People consume staggering amounts of coffee and other caffeinated drinks for one main purpose – to give themselves an artificial energy boost to get through the day. The body is perfectly capable of supplying its own energy so long as it stays in optimal working order. Overeating processed foods, sitting too long at a desk, lack of sleep, and other detriments to health deplete the body’s natural energy reserves.
Assuming lifestyle changes are on most people's to-do list, supplementing with
Hawaiian Spirulina offers a kind of shortcut to health. With the synergy of its beta carotene, iron, vitamins, phycocyanin, and other nutrients, Hawaiian Spirulina can provide sustained energy without the crash. And because it is a natural food, there are…show more content… • 30 percent had been using it for less than six months.
• 31 percent were using spirulina only one to five days a week (recommendation on the label is for daily use).
• 27 percent were not using the recommended three grams a day.
Although these consumers had very different usage patterns, almost 77 percent of them reported that their immune systems had improved since starting on Hawaiian Spirulina.
And 80 percent of them reported that they had more energy. Again, surveys such as this one are anecdotal but do suggest the positive benefits of supplementing with spirulina.
Eric Gershwyn, a medical doctor and University of California, Davis, professor, founded the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Program at the university in 1977. As an expert in the immune system, he has studied spirulina’s role in reinforcing the body’s immune system. In one study, Gershwyn looked at the immune system of 40 healthy men and women over age 50 who had no history of chronic disease. He gave each of them three grams of Hawaiian Spirulina tablets over 12 weeks. He found that the two immunity markSuperfood for Super Health
“Spirulina is my go-to immune system booster. I take it with…show more content… In 2002, researchers in Mexico and Russia independently observed spirulina’s reinforcing effect on immune cells compromised by infection in a laboratory setting. 23, 24 They found that spirulina demonstrated antiviral activity by inhibiting cells from becoming infected by certain viruses and by slowing the reproduction of certain viruses.
Heavy Metal and Radiation Reduction
The filamentous, soft mucopolysaccharide walls that define blue-green microalgae act like cotton in a dish of water. They soak up the water surrounding them. The fibers that make up the mucopolysaccharides also have the ability to bind toxins, especially heavy metals such as mercury and lead. Spirulina acts essentially like tiny brooms, sweeping the toxins away and safely disposing them.
In many developing countries, tap water contains high levels of heavy metals and other toxins. Scientists have experimented with spirulina and zinc to determine whether people exposed to toxins in the drinking water were better equipped to handle the harmful effects after they were given the microalgae–zinc combination. After 16 weeks, overall reduced toxicity was observed. 25 Similar results were seen in a study of laboratory
