| Blue-green algae are a diverse group of | | | | effectively. Clinical studies have also shown it helps |
| microscopic plants that rarely used for human | | | | rebuild healthy intestinal flora. These health |
| food. The exception is Spirulina, which has become | | | | benefits have made it an excellent food for the |
| extensively available as a food ingredient within | | | | rapid recovery of children from malnutrition |
| the last twenty years. It is a nutraceutical food | | | | related diseases in Mexico , Togo , Romania , |
| with rather unique phytonutrients and also | | | | China , Rwanda , Zaire , India , Ukraine , and |
| characteristics. | | | | Belarus . |
| Spirulina can also be used in a variety of healthy | | | | Advantages of Spirulina |
| food applications. Wild Spirulina platensis, (or | | | | • Spirulina does not need a fertile land for |
| Arthrospira as it is sometimes called), grows in | | | | cultivation and therefore conserves fertile land and |
| the sunny warm-water volcanic soda lakes | | | | soil. It has over 60 % protein that is higher than |
| throughout the world. This alga thrives in the | | | | the any other food besides benefits of rapid |
| waters containing high amounts of sodium | | | | growth and higher yield. |
| carbonate with pH values above ten. Where wild | | | | • Spirulina requires less energy input per kilo |
| Spirulina is found so there are often flocks of | | | | than the soy, corn, or bovine protein. As cheap |
| flamingos and other animals feeding on it. Spirulina | | | | energy sources are depleted and costs of energy |
| has a distinctive spiral structure with the filaments | | | | dependent foods will rise up with energy prices . |
| of cells being about 10 microns in diameter and up | | | | • Spirulina uses less water per kilo of protein |
| to 1,000 microns in length. | | | | than the other foods as the water is recycled |
| Malnutrition severely diminishes the human capital | | | | back to the ponds after be harvesting . |
| of a country and its multifarious widely impacts | | | | • Spirulina is a big oxygen producer that is |
| hinder the universal achievement of the United | | | | even more efficient than the trees and forests to |
| Nations Millennium Development Goals. Developing | | | | absorb Carbon dioxide and release Oxygen. |
| countries are mainly vulnerable to this easily | | | | • Spirulina production uses non-fertile land and |
| avoidable catastrophe. | | | | brackish water and is a great potent remedy to |
| Spirulina offers some remarkable health benefits | | | | deforestation to cultivate food. As people eat |
| to an undernourished person. It is rich in the beta | | | | lower on the food chain, the pressures being to |
| carotene that can overcome eye problems | | | | destroy wilderness can be halted and help |
| caused by Vitamin A deficiency. The protein and | | | | re-green our planet. |
| B-vitamin complex makes a huge major nutritional | | | | • Spirulina has no externalized hidden costs in |
| improvement in an infant's diet. It is the only food | | | | the terms of depletion of fresh water fertile top |
| source, except for the mother's milk, containing | | | | soil and forests, pollution from pesticides, |
| considerable amounts of an essential fatty acid | | | | herbicides, and also toxins. No long term medical |
| GLA that helps to regulate the entire hormone | | | | costs from unhealthy foods with thse ochemical |
| system. | | | | additives. |
| One tablespoon a day can also eliminate iron | | | | “For WHO, Spirulina represents an interesting |
| anemia, the most common mineral deficiency. | | | | food for various multiple reasons, rich in iron and |
| Spirulina is the most digestible protein food ever , | | | | protein, and is able to be administered to the |
| specially important for the malnourished people | | | | children without any risk. |
| whose intestines can no longer absorb nutrients | | | | |