Spirulina (ARTHROSPIRA)
Spirulina is a blue-green algae.
The name "spirulina" is derived from the Latin word for "helix"
or "spiral"; denoting the physical configuration of the organism
when it forms swirling, microscopic strands. Spirulina is relatively
large, attaining sizes of 0.5 millimeters in length. This is about
100 times the size of most other algae, which makes some individual
Spirulina cells visible to the naked eye. Its adaptation to heat
also assures that Spirulina retains its nutritional value when subject
to high temperatures during processing and shelf storage, unlike
many plant foods that rapidly deteriorate at high temperatures.
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Spirulina
Spirulina is a powerful tonic for
the immune system. Medical scientists find it not only stimulates
the immune system, it actually enhances the body's ability to generate
new blood cells.
Spirulina also provides high concentrations
of many other nutrients - amino acids, chelated minerals, pigmentations,
rhamnose sugars (complex natural plant sugars), trace elements,
enzymes - that are in an easily assimilable form. Spirulina is the
best vegetable protein source, with a protein content of 65%, higher
than any other natural food. Yet, aneven greater value is found
in its concentration of vitamins, minerals and other unusual nutrients.
In Western overfed food culture loaded with unhealthy and depleted
foods, spirulina can renourish our bodies and renew our health.
This ability of Spirulina to grow
in hot and alkaline environments ensures its hygienic status, as
no other organisms can survive to pollute the waters in which this
algae thrives. Unlike the stereotypical association of microorganisms
with "germs" and "scum", Spirulina is in fact one of the cleanest,
most naturally sterile foods found in nature.
Spirulina is also unusual among
algae because it is a "nuclear plant" meaning it is on the developmental
cusp between plants and animals. It is considered somewhat above
plants because it does not have the hard cellulose membranes characteristic
of plant cells, nor does it have a well-defined nucleus. Yet its
metabolic system is based on photosynthesis, a process of direct
food energy production utilizing sunlight and chlorophyll, which
is typical of plant life forms.
- Effects Cancer and the Immune
System.
- Cholesterol reduction.
- Natural beta carotene and cancer
prevention.
- Anti-cancer tumor effects.
- Enhances the immune system.
- Sulfolipid extracts from blue-green
algae stop HIV.
- Effects against diabetes and
hypertension.
- Builds healthy lactobacillus.
- Benefits for malnourished children.
- Iron bioavailability and correction
of anemia.
- Weight loss research.
Spirulina is one of the few plant
sources of vitamin B12, usually found only in animal tissues. Spirulina
is a powerful way to enhance longevity and immune health naturally.
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