Spirulina - Nature’s Gift to the Body
Designed by nature 3.6 billion years ago, these blue-green algae were the generators of the oxygen found in our atmosphere which allowed all higher life forms to evolve. The single cells contained everything needed by life to evolve into the rich diversity we find on earth today. These tiny blue-green spiral coils harvest the energy of the sun and turn it into a treasure chest of bio-available nutrients.
Spirulina is a great wholefood, and alternative to isolated vitamins and minerals. It contains the most remarkable concentration of nutrients known in any food, plant, grain, or herb. It is 60% highly digestible vegetable protein, and contains the highest concentration of beta carotene, vitamin B-12, iron and trace minerals, and the rare essential fatty acid GLA (Gamma Linolenic Acid) which is very good for the brain, and missing in people who weren’t breast fed. It also contains popular glyconutrients in the form of polysaccharides.
It has a balanced spectrum of amino acids, cleansing chlorophyll which is necessary for red blood cell production, and the blue pigment phycocyanin which enhances Stem Cell production. Biochemical Biophysical Research Community Journal, 2003, reports a finding that phycocyanin, one of the major biliproteins of Spirulina with antioxidant and scavenging properties, may inhibit inflammation and uncontrolled, abnormal cell growth through Cox-2 inhibition, resulting in apoptosis of those cells.
Health benefits of Spirulina
Spirulina works in many ways to balance and strengthen our health. Its rich array of nutrients provides a strong foundation so we are less vulnerable to invading bacteria and viruses. It supplies essential minerals that may be missing from conventional foods grown in depleted soils. Spirulina grows in water containing ionic trace minerals that are absorbed and chelated by the organism, creating a colloidal form easily absorbed by our bodies.
The prime directive of our bodies is to support our immune system. When our immune system is stressed it draws down metabolic energy. People with immune system imbalances may feel chronic fatigue and low energy. Spirulina can help balance and stabilize the immune system, freeing up metabolic energy for vitality, healing and assimilation of nutrients. Its polysaccharides enhance cellular communication processes and the ability to read and repair DNA. People taking Spirulina usually feel greatly energized. Spirulina also stimulates the immune system by enhancing the production of antibodies and cytokines. Under the influence of Spirulina, macrophages, T and B cells, are activated.
Spirulina contributes to the growth and preservation of the resident intestinal microflora, especially lactic acid bacilli and bifidobacteria, and to a decreased level of Candida albicans.
The 2005 Current Pharmacological Biotechnology journal reports a study finding that Spirulina increases immunity through increased phagocytic activity of macrophages, stimulates production of antibodies and cytokines, increases accumulation of NK cells into tissue, and activates and mobilizes T and B cells. Development of abnormal cells was inhibited due to the antioxidant properties that help protect and reduce toxicity of the liver, kidney and testes.
The United Nations and the World Health Organization recommend Spirulina as safe and nutritious for children and adults alike.
DXN grows our own Organic Spirulina. Bottles of 120 or 500 tablets are 250 mg each for fast absorption by the body and are pure Spirulina. No fillers or binders are used.
Spirulina is a great wholefood, and alternative to isolated vitamins and minerals. It contains the most remarkable concentration of nutrients known in any food, plant, grain, or herb. It is 60% highly digestible vegetable protein, and contains the highest concentration of beta carotene, vitamin B-12, iron and trace minerals, and the rare essential fatty acid GLA (Gamma Linolenic Acid) which is very good for the brain, and missing in people who weren’t breast fed. It also contains popular glyconutrients in the form of polysaccharides.
It has a balanced spectrum of amino acids, cleansing chlorophyll which is necessary for red blood cell production, and the blue pigment phycocyanin which enhances Stem Cell production. Biochemical Biophysical Research Community Journal, 2003, reports a finding that phycocyanin, one of the major biliproteins of Spirulina with antioxidant and scavenging properties, may inhibit inflammation and uncontrolled, abnormal cell growth through Cox-2 inhibition, resulting in apoptosis of those cells.
Health benefits of Spirulina
Spirulina works in many ways to balance and strengthen our health. Its rich array of nutrients provides a strong foundation so we are less vulnerable to invading bacteria and viruses. It supplies essential minerals that may be missing from conventional foods grown in depleted soils. Spirulina grows in water containing ionic trace minerals that are absorbed and chelated by the organism, creating a colloidal form easily absorbed by our bodies.
The prime directive of our bodies is to support our immune system. When our immune system is stressed it draws down metabolic energy. People with immune system imbalances may feel chronic fatigue and low energy. Spirulina can help balance and stabilize the immune system, freeing up metabolic energy for vitality, healing and assimilation of nutrients. Its polysaccharides enhance cellular communication processes and the ability to read and repair DNA. People taking Spirulina usually feel greatly energized. Spirulina also stimulates the immune system by enhancing the production of antibodies and cytokines. Under the influence of Spirulina, macrophages, T and B cells, are activated.
Spirulina contributes to the growth and preservation of the resident intestinal microflora, especially lactic acid bacilli and bifidobacteria, and to a decreased level of Candida albicans.
The 2005 Current Pharmacological Biotechnology journal reports a study finding that Spirulina increases immunity through increased phagocytic activity of macrophages, stimulates production of antibodies and cytokines, increases accumulation of NK cells into tissue, and activates and mobilizes T and B cells. Development of abnormal cells was inhibited due to the antioxidant properties that help protect and reduce toxicity of the liver, kidney and testes.
The United Nations and the World Health Organization recommend Spirulina as safe and nutritious for children and adults alike.
DXN grows our own Organic Spirulina. Bottles of 120 or 500 tablets are 250 mg each for fast absorption by the body and are pure Spirulina. No fillers or binders are used.
Spirulina - The "Superfood"
With the usual three square meals a day, plus the snacks that sometimes go in between, our bodily system is revved up for a whole day of hard work – either in the house, in the office, or at school. The same intake becomes our first line of defense against lifestyle stress, pollution, radiation, or toxic chemicals.
In today's pie graph of food choices, processed foods take a big chunk. Often the "no-choice" option of the busy people, these processed foods only fill the tummy but are nutritionally empty. Bring in the hard work again and you have a system that is left vulnerable to poor health and low energy. That's bad news.
On the good side of the news: We can protect our bodies with a plant that, no matter how small, stores powerful, concentrated nutrients. How powerful? This tiny plant has loads of these essential nutrients:
This burst of nutrients is easy-to-digest and is absorbed quickly.
With these credentials, this plant, not surprisingly, was named superfood in the 1990s. This recognition came after soooooooo many years - 3.5 billion years, in fact. Why, that's how long this plant has evolved! And that span of evolution made it nature's longest living food.
Needless to say, spirulina's billion-year existence is proof that this toughie survived even the worst environmental conditions that left other animal and plant species, well, extinct. And this amazing alga's resilience, seemingly, has a noble purpose - to answer for health dilemmas of the modern people.
Spirulina and Anemia
Iron deficiency, the most common nutrient deficiency worldwide, results in condition known as Iron Anemia, prevalent among women, children, older people, or women on weight loss diets. While iron builds healthy red blood cells and strong immune system, over the counter iron supplements are most commonly not well absorbed by the human body.
But spirulina's iron content was proven effective in a 30-day study involving eight young women with hypochronic anemia (blood hemoglobin content is lower than normal). With four grams of spirulina after each meal, the subjects� blood hemoglobin content increased by 21% - from 10.9 to 13.2 - a satisfactory level not anymore considered anemic.
Spirulina and Cholesterol
High cholesterol levels, which we get from the food we eat, lead to high risks of strokes and heart attacks. Dietary improvements thus, are common slogans of campaigns promoting fat-reducing practices in meal preparation.
In Japan, thirty male employees diagnosed with high cholesterol, mild hypertension, and hyperlipidemia (abnormally high concentration of fats in the blood) were subjects of a study. These subjects were asked not to change their diet, except adding spirulina. After four weeks, total serum cholesterol dropped from 244 to 233 (4.5%).
Spirulina and Cancer
Several health books agree that foods and herbs that contain high levels of chlorophyll, a pigment that spirulina is rich in, show pharmacological evidence of cancer prevention. An explanation made by "One Earth Herbal Sourcebook" author Allan Keith Tillotston suggests that pigments in such foods "bind and thus stimulate excretion of cancer-causing chemicals." When this happens, naturally occurring cancer cells (yes, they are just there) will be stopped from developing into symptomatic cancer.
For example, laboratory animals used in an Oregon State University were exposed to cancer-causing substance. Results of the study had it that those that were given chlorophyll supplement before the exposure developed far fewer tumors than those that were not given the supplement.
Having read all of these good things about spirulina, we now know that there is more to the enticing blue-green facade of this amazing alga.�The favorable nutritional profile of this nature's gift is an inviting entrance to a healthier you.
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In today's pie graph of food choices, processed foods take a big chunk. Often the "no-choice" option of the busy people, these processed foods only fill the tummy but are nutritionally empty. Bring in the hard work again and you have a system that is left vulnerable to poor health and low energy. That's bad news.
On the good side of the news: We can protect our bodies with a plant that, no matter how small, stores powerful, concentrated nutrients. How powerful? This tiny plant has loads of these essential nutrients:
This burst of nutrients is easy-to-digest and is absorbed quickly.
With these credentials, this plant, not surprisingly, was named superfood in the 1990s. This recognition came after soooooooo many years - 3.5 billion years, in fact. Why, that's how long this plant has evolved! And that span of evolution made it nature's longest living food.
Needless to say, spirulina's billion-year existence is proof that this toughie survived even the worst environmental conditions that left other animal and plant species, well, extinct. And this amazing alga's resilience, seemingly, has a noble purpose - to answer for health dilemmas of the modern people.
Spirulina and Anemia
Iron deficiency, the most common nutrient deficiency worldwide, results in condition known as Iron Anemia, prevalent among women, children, older people, or women on weight loss diets. While iron builds healthy red blood cells and strong immune system, over the counter iron supplements are most commonly not well absorbed by the human body.
But spirulina's iron content was proven effective in a 30-day study involving eight young women with hypochronic anemia (blood hemoglobin content is lower than normal). With four grams of spirulina after each meal, the subjects� blood hemoglobin content increased by 21% - from 10.9 to 13.2 - a satisfactory level not anymore considered anemic.
Spirulina and Cholesterol
High cholesterol levels, which we get from the food we eat, lead to high risks of strokes and heart attacks. Dietary improvements thus, are common slogans of campaigns promoting fat-reducing practices in meal preparation.
In Japan, thirty male employees diagnosed with high cholesterol, mild hypertension, and hyperlipidemia (abnormally high concentration of fats in the blood) were subjects of a study. These subjects were asked not to change their diet, except adding spirulina. After four weeks, total serum cholesterol dropped from 244 to 233 (4.5%).
Spirulina and Cancer
Several health books agree that foods and herbs that contain high levels of chlorophyll, a pigment that spirulina is rich in, show pharmacological evidence of cancer prevention. An explanation made by "One Earth Herbal Sourcebook" author Allan Keith Tillotston suggests that pigments in such foods "bind and thus stimulate excretion of cancer-causing chemicals." When this happens, naturally occurring cancer cells (yes, they are just there) will be stopped from developing into symptomatic cancer.
For example, laboratory animals used in an Oregon State University were exposed to cancer-causing substance. Results of the study had it that those that were given chlorophyll supplement before the exposure developed far fewer tumors than those that were not given the supplement.
Having read all of these good things about spirulina, we now know that there is more to the enticing blue-green facade of this amazing alga.�The favorable nutritional profile of this nature's gift is an inviting entrance to a healthier you.
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