CFU probiotics
  Other ingredients: Rebaudioside A, natural flavors, citric acid
• Flavor:
  Strawberry lemonade
  Watermelon mint
• Claimed health benefits: Supports gut health, promotes joint and muscle health, sharpens mental focus and clarity, manages stress / promotes calmness, and boosts energy levels.
• Price
  One-time purchase of 30 servings: $79.95 ($2.67 per serving)
  With a monthly subscription: $44.95 ($1.50 per serving)
• Shipping: Free shipping on U.S. orders over $50

Bottom Line: Is Morning Kick Worth a Try?

Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick delivers a decent amount of added prebiotic fiber and probiotics, but falls short on their greens by adding only half a gram (500mg) of green superfoods with a small amount of collagen and ashwagandha.

If you’re looking for a more well-rounded product, Live it Up Super Greens also contains a probiotics along with naturally-occurring fiber—which includes prebiotic fibers, digestive enzymes, and a whopping 7.3 grams (7300 mg) of green superfoods—for a more affordable price.

Compared to Morning Kick, Live it Up Super Greens has: ✅14x the amount of greens ✅Digestive enzymes for gut support ✅A vegan, non-GMO formula

What Is Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick?

Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick is the brain-child of Chuck Norris, a well-known actor and martial artist, and part of his wider shelf-stable food kits aimed to help customers stay "prepared” for any emergency situation with high-quality ingredients that help you "stay strong."

One scoop = 8.6 grams

• Calories: 20
• Carbohydrates: 4 grams
• Fiber: 4 grams
• Protein: 2 grams
• Sodium: 10 mg

Morning Kick Purported Health Benefits

Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick’s ingredients go all-in on its digestive health claims, but does that leave any room for the other ingredients to stand up to its additional purported benefits? I’m putting on my dietitian’s research hat to bring you the facts.

Benefit #1: Gut Health

This is where Morning Kick puts their money, and the product may, in fact, support your digestive health. With 5 billion CFU probiotics from one Bacillus strain and five Lactobacillus strains, this superfood formula contains an average amount of probiotics for a greens powder. 

We are starting to understand that our gut health is incredibly important not just for digestion, but for our overall health. An abundant and balanced microbiome plays a role in many of our health systems, and taking enough probiotics consistently is one important factor in the health of our gut. 

In addition to this, fiber, including prebiotic, helps feed our good bacteria. This is important because it nourishes our microbiome but also produces short chain fatty acids that are critical for the health of our gastrointestinal cells. Morning Kick features 4 grams of organic Jerusalem artichoke inulin (one of the three organic ingredients in the formula) and chicory inulin.

These ingredients support Morning Kick’s claim for gut health and digestive balance and helps make Morning Kick stand out. With that said, note that this formula is rich in FODMAPs if that's something you're trying to avoid. Morning Kick also lacks digestive enzymes, which help the body break down food and absorb nutrients.

Did You Know?

Research indicates that if we are not getting enough fiber to feed our microbiome, these bacteria still need to eat. They end up consuming the mucous barrier of our gut, which could lead to a leaky gut and even more health issues.

Benefit #2: Energy

This benefit has left me baffled. Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick contains so few superfoods and greens compared to other greens powders (example: it contains 500mg per serving versus Live it Up Super Greens’ 7300mg), which means it may not pack in enough chlorophyll, antioxidants, and micronutrients to impact energy levels. Energy production is based on getting enough of specific micronutrients, particularly from the B vitamins along with minerals phosphorus, iron, magnesium, and manganese. 

Even with chlorella, a potent algae, in the mix, Morning Kick does not utilize broken or cracked cell wall chlorella, a key factor in making sure the superfood's energy-supporting benefits are bioavailable.

Overall, I’m not sure where energy is coming from in this formula.

Benefit #3: Joint and Skin Health

Collagen is coming into its heyday, with many brands jumping to add it to their formulas. And with good cause, research is new but blooming with potential. Hydrolyzed collagen may be linked with supporting skin elasticity and hydration, as well as joint health.

I’ve been interested in this emerging dietary supplement myself, and have dug into the research about dosing. Turns out that a minimum dose to see benefits is usually around 2.5 grams and is up to 10 grams or more. 

Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick only contains 2 grams, just shy of a minimum recommended dose. If skin and joint health is your goal, you may need a different product.

Benefit #4: Promotes Calmness

This benefit is most certainly linked with Morning Kick’s inclusion of ashwagandha, an adaptogen that’s thought to help the body deal with internal and external stressors, as well as help the body resume homeostasis—or get back to normal—once the stressor has passed.

And at an effective dose, many people report feeling less fatigue and stress, perhaps even mental clarity. Morning Kick contains only 200mg of ashwagandha extract, and an effective dose of ashwagandha starts around 300mg but averages 500-600mg.

While there's unlikely to be enough ashwagandha in Morning Kick to have a significant impact, it may still offer some support in helping to "manage stress and promote calmness.”

Final Thoughts on Benefits 

As a dietitian, the number of claims about Morning Kick I found on different retailers troubles me. For example, there are additional health claims on Amazon that aren’t found on their website, including a few that feel like red flags, such as “leaner physique.”

When you search for Morning Kick, you can be easily routed to what seems like another website URL and product page, where they claim the product can help you "feel younger" and "achieve healthy weight and metabolism.”  

Despite having substance to their claims of digestive and relaxation support, these advertising inconsistencies make me turn a more critical eye on the product.

Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick Ingredients

Let’s take a deeper look at the ingredients in Morning Kick to see where this product shines.

Greens Blend

The greens blend makes up only 17% of the product. Yes, just a measly 500mg when the total serving size is 8700mg (8.7g). Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick packs in six excellent leafy greens, algae, and vegetables into this blend: spirulina, kale, organic wheatgrass, organic oat grass, alfalfa, barley grass, chlorella, and lemon.

Leafy greens are incredibly important for our health. Being rich in micronutrients and antioxidants they help to greatly shape many health concerns.

Unfortunately, with just a half a gram of greens, it’s likely not as nutrient dense as many other greens powders. The sprinkle of greens atop a load of great fiber and probiotics feels just for show, in my opinion.

Did You Know?

Morning Kick uses whole chlorella, which cannot be broken down by the body. Always look for a product with ‘cracked’ or ‘broken cell wall’ chlorella.

Probiotic Blend

As mentioned above, this is where Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick shines. Five billion CFU probiotics is within the recommended daily dose and it also contains multiple strains, which means there may be synergism between the probiotics, potentially leading to additional benefits.

Additional Ingredients

• Fiber. With 4 grams of organic Jerusalem artichoke inulin and chicory inulin, Morning Kick provides a dose of prebiotic fiber that may help support your gut health.
• Adaptogens: Ashwagandha, which may fall short of its intended benefits.
• Bovine collagen peptides. These have potential benefits for skin and joint health, but you may need more than what this product provides. And don’t forget, these are derived from cows, so if you are vegan or vegetarian, this product is not right for you

Morning Kick Quality and Certifications

The good news is that Roundhouse Provisions does pay attention to quality. Morning Kick is third-party tested and manufactured in a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certified facility. The product is made in the USA with “imported and domestic components.” 

For many, organic ingredients are an important factor when deciding on a dietary supplement to take. Unfortunately, only three ingredients in Morning Kick are organic. 

Of note: Morning Kick has some official-looking emblems like “Made to survive” and “Chuck Norris approved” that may be misleading for consumers. They look similar to certifications like gluten-free and non-GMO, so be sure you read over the product packaging thoroughly and critically for your health needs.

Live it Up Super Greens also focuses on high quality with third-party testing and manufacturing in GMP-certified facilities in the USA. Yet, they take it to the next level by being made with organic vegetables. 

Morning Kick Cost Analysis

• One-time purchase of a 30-serving jar: $79.95 ($2.67 per serving)
  With subscription: $44.95 ($1.66 per serving)
• One-time purchase of 90 servings (3 jars): $215.85 
  With subscription: $119.85
• One-time purchase of 180 servings (6 jars): $407.70
  With subscription: $227.70

Shipping is only free for orders over $50.

90-day money-back guarantee: 100% money back if you don’t like the product after 90 days. They mention that “Every order from Roundhouse Provisions is backed by our 100% money back satisfaction guarantee.”

Note that many customers who buy through Amazon only have 60 days to return the product, a few have mentioned this as a negative. Additionally, the Roundhouse Provisions website was needlessly complex to navigate, with sometimes varying information on prices and how to buy. Some customers have also complained about the difficulty of canceling their subscriptions.

Though Morning Kick is not as expensive as AG1, it’s definitely pricier than other products that I think are of similar or better quality, like Live it Up Super Greens ($1.33 per serving with a subscription).

Morning Kick Taste Review

This health supplement has two sweet flavors: strawberry lemonade and watermelon mint. Many health-conscious individuals who started taking Morning Kick liken the taste to Crystal Light. This product is sweetened with stevia, a non-caloric plant-based sweetener that some say has a noticeable aftertaste.

Morning Kick reviews on the taste of Morning Kick are mostly positive, noting they "love the flavor" and it "tastes pretty good." Still, a number of people (including myself) struggled with a gritty texture, saying "you have to keep mixing it or parts settle."

There are also a few Morning Kick reviews showing lower customer satisfaction and inconsistencies when ordering from Amazon vs. the company website.

Live it Up Super Greens uses monk fruit, also a plant-derived non-caloric sweetener. However, most people do not detect the chemical-like aftertaste that some Morning Kick customers noticed with the stevia. Plus, with two subtly sweet flavors, Original with a hint of mint and Wild Berry with a berry and citrus zing, it has something for everyone. 

Live it Up Super Greens: The Top Morning Kick Alternative

Morning Kick is a great formula if your primary focus is fiber and probiotics for gut health, but it falls short in a few ways:

• Very small amount of green superfoods compared to other greens powders
• Small doses of key ingredients they highlight, like collagen and ashwagandha
• Only three organic ingredients
• No digestive enzymes
• Not vegan
• Somewhat expensive

For these reasons, I much prefer Live it Up Super Greens over Roundhouse Morning Kick. Super Greens contains ample leafy greens, vegetables, algae, roots, and herbs. Since these are ground whole, they provide all the different types of fibers needed for whole-body health. It also contains 7.3 grams of greens (3 cups of veggies!), packing in more per scoop than Morning Kick.

Super Greens includes 5 billion CFU probiotics, along with four digestive enzymes for even more digestive support. This non-GMO formula is vegan, soy-free, nut-free, and always third-party tested for quality. More importantly, our greens powder delivers, and 76% of Super Greens users in a clinical study reported feeling healthier overall with daily use after 90 days.

Now, as a dietitian who has worked with hundreds of clients, it’s true that everybody and every body are different. Your needs will vary, and so finding the right supplement that fits your goals is quite important. And don’t forget, these supplements should never replace a diet full of whole fruits and vegetables. 

Morning Kick FAQs

Here’s a little more information to help you decide whether incorporating Morning Kick is the right choice for you.

Where is Roundhouse Morning Kick sold?

Morning Kick is sold on Amazon, as well as on the official Roundhouse Provisions website. Note that if you purchase through Amazon, you are subject to Amazon’s return policy, not the 90-day money-back guarantee offered through the Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick website.

Does Morning Kick have collagen?

Yes, Morning Kick contains 2 grams of Bovine collagen peptides. Collagen peptides are the same as hydrolyzed collagen. Note that a minimally effective dose of collagen peptides is 2.5 grams, so drinking Morning Kick may not meet your full needs. Additionally, Morning Kick uses bovine collagen, which is derived from cows, so it is not vegan or vegetarian.

Does Morning Kick have artificial sweeteners?

No, Morning Kick does not contain artificial sweeteners. It does, however, contain stevia (Reb A), which some people think has a chemical-like after taste. Stevia leaf is a plant-based non-caloric sweetener.

How much caffeine is in Roundhouse Morning Kick?

Morning Kick does not contain caffeine. While it claims energy level support comes from its greens blend, we are uncertain where that energy may be derived, as the product has few greens. 

What are the benefits of Roundhouse Morning Kick?

Drinking Morning Kick has several claimed benefits, including: 

• Supports gut health
• Promotes joint and muscle health
• Boosts energy
• Promotes calmness and manages stress
• Sharpens mental focus and clarity

While taking this health supplement daily may support your gut health, there may not be enough of the other ingredients to provide benefits for joint and skin health, energy levels, focus, and relaxing the mind.

When should I use Morning Kick?

Many people add this dietary supplement to their morning routine for a natural energy boost and the digestive system support that Morning Kick offers. It can also help start your day with intention. Starting Morning Kick while in combination with a healthy lifestyle may help manage stress and support a healthy gut microbiome. 

Does Roundhouse Provisions Morning Kick help you lose weight?

Morning Kick is not a weight loss supplement. The most important factors for weight loss are a quality, balanced diet that includes a calorie deficit, and incorporating exercise into an active lifestyle. In today's fast-paced world, dietary supplements like Morning Kick may help you get essential ingredients needed for gut health and stress management, which then plays a role in your overall wellness.

This article is for informational purposes only and is not medical advice or individualized nutrition counseling. Please consult a qualified healthcare provider before making changes to supplements or medications. Any product or brand mentions are for general information and don’t guarantee results.

About Rachel Gargano, MS, RD, CBS | Chief Registered Dietitian at Live it Up

Rachel is a registered dietitian based in Contra Costa County, California, with over 15 years experience.

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