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Improves detoxification, Supports digestive health, Boosts antioxidant reserves, Promotes energy and immunity, Supports cardiovascular health.
Chlorella is a green algae rich in nutrients, antioxidant, for detoxification, energy and digestion.
Chlorella, a powerful superfood. Chlorella is a unicellular green freshwater microalga and is rich in nutrients. It contains more nucleic acids (RNA/DNA) than any other food, which gives it great energy production potential. It is a useful supplement to enhance any diet that is lacking in greens. Chlorella has a wide range of nutritional applications, including supporting natural detoxification, digestive health, immune function, antioxidant function, estrogen balance, cholesterol metabolism, weight management and circulation.
Chlorella contains the highest amount of chlorophyll of most plants, along with an impressive array of vitamins and minerals (A, D, E, K1, beta-carotene, lutein, B vitamins, iron, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium and zinc).
Chlorella is one of the most vibrant and dynamic organisms on Earth, which can reproduce rapidly due to its highly active cellular components. This nutrient factor is called Chlorella Growth Factor (CGF). CGF is a mixture of its nucleic acids, along with important glyconutrients (glucose, mannose, rhamnose, arabinose, galactose and xylose) and amino acids (glutamine, alanine, serine, glycine, proline, asparagine, threonine, lysine, cysteine, tyrosine and leucine). The unique concentration of nutrients within chlorella and the energetic structure of these nutrients is why chlorella has been actively researched worldwide as a staple food to enhance human nutrition and to compensate for many of the stressors that wreak havoc on our lives.Some companies promote broken cell wall chlorella because most chlorellas require the cell wall to be broken down before consumption so that the nutrients can be absorbed. However, many important vitamins are destroyed when the cell wall is broken.
Chlorella, a natural antioxidant and detoxification booster. Chlorella is one of the top nutrients for absorbing heavy metals, including mercury. This information is known in the field of environmental toxicology, where industrial pollution threatens the survival of chlorella due to high levels of exposure. Chlorella easily absorbs toxins such as uranium, cadmium, mercury and lead. The main method chlorella uses to bind metal toxins is to isolate them in its cell wall. This makes sense because if it left them inside the cell, it would cause cell malfunction and eventually cell death. Chlorella has survived for 2 billion years, so you can assume its basic strategy to protect itself from poisons is pretty good. Of course, the chlorella in the supplement is no longer alive, but these metal-binding properties of its cell wall seem to remain quite functional. For example, a study in mice showed that lead exposure was reduced by 66% when chlorella was administered concurrently. If exposure preceded, then chlorella helped reduce it by 17% with 10 days of supplementation. The equivalent dose of chlorella for an adult weighing 70 Kg is 3.5 gr per day. Apparently, when lead was in the animals' bodies, it was harder to get rid of, compared to chlorella's ability to isolate it in the digestive system and prevent its absorption. Regardless, chlorella is a powerful tool in the natural detoxification toolkit. In addition to its metal-binding ability, chlorella has been shown to help protect against other toxins by supporting the antioxidant status and shaping important gene messages (NF-kB) in a healthy direction.
PCBs. PCBs and their more toxic derivatives, furans and dioxins, are one of the major health challenges. They are fat-soluble toxins that easily accumulate in the food chain and now permeate our foods, with almost everyone having excessive amounts of these chemicals in their stored fat. They are also released during weight loss and need to be effectively cleaned out. We know that PCBs inhibit thyroid function. A Japanese study of healthy pregnant women found that taking 6 gr of chlorella per day during pregnancy significantly reduced the amount of dioxins in the mother's milk compared to standards (40% reduction). The study also showed an added immune benefit in that the sIgA of women who took chlorella was higher in their breast milk, meaning their children had better quality immune support.
Immune Enhancement and Lymph Function, especially under stress conditions. To live well, you need to be able to withstand stress while maintaining your health. Too much stress causes excessive inflammation, which is at the core of undermining your health and burdening your immune system with problems. It has been shown that chlorella maintains the function of important immune cells, even in the presence of high stress. A study shows that thymocytes (immune cells related to lymph that become regulatory T lymphocytes) were rescued by chlorella under stress conditions, while simultaneously reducing the stress hormone cortisol. A recent study on human cells shows that chlorella enhances anti-inflammatory signals of the immune system, favoring the activation of T Helper 1. This favors a more stable immune response to irritants. An animal study shows that chlorella was able to maintain macrophage production under stress conditions. The development of new macrophages is essential for the smooth functioning of the lymphatic system. Macrophages are the natural cleaners of your lymphatic system. Too many Americans suffer from hypotonic lymphatic function (shoulder stiffness, excessive mucus, pressure headaches, morning fatigue). An equivalent dose for an adult weighing 70 Kg would be 3.5 gr to 14 gr per day, amounts that are likely to enhance natural detoxification processes.
Estrogen overload. A major problem that women face is too many estrogens resulting in many female problems. Estradiol levels normally increase every month in the first half of the menstrual cycle, when an egg matures. Once the egg is released, estradiol, having done its job, must be cleared. Your liver conjugates estradiol (binds it to a protein) to eliminate it and then places it in your bile, which travels through your gallbladder into your digestive system for final disposal by the intestine. If the contents of the digestive tract are too hostile (unfriendly bacteria), then the conjugation bond can be destroyed by bacteria, resulting in the release of estradiol and its reentry into your body. This is particularly undesirable because it exposes your body to estrogens, which is not right. This can increase the risk of estrogen-related cancers, gallstone formation, endometrial hyperplasia, and many menstrual cycle disorders associated with high estrogen levels (bloating, breast swelling/sensitivity, headaches, heavy flow and/or cramps). A study shows that chlorella actively biotransforms estradiol into estrone and helps clear estrone and isolate the estrio, the friendly antioxidant form of your estrogens. This study suggests that any woman with a combination of digestive discomfort and high estrogen level symptoms would benefit from taking chlorella, a simple solution that may work by improving digestive and female symptoms.
Chlorella supports healthy cholesterol metabolism. Numerous animal studies and some human studies support chlorella's ability to positively affect cholesterol metabolism. The mechanism was identified in a recent study that showed chlorella helps the liver convert cholesterol into bile, thereby supporting the natural process by which your body clears cholesterol. It also helps isolate bile in your digestive system so that cholesterol is not reabsorbed back into your body. Soluble dietary fibers have a synergistic effect with chlorella in supporting the proper elimination of cholesterol from your digestive tract, so that higher than usual amounts are not reabsorbed back into your body. Because toxins are also within the bile, this same mechanism promotes the elimination of both toxins and cholesterol. There are many natural ways to manage cholesterol for health with the right metabolic support. Chlorella's ability to help both the liver and the digestive system eliminate cholesterol means it can be used harmoniously with many other nutrients that also support healthy cholesterol metabolism for different reasons. Numerous animal studies and a small human study show that chlorella provides important nutrients that support healthy vascular function, nourishing your circulation with antioxidants and the amino acid arginine.
