Acidophilus is renowned to be of use for the balance of good and bad bacteria in the bowel. It can be used to return the intestinal flora back to normal, healthy levels (natural flora levels may be affected by fungus or antibiotics). It contains high potency lactobacillus and bifidus, both known to support your body's defenses against intestinal inflammation and diseases. Our formulation contains 8 billion live bacteria per capsule (at time of manufacture),and fructooligosaccharides (fos) for the best assimilation. Fos have been shown to help with improvement of calcium and magnesium absorption, balance gut ph, lipid profiles, strengthening of intestinal barrier and reduction of pathogenic bacteria.
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Spirulina grows naturally in tropical and subtropical lakes with high pH and high concentrations of carbonate and bicarbonate. It has been eaten by humans since prehistoric times. The earliest record reveals that it grew in Lake Texcoco, and was collected and sold as food.
The first Spirulina manufacturing factory was established in 1970s, and it has been steadily gaining the attention of health enthusiasts, practitioners and medical scientists ever since. In recent years it has been approved by the FDA, WHO and other medical authorities as a health food.
Its protein constituent can be easily digested form and it also contains minerals, vitamins, essential fatty acids and antioxidants that are not available to humans from any single food of vegetable or animal source known so far.
What Could This Mean To You?
The health benefits of a whole food with a nutritional spectrum such as this are wide-ranging, as you might imagine. The health benefits of Spirulina include the health benefits of every nutrient that it contains, including potassium, calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium, sodium, zinc, chlorophyll-a, xanthophyll, beta-carotene, echinenone, myxoxanthophyll, zeaxanthin, canthaxanthin, diatoxanthin, 3'-hydroxyechinenone, beta-cryptoxanthin, oscillaxanthin, plus the phycobiliproteins c-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin.
The body of research into the effects that Spirulina can have on health is huge, and it includes the following:
Helpful in preventing gastro enteric disturbances. Spirulina enhances intestinal flora such as Lactobacillus and Bifidus bacteria. It is also known to reduce the risks of infection by Eschericha Coli and Candida Albicans.
Helps protect against many degenerative disorders, including cancers. It contains anti-oxidant radicals that scavenge highly reactive free radicals that are known to be involved in the occurrence of these diseases. Additionally, the unique polysaccharides of Spirulina enhance cell nucleus enzyme activity and DNA repair synthesis. This may be why several scientific studies, observing human tobacco users and experimental cancers in animals, report high levels of suppression of several important types of cancer. The subjects were fed either whole Spirulina or treated with its water extracts.
Reduces the severity of strokes and improves recovery, due to its powerful antioxidant properties.
Inhibits replication of HIV-1, Herpes Simplex, Human Cytomegalovirus, Influenza A virus, Mumps virus and Measles virus in-vitro. Spirulina prevents the virus from penetrating the cell membrane to infect the cell. The virus gets stuck, unable to replicate, and is eventually eliminated by the body’s natural defences.
Enhances the immune system. Important parts of the immune system, Bone Marrow Stem Cells, Macrophages, T-cells and Natural Killer cells, exhibit enhanced activity. Spleen and Thymus glands show enhanced function. Scientists also observe Spirulina causing macrophages to increase in number, become "activated" and, more effective at killing germs. Spirulina also enhances the body's ability to generate new blood cells. The cellular immune system includes T-cells, Macrophages, B-cells and the anti-cancer Natural Killer cells.
Builds Blood. Spirulina has a dark blue-green colour, because it is rich in a brilliant blue polypeptide called Phycocyanin. Studies show it affects the stem cells found in bone marrow. Stem cells are "Grandmother" to both the white blood cells that make up the cellular immune system and red blood cells that oxygenate the body. Spirulina is approved in Russia as a "medicine food" for treating radiation sickness, and it was used to treat the Children of Chernobyl.
Helps prevent heart damage caused by chemotherapy using Doxorubicin, without interfering with its anti-tumour activity.
Reverses age-related declines in memory and learning.
Treats and prevents Hay Fever.
Supports Weightloss.
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Based on preliminary research, scientists hope the use of Spirulina and its extracts may reduce or prevent cancers and viral diseases. Bacterial or parasitic infections may be prevented or respond better to treatment and wound healing may improve. Symptoms of anaemia, poisoning and immunodeficiency may be alleviated. Scientists in the USA, Japan, China, Russia, India and other countries are studying this remarkable food to unlock its potential.
What is already clear is that this safe and natural whole-food provides concentrated nutritional support for optimum health and wellness; and we can all take advantage immediately.
If you would like to enjoy the benefits of this amazing algae, there are a few things to look for in selecting your source, to ensure that the product contains all of the goodness that it should; and that the goodness is in a form that is of use to your body. Ideally, it should be:
- 100% certified Organic
- Guaranteed pure microalgae powder, without any excipients and binders
- Produced using no high-compression or high-heat processes. This protects the nutritional value and ensures better absorption
At NutriVital Health, we have gone to great lengths to find the right Spirulina supplement to offer our practitioners and clients and are the proud to be the exclusive suppliers of premium grade organic Spirulina from our source. It boasts all of the above, as well as being produced using patented broken cell wall technology, to ensure that the nutrients contained within the tough spirulina cell wall are released preserved in production process.
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Mercola's Whole Food Multivtamin Plus is a potent, whole food supplement which avoids additives and synthetic nutrients.
Up to 50% of the nutrient value of your food may be lost before you even start to cook it, due to farming methods that rely on chemical fertalizers and pesticides which deplete the soil of valuable nutrients that the plants need to absorb in order for us to feel the benefit of them. Mercola formulated his high quality multivitamin product to help promote your everyday general health and ensure you have access to the best quality nutrients.
There are over 200mg of nutrients included in the formula, taken from vegetables, fruit, herbs and green foods. Also included is Metafolin, which is a patented form of 5-MTHF (a naturally occuring form of folic acid which can be more easily converted by your body).
You can read more here: http://products.mercola.com/multivitamin-vital-minerals/
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