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SPIRULINA is blue-green algae with a perfect spiral shape. It offers many health benefits, some of which include lowering cholesterol levels, enhancing immunity, increasing red blood cell count, providing anti-cancerous properties and anti-inflammatory properties, protecting the liver, reducing the toxicity in the kidneys, controlling bronchial asthma, and enhancing the supply of antioxidants.
Closer examination of spirulina revealed that this spiral-shaped blue green algae had thinner cell walls or cellulose compared to its plant cousins. Also, the cell wall is composed of mucopolysaccharides, which are complex sugars.
Spirulina is helpful in reducing serum cholesterol levels and elevates HDL (high density lipoprotein), or “good”, cholesterol levels. The presence of gamma-linolenic acid in spirulina accelerates serum cholesterol reduction.
Apart from improving the immune system, spirulina can also be effective in improving the red blood cell count.
Spirulina extracts have antimicrobial properties. The extracts from spirulina have been successfully tested against viruses that affect both humans and monkeys. Viruses such as the herpes simplex virus, influenza virus, measles virus, mumps virus, human cytomegalovirus, and finally HIV-1 viruses were controlled to a major extent.
Spirulina is the richest plant source for beta-carotene and phycocyanin. These biochemicals possess anti-cancerous properties. Researchers believe that phycocyanin can scavenge the DNA-damaging toxins like peroxynitrite and can help in controlling cancer cells. It also has a role to play in significantly controlling liver cancer.
Closer examination of spirulina revealed that this spiral-shaped blue green algae had thinner cell walls or cellulose compared to its plant cousins. Also, the cell wall is composed of mucopolysaccharides, which are complex sugars.
Spirulina is helpful in reducing serum cholesterol levels and elevates HDL (high density lipoprotein), or “good”, cholesterol levels. The presence of gamma-linolenic acid in spirulina accelerates serum cholesterol reduction.
Apart from improving the immune system, spirulina can also be effective in improving the red blood cell count.
Spirulina extracts have antimicrobial properties. The extracts from spirulina have been successfully tested against viruses that affect both humans and monkeys. Viruses such as the herpes simplex virus, influenza virus, measles virus, mumps virus, human cytomegalovirus, and finally HIV-1 viruses were controlled to a major extent.
Spirulina is the richest plant source for beta-carotene and phycocyanin. These biochemicals possess anti-cancerous properties. Researchers believe that phycocyanin can scavenge the DNA-damaging toxins like peroxynitrite and can help in controlling cancer cells. It also has a role to play in significantly controlling liver cancer.