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Spirulina Nutritional Value

Spirulina is a blue-green algae. Spirulina is a simple,
one-celled form of algae that thrives in warm, alkaline
fresh-water bodies.

Spirulina called a superfood because its nutrient profile is
more potent than any other food, plant, grain or herb. These
nutrients and phytonutrients make spirulina a whole food
alternative to isolated vitamin supplements.

Protein: Containing high in protein and all essential amino
acids

Essential fatty acids
* Isoleucine: Required for optimal growth, intelligence
development and nitrogen equilibrium in the body Used to
synthesize other non-essential amino acids.
* Leucine: Stimulator of brain function, increases muscular
energy levels.
* Lysine: Building block of blood antibodies, strengthens
circulatory system and maintains normal growth of cells.
* Methionine: Vital lipotropic (fat and lipid metabolizing)
amino acid that maintains liver health. An anti-stress
factor, it calms the nerves.
* Phenylalanine: Required by the thyroid gland for
production of thyroxine which stimulates metabolic rate.
* Threonine: Improves intestinal competence and digestive
assimilation.
* Tryptophane: Increases utilization of B vitamins,improves
nerve health and stability of the emotions. Promotes sense
of calm.
* Valine: Stimulates mental capacity and muscle
coordination.

Vitamins
* Pyridoxine or B6: Involved in breakdown and assimilation
of protein. Protects cardiac health, reduces edema and
stabilizes female hormone levels.
* Biotin: An enzyme that carries CO, during certain
biochemical reactions involved in carbohydrate metabolism.
Also acts as a co-enzyme in the assimilation of other
B-complex vitamins. Biotin is destroyed by eating raw egg
whites and some kinds of raw fish.
* Cobalamin or B12: The most difficult of all vitamins to
obtain from vegetable sources. Spirulina is extremely rich
in this rare vitamin, containing 250 percent more than beef
liver, previously thought to be nature's richest source.
* Pantothenic Acid: The "stress" vitamin, used by the
adrenal glands, along with cholesterol and vitamin C, to
manufacture cortisone and other steroids in response to
physical and mental stress.
* Folic Acid: Essential to proper hemoglobin formation in
red blood cells. Deficiency results in anemia, poor growth,
skin pigmentation disorders and premature graying of the
hair.
* Inositol: Vital lipotropic nutrient that sustains liver
health and helps detoxify carcinogens, particularly excess
female hormones. Helps normalize blood cholesterol levels.
With choline, inositol is used by the liver to manufacture
lecithin.
* Niacin: Also known as nicotinic acid and niacinamide,
which is an alternative form, niacin is essential to mental
health.
* Riboflavin or B2
* Thiamine or B1: A co-enzyme in the breakdown of
dietary carbohydrate. Maintains levels of glucose in the
blood.
* Tocopherol or vitamin E: Spirulina contains more
vitamin E per gram than pure wheat germ. This nutrient
protects heart and vascular health, promotes oxygenation of
cells, and retards aging.

Minerals
* Potassium: A crucial mineral that regulates body
electrolyte balance. Deficiency can cause heart arrest,
hypertension, adrenal exhaustion and muscular collapse.
* Calcium: The most abundant mineral in the body, it is
especially important to bone and dental health, but is also
involved in neural transmissions to the muscles. Spirulina
supplies about as much calcium, gram for gram, as milk.
* Zinc: The pivot point of over thirty vital enzymatic
reactions, with profound effects on mental health, skin
tone, prostate function and healing capacity.
* Magnesium: Helps assimilation of vitamin C, B vitamins
and protein.
* Manganese: Activates enzyme systems, along with zinc.
Promotes activity of neurotransmitter acetylcholine, and
helps stabilize blood sugar.
* Selenium: It retards aging, harmful oxidation and free
radical formation, reduces the toxic effect of carcinogens,
and improves cardiac efficiency.
* Iron: Promotes formation of hemoglobin, the
oxygen-carrying blood pigment found in healthy red blood
cells.
* Phosphorus: The second most abundant mineral in the human
body, it is found in practically every cell. Functions with
calcium to maintain bone density. Helps to digest
carbohydrates and the B vitamins niacin and riboflavin.

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