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What are the bad and good things about spirulina and can I take it for a long time?

Can be eaten for a long time, there is no bad side.

Spirulina effect?

1, improve immunity. Spirulina is rich in polysaccharides and physiological active substances, can significantly promote the growth of human immune organs, improve the body's non-specific cellular immune function and specific humoral immunity, thus playing a role in regulating and improving human immunity.

2. Improve body fatigue, anti-hypoxia.

3, regulating blood lipids, lowering cholesterol, which can reduce high blood pressure and prevent heart disease.

4, auxiliary treatment of gastritis, gastric ulcer. Most of the patients with gastric disease are too much acid in the stomach, resulting in gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases, and spirulina is alkaline food, which has obvious effect on gastric disease.

5, inhibit tumor. Containing rich anti-tumor factor - algae basket protein and algae polysaccharide, effectively preventing tumor cell metastasis and proliferation.

6, provide rich protein, vitamins and minerals for the body, solve the problem of malnutrition.

7, rich in iron and chlorophyll, to improve the effect of anemia.

8, spirulina can provide high protein and high vitamin for patients with liver disease, so that the patient can improve and get better.

9, high protein, low fat, rich in natural plant vitamins, help remove toxins from the body, beauty care, slimming and slimming.

10, can both increase nutrition and change the acidic body, the stabilization of diabetes has a significant effect.?

Extended information

Spirulina is an ancient prokaryotic algae, because the algae body is curled in a spiral, hence the name. Thirty-six species have been reported, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical lakes, especially saline lakes.

1, spirulina's protein content of about 70% or so, is 2 times that of beef, 4 times that of eggs, 8 times that of wheat, 10 times that of rice. It contains a special pigment protein - phycocyanin, the content of up to 5-15% of the dry weight, can be used to improve human immune function.

2. Spirulina contains 8 essential amino acids. "The ratio of these 8 essential amino acids is extremely similar to the standard recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which is more conducive to being absorbed and utilized by the human body."

3, Spirulina contains carotenoids, represented by beta carotene, which is 10 times more abundant than in carrots.

4, the content of Y-linolenic acid in Spirulina accounts for 25 percent of unsaturated fatty acids. "Y-linolenic acid is an essential unsaturated fatty acid that cannot be synthesized by itself and can only be obtained from food."

5, Spirulina also contains essential massive elements and trace elements, such as calcium, magnesium, iron, sodium, potassium, zinc, selenium, etc., which are organically combined with proteins and other organic combinations in the body of Spirulina and are thus easily absorbed by the body.

Reference:People's Daily Online - Spirulina is rich in nutrients and is a powerful tool for health care in old age