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Spirulina benefits
How does Spirulina grow?
There are four major conditions for growing Spirulina.
- Tropical weather
- Strong sunshine
- Pure water resource
- Pollution free environment
It is not possible to grow Commercial Spirulina culture in a cold or temperate area. Spirulina needs consistent high temperature which helps it’s growth. Spirulina will not grow anywhere that has constant low temperature (under 25 degrees). Under 20c degrees Spirulina will stop reproducing and die in a short time.
Spirulina absorbs sunshine and then creates a reaction in it's cells. When this reaction starts, Spirulina will produce the nutrients in the cell and will convert carbon dioxide into oxygen. Strong sunshine helps Spirulina produce more nutrients.
Spirulina grows in alkaline saline water. Because Spirulina easily absorbs nutrients from water, if the water contains pollution or heavy metals, these will be highly concentrated in the Spirulina cell. If this happens, then this kind of Spirulina is no longer suitable for human consumption.
What does Spirulina contain?
With over 100 nutrients, Spirulina is often described as the most complete food source in the world. The American National Aeronautical and Space Agency includes it in their astronauts diet and plans to grow Spirulina in it’s space station. It’s easy to see why.
Japan has some good examples of some Japanese seniors who have only relied on Spirulina and water for more than 20 years showing how good is Spirulina for the human body.
How should Spirulina be stored?
High temperature, moisture or pollution will reduce the beneficial effects of Spirulina.
- Buy and keep no more than 6 months worth.
- After open the packaging we strongly recommend you use the product within three months.
- After usage , ensure you reseal the packing as soon as possible.
- Keep the product away from any possible heat source.
- Keep the product away from sun or any exposure to strong light.
Who should take Spirulina?
- Children who don’t like or get enough vegetables and or have an imbalanced food intake.
- Teenagers during their rapid growing period need a sufficient injection of nutrients. Spirulina is ideal for this.
- Pregnant mums who need extra nutrients.
- Seniors who have difficulty in having reasonable average 3 meals per day.
- Sport lovers or athletics who need extra nutrients to keep their energy levels up.
- Modern busy people who don't have the time to eat good meals.
- Patients or people who need high volumes of nutrients to assist recovery (please consult your doctor)
- Vegetarians who require extra nutrient sources
Who shouldn't take too much Spirulina?
- People with hyperparathyroidism
- People who have serious allergies to seafood or seaweed.
- Patients current experiencing high fever.
How much Spirulina should be taken?
We suggest 10~ 20 tablets a day for adults, 6~ 10 tablets for children under 12 years old. If you have special requirements for extra nutrients, please consult your chemist or your health practitioner.
How should Spirulina be taken?
- Take only with cold or warm water, (not juice, soft drinks, coffee or tea)
- After taking Spirulina, avoid alcohol, soft drinks or coffee for 30 minutes as these drinks can destroy some of the Spirulina nutrients and enzymes
- Take at least an extra half litre of water a day
- It doesn't matter if you take it once a day or twice a day, so long as you take enough for a day.
Recommend dosage for adults is 10 ~ 20 tablets a day, children under 12 should take 5 ~10 tablets a day.
What are the Spirulina side effects?
Spirulina is a totally natural product and will not normally cause any problems to the body. Even if too much is taken, there will be no harm to the body, but doing this is a waste.
However some people may experience some of the following symptoms after taking Spirulina;
- Slight fever due to the body's need to burn the extra protein from Spirulina
- Slight dizziness. If this occurs, take less of the product. If the symptom does not improve please stop taking Spirulina
- Thirst and constipation. After taking a high volume of Spirulina we recommend at least an extra 1/2 litre of water per day to help our body absorb the Spirulina
- Stomach ache
- Skin itch or slight body rash
Spirulina: a food ? or a medicine?
As we all know, some of our illnesses are caused by having insufficient nutrients in our body. These illnesses are just the symptoms to show us that we may be lacking in some nutrients. If we replenish these nutrients in time, the symptoms usually disappear. If not, we can lower the function of our immune system causing further problems.
In most cases people will go to consult their doctor and may be prescribed some medicine.
Spirulina is not a medicine, but when used as a good source of supplementary food, you can avoid nutrient deficiencies causing illness
In most cases people will go to consult their doctor and may be prescribed some medicine.
The topic of Spirulina is currently quite hot for it's therapeutic applications. Medical research has already shown that Spirulina can provide benefits to our body. (Refer to our references section.)
Spirulina can help you to have reasonable levels of nutrients in your body, which will in turn give you less of the chance to get sick.
Spirulina Vegetable protein vs animal protein
Spirulina contains more than 60% vegetable protein, which is much higher than fish, pork, or beef (which contains about 15 ~20 %).Animal protein is a much bigger molecule than vegetable protein, and is much harder to for our system to digest.
Most modern people overindulge in animal protein, by eating fish, beef, pork etc. When too much animal protein is eaten, it is deposited in our body as fat. Too much fat will cause high cholesterol levels and may impact our heart and blood vessels.
Vegetable protein is water soluble, and is much smaller than animal protein. If you eat too much vegetable protein, it is simply discharged by your system as waste and not stored as fat.
Animal protein is a much bigger molecule than vegetable protein, and is much harder to for our system to digest.
Most modern people overindulge in animal protein, by eating fish, beef, pork etc. When too much animal protein is eaten, it is deposited in our body as fat. Too much fat will cause high cholesterol levels and may impact our heart and blood vessels.
Vegetable protein is water soluble, and is much smaller than animal protein. If you eat too much vegetable protein, it is simply discharged by your system as waste and not stored as fat.
Spirulina & Heavy metals contains
Spirulina easily absorbs the nutrients from any possible source. Like putting a dry sponge in water, Spirulina will take just about everything from the water and store it in their cells.
So ,take Spirulina from polluted area may result some negative result as Spirulina has been highly concentrate all the heavy metals from growing enviorment.
Pollution sources are;
- Air
- Water
- Dirt or dust
- Feed
Air pollution will bring lead, mercury etc. All commercial Spirulina is grown in open areas,for maximum production yield.
Water pollution is another issue. Most Spirulina production sites need plenty of water to compensate for high evaporation. If the water contains any heavy metal which will accumulate in the growing system, then Spirulina will absorb it. Water pollution is a big issue as even the water pumped from the sea or surface can contain certain amounts of possible pollutants which will eventually accumulate in Spirulina. This is why some other brands suggested that infants or pregnant women should not take Spirulina.
Spirulina Features
The nature’s longest living food
It has been living for over 3.5 billion years on the Earth. Through history, this remarkable aquatic plant has nourished people in Africa and America. Today, spirulina is consumed by health conscious people all over the world. If you are moving away from empty processed food and chemical vitamins to natural foods, start using spirulina, nature's longest living food.
The healthiest food
Many essential nutrients recommended by experts to help protect our bodies are concentrated in Spirulina. It contains the most powerful combination of nutrients ever known in any grain, herb or food.
Clean green energy for everyone
Spirulina is the most extensively researched food microalgae, well documented in numerous books, journal articles, and periodicals. Many people use Spirulina in their own self-care strategy for more energy, nutritional insurance, weight control and cleansing. Perfect in between or before meals for good nutrition without the heaviness of bulky food. Athletes discover more endurance and strength. Seniors find better nutrient absorption. Ideal and safe for children, pregnant and nursing mothers.
Easy to take anytime for more vitality
The experience of long time consumers and the scientific evidence suggest that 3 to 10 grams a day will provide significant health benefits. Daily use is most beneficial. Tablets are convenient anytime, between, before, or with meals. Many enjoy mixing Spirulina powder in a green fruit juice smoothie as an instant breakfast, or a vegetable juice smoothie in the afternoon.
Spirulina benefits
Help to develop healthy babies
Ordinary food lacks lysine, threonine and methionine which are found high content in spirulina. Spirulina helps develop healthy babies, and is especially helpful to those not mother-milk-feeding babies. Sufficient trace minerals prevent babies from deficiency of iron, calcium, and zinc. Spirulina is the highest source of Vitamin B and B complex which makes it a super nutritional supplement for the monophagia children.
Maintain high energy for the adults
Vitamin B12 in spirulina is three times more than that of in animal’s liver. Vitamin B is essential for healthy nerves. Science study shows that spirulina is two times stronger in anti-anoxia and anti-fatigue than ginseng.
Comparison of Amino Acid in Spirulina and in other food sources (g/100g)
| Amino Acid | Spirulina | FAO of UN | Egg | Beef | Fish | Soybean | Vegetable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isoleucine | 4.13 | 4.00 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 0.83 | 1.80 | - |
| Leucine | 5.80 | 7.00 | 1.08 | 1.70 | 1.28 | 2.70 | 0.40 |
| Lysine | 4.00 | 5.50 | 0.89 | 1.76 | 1.95 | 2.58 | - |
| Methionine | 2.17 | 3.50 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.58 | 0.48 | 0.07 |
| Cystine | 0.67 | 4.20 | 0.35 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 0.48 | 0.06 |
| Phenylalanine | 3.95 | 6.00 | 0.65 | 0.86 | 0.61 | 1.96 | - |
| Threonine | 4.17 | 4.00 | 0.59 | 2.86 | 0.99 | 1.62 | - |
| Tryptophan | 1.13 | 1.00 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.30 | 0.55 | 0.23 |
| Tyrosine | 6.00 | 5.00 | 0.83 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.86 | - |
Comparison of protein in Spirulina and in other food sources
| Food sources | Protein % |
|---|---|
| Spirulina | 65 |
| Meat | 15-20 |
| Soybean | 35 |
| Evaporated milk | 35 |
| Peanut | 25 |
| Egg | 12 |
| Cereal grain | 8-14 |
| Homogenized milk | 3 |
Help to delay senility for the elderly
Spirulina has multiple anti-aging substances: beta carotene, Vitamin E, GLA, superoxide dismutase (SOD), etc. On the one hand, these substances via anti-oxidant effectively prevent human cells from aging by removing free radicals. One the other hand, these substances help prevent people from gonad degeneration, hyperlipemia, and arteriosclerosis so that senility is slowed down.
Enhance human immune system
Polysaccharide in spirulina is a natural broad spectrum booster for human immune system. It enhances human immune system by improving the productivity of marrow cells, functions of thymus and spleen, facilitating the synthesization of serum protein. Phycocyanin and allophycocyanin make great contribution to human immune system improvement by increasing white blood cells in human body.
Restrain malignant tumors
Cancer stems from damaged cells by increasing free radicals in the body. Beta carotene is the active substance capable to effectively restrain free radicals, and it is the main resource for Vitamin A as well. Spirulina beta carotene is ten times more concentrated than carrots. It is widely recognized in the medical science world that spirulina polysaccharide and phycocyanin have postive effects on cancer and tumor treatment. Clinical studies show spirulina has a 54% of restraint rate upon ascitic type of hepatitis cancer cells. Spirulina also has notable effect in recovering organ damages caused by chemical and radiation treatment.
Cure hepatitis diseases
Spirulina provides patients with high content of protein and vitamins so as to improve symptoms. GLA in spirulina is protective to human liver.
Prevent cardio-vascular diseases
Spirulina is very rich in chlorophyll, serine, sylvite and Vitamin B6 which help synthesize sinkaline, lower blood pressure, decrease blood glutinousness, and maintain softness of blood vessels. GLA in spirulina can reduce cholesterol content in the blood so as to prevent heart disease and stroke.
Vision care
According to the study by Orient Medical Science University of Japan, dietotherapy with spirulina has an 80% of effective rate on 480 cases of senile cataracts, diabetic retinopathies, and hypertensive retinopathies.
Gastrosis and enteritis
Many people suffer from excessive gastric acid which could cause gastrosis and gastric ulcer. Spirulina is kalescent food and chlorophyll, beta carotene and rich protein in spirulina are very effective to rebuild and regenerate epithelium of alimentary tract. Spirulina has particular effect on precancerous atrophic gastritis.
Spirulina is also a reliever of habitual constipation.
Anemia
Spirulina iron is 45 times more concentrated than spinach. Iron is an anti-anemia element which provides oxygen to cells and which has the features of anti-oxidation, anti-inflaming and anti-aging.
Kidney disease
Many heavy metals and drugs impose harm on kidney. Spirulina has 10 times more chlorophyll than ordinary vegetables. Chlorophyll can cleanse blood by exporting waste, neutralizing the toxins produced by heavy metals and drugs.
Rheumatism
GLA in spirulina is very helpful to improve rheumarthritis condition.
Dysmenorrhea
GLA in spirulina can improve premenstrual symptom complex, such as headache, anxiety, oppression, etc.
Skin care
GLA in spirulina can improve allergic dermatitis condition. High content of beta carotene and superoxide dismutase (SOD) is very important to maintain skin resiliency and remove skin color spots. Spirulina is added to world known cosmetic products made in France.
Obesity
Spirulina contains a substance named phonylanine which helps spirulina takers satisfy appetite so that they eat less. The perfect combination of high content of protein, low fat and low sugar provides human body with sufficient nutrition. Spirulina can not only relieve hunger but also adjust incretion disorder. So it helps people lost weight while keep them energetic at the same time.
Diabetes
Spirulina is an ideal nutritional food for diabetes patients because of its high content of protein and vitamins and low content of carbohydrate. Furthermore, GLA, zinc and magnesium in spirulina can promote the synthesization of natural insulin.
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