Spirulina 10 functions and health care, its importance has been recognized in the international community!

Spirulina, as a resource of balanced protein, vitamin and mineral, is beneficial to human health and has the function of health care. Many countries have adopted it as baby food, health food for the elderly and nutritional supplements for the human body. With the deepening of research, a large number of scientific studies have proved that spirulina has a variety of bioactive substances, which can play a good role in human health, mainly in the following aspects:

1. Enhancing vitality

Protein is an important material basis for human life activities. Spirulina is rich in high quality plant protein that can be easily absorbed by human body. In particular, the content of 8 essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by human body is almost the same as the ideal standard designed by FAO. It can promote the formation of body protein and is the most ideal food to enhance life vitality.

2. blood tonic

Spirulina contains a large number of reusable materials for the synthesis of hemoglobin -- iron, and with protein, folic acid, vitamins and other comprehensive nutrients, conducive to the absorption of iron. In addition, rich in chlorophyll and vitamin B12, also promote the main components of hemoglobin formation. The right amount of supplement spirulina, can promote hematopoietic function, and help to improve the oxygen content in the blood, to avoid the occurrence of fatigue, dizziness, headache and other phenomena.

3.resistance to radiation

Spirulina contains a special photosynthetic pigment protein, alginocyanin, which improves the body's ability to resist radiation damage.

4.Spirulina and diabetes

Diabetes is a typical "rich disease", spirulina can produce significant effect on diabetes, because it is an ideal high-protein low-calorie food. Because the spirulina contains high amount of chlorophyll (1.33% magnesium compound), rich in vegetable protein (60-70%), containing improve glucose metabolism of vitamin B2 and vitamin B1, prevent fat oxidation insulin can promote the synthesis of vitamin B6, contains high quantity can help insulin secretion, and pyruvic acid in order to prevent the acetone potassium acidosis (1.5%), plus pantothenic acid and zinc (can cause natural insulin), so the spirulina is an ideal nutrition food to prevent and relieve diabetes. Doctors in the United States and many western European countries have now listed spirulina as an experimental drug and a standard supplement for diabetes.

5.spirulina improves body constitution

Spirulina root habitat is high alkaline lake, the development of modern science and technology has made spirulina become a high grade, food grade product cultivated in modern factories. Spirulina because of its rich in active potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium and other basic minerals, so eating it can make people's constitution get neutralization conditioning.

Excessive intake of mineral photography or the use of non-biological complex minerals to supplement its deficiencies, often lead to an overburden of renal function. Spirulina spirulina grown in alkaline medium is a natural food rich in balanced and bioactive organic complex minerals. Eating spirulina will not produce any side effects on human cells and tissues and organs, which is of great help to keep the body healthy.

6.Spirulina and anemia

Spirulina is rich in iron, vitamin B12 and chlorophyll, among which iron is an important raw material for the synthesis of hemoglobin, as well as an indispensable element of many iron-containing enzymes. When the body is deficient, it will cause iron-deficiency anemia and low physical condition. In spirulina, iron content is up to 100-160 mg /100 g (see table 7). Vitamin B12 is an important coenzyme and catalyst in hemoglobin synthesis, such as the lack of coenzyme vitamin B12 in vivo, it will lead to megaloblastic anemia. The structure of chlorophyll is almost the same as hemoglobin, only the center atom is different (the center atom of chlorophyll is magnesium, the center atom of hemoglobin is iron), besides can provide raw material for hemoglobin synthesis, still can stimulate hematopoietic organ and make hematopoietic function is strengthened. According to the relevant experiments, spirulina can significantly improve the iron content in the tissue of iron deficiency anemia rats, the utilization rate of iron is similar to the standard ferrous sulfate, its effect is not the general artificial agent than. Related experts also through the method of hemoglobin depletion resupplement, the utilization of iron in spiral irrigation, the results found that spirulina on hemoglobin regeneration efficiency is similar to that of eggs. In addition, it has been reported that polysaccharides in spirulina can enhance the proliferation of mouse bone marrow cells and promote the hematopoietic function of bone marrow.

Because spirulina at the same time has a wealth of high quality protein, vitamin, chlorophyll and minerals, said to eat spirulina is not simply supplement iron, promote hematopoietic function, but to supplement a reasonable proportion of various nutrients. Plus spirulina itself is a natural nutritional food, without any side effects, so if you can use spirulina as a food to prevent iron deficiency anemia, its significance is very important.

7.Spirulina and hypertension 

Often edible spirulina, fall to old people blood pressure is very beneficial. Although spirulina does not contain choline, biochemistry shows that choline can be synthesized in vivo, serine can produce choline with the assistance of vitamin B6, and methionine can also be converted into choline. Spirulina [1] contains 3.25% serine and 1.95% methionine. Choline ACTS on the human body and can reduce blood pressure. Spirulina is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, especially -linolenic acid, docosenoic acid, arachidonic acid, etc., can also reduce blood lipid and reduce atherosclerosis, so spirulina has a good effect in lowering blood lipid and blood pressure. In addition, if hypertensive patient is short of potassium, can make glomerulus is harmed, cause disease aggravation, the potassium content in spirulina is vegetable is controlled 10 times, because this edible spirulina has apparent action of invigorating potassium and kidney.

8.Spirulina and gastropathy 

Spirulina itself grows in alkaline environment, contain the most abundant alkaline element such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, it is the best alkaline food, can neutralize gastric acid already, can solve the nourishing problem of gastric nutrition again. After eating spirulina spirulina, spirulina spirulina can be rapidly decomposed into fine particles, cling to the stomach and duodenal mucosa, forming a protective film, thereby promoting gastric mucosa regeneration, repair the damaged gastrointestinal mucosa, regulate excessive gastric acid, make the stomach feel more comfortable. Long-term edible, can make intestines and stomach surface is smooth, rich flexibility, restore vigor. A large number of clinical trials at home and abroad showed that spirulina was effective in treating gastric diseases. A Japanese hospital tested spirulina on patients with stomach ulcers and gastritis, giving them four grams of spirulina a day for three weeks. It can be said that spirulina is a very ideal food for gastroenteric patients  

9.Spirulina and cancer  

Spirulina contains many of the physiological active substances has anti-cancer anti-cancer effects, such as algal blue protein, beta - carotene, algae polysaccharide, etc., although they cannot kill cancer cells directly, but as an antioxidant, can effectively remove the metabolic process of free radicals, stimulate the body's immune activity, thereby inhibit cancer cell DNA and protein synthesis.

Alginocyanin: alginocyanin is a special photosynthetic pigment protein found only in cyanobacteria, red algae and crypto algae. This pigment is not only nutritious, but also has obvious anti-cancer effects. Mice treated with alginocyanin for liver cancer had a 90% survival rate after five weeks compared with 25% in the control group, a us journal reported. After eight weeks, all of the control group had died, while 25 percent of the treatment group had survived. The results also showed that the lymphocyte activity of the treatment group was higher than that of the control group and the conventional group. Algal blue protein can stimulate the immune system, improve disease resistance.

Beta-carotene: spirulina is rich in beta-carotene. Natural beta-carotene is assimilated more easily than synthetic carotene and has a higher antioxidant effect. Harvard University fed beta-carotene from spirulina to 20 hamsters pretreated with oral cancer. None developed oral cancer. All 20 control hamsters developed oral cancer.

Algal polysaccharide: algal polysaccharide can promote protein synthesis, enhance immune function, inhibit or kill tumor cells. Spirulina contains A glycoprotein that is treated with a-amylase to produce an anti-tumor product, according to A report. A study by the institute of hydrobiology of the Chinese academy of sciences showed that spirulina had anti-sarcoma-180 activity in mice, and a mixture of lipids was also found in the algae, with the same results. In addition, the role of glycoproteins in this regard has also been reported.

The results of a large number of clinical trials at home and abroad show that spirulina is very effective for cancer patients with weak body, leukopenia and immunodeficiency after radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Compared with similar tumor adjuvant drugs, its advantages include: maintaining the stability of white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets and hemoglobin during radiotherapy and chemotherapy; improving the clinical adverse reactions caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy; Balanced supplement of a variety of essential nutrients; To alleviate the toxic effect of radiation on the proliferation of bone marrow cells; Effectively reduce the damage of chemical drugs to the body's immune system. In addition, spirulina can also improve patients due to put, chemotherapy caused by dizziness, fatigue, anorexia, insomnia, dry mouth, nausea and other symptoms, and safe, non-toxic, convenient to eat, make patients more conducive to acceptance. Like this collection of a variety of effective cancer substances in a natural nutrition food, in the human body can play a synergistic effect, so, spirulina is a very ideal anti-cancer food.

10.Spirulina and child development  

Spirulina has rich and balanced nutrition, which is beneficial to children's development. It can also make teenagers' muscles strong, keep fit, maintain vigorous metabolism, promote a variety of enzymes in the body to maintain vitality, nerve cell development is normal. In Japan, the government advocates that 75% spirulina powder should be added to ordinary food as a break meal for school students, which significantly improves the physical and mental health of students. It can be seen that spirulina is of great help to the development of children.