Before chlorophyll became the internet’s obsession, it made its cameo decade ago, when Marvel superhero Iron Man aka Tony Stark was shown drinking the green drink in order to detox his body from palladium.
It absorbs sunlight and helps convert it into energy through the process of photosynthesis for the plants.
Netizens on Twitter have praised chlorophyll water for making their breath smell fresh, and many have even claimed that its regular consumption has cleared their acne.
Speaking to GQ, Dr Rupy Aujla, an NHS medical doctor who specialises in nutritional medicine and runs The Doctor’s Kitchen, explained that eating green vegetables is far more beneficial than drinking chlorophyll water.
The benefits of eating plants is increased with multiple other ingredients found in dark green vegetables, such as fibre, sulforaphane.
Aujla also cautioned that even though chlorophyll is not harmful in small doses, the supplement industry selling the substance is not held to the same medical standards as the pharmaceutical industry is.
However, Boston-based registered dietitian Alex Aldeborgh was less sceptical and told Forbes that there are many proposed benefits of consuming chlorophyll which include weight loss, detoxification, cancer prevention and blood-building and oxygenating.