| Spirulina is the oldest food on Earth,
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| | with the synthetic poison in artificial
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| being the first plant life, unchanged for
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| | sweeteners). It is 65 to 71 percent
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| eons. It is arguably the most nutritious
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| | complete protein, with all essential
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| plant life on Earth as well.
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| | amino acids in perfect balance. In
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| A simple, one-cell organism - Green Algae
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| | comparison, beef is only 22 percent
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| - soaks up sunlight (solar energy) and
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| | protein. Spirulina has a photosynthetic
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| converts it to Chlorophyll, at twice the
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| | conversion rate of 8 to 10 percent,
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| strength found in Wheatgrass or Green
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| | compared to only 3 percent in such
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| Barley. It also contains very high
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| | land-growing plants as soybeans.
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| concentrations of minerals and trace
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| | In addition, Spirulina is one of the few
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| elements, notably Iron. It is 58 times
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| | plant sources of vitamin B12, usually
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| richer in Bio-available Iron than
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| | found only in animal tissues. A teaspoon
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| Spinach. Spirulina is high in essential
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| | of Spirulina supplies 2 1/2 times the
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| Amino Acids (an egg has all 8 Amino
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| | Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin
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| Acids, but Spirulina is even better than
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| | B12 and contains over twice the amount of
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| eggs).
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| | this vitamin found in an equivalent
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| It is very rich in Vitamins, and in
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| | serving of liver. It is highly
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| Spirulina, they are all Bio-available,
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| | recommended for vegetarians.
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| i.e., the body can absorb them all,
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| | (This Article based mainly on a Lecture
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| unlike synthetic Vitamins. Bioflavenoids
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| | on Spirulina, by Dr Ranganath Nayak,
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| provide the Anti-oxidants, GLA and
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| | Leadership Seminar at Cidade de Goa
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| Arachidonic Acids - the Low Fats, and it
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| | Resort, Goa, India, October 2005. Dr
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| is rich in easily digestible
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| | Nayak is an Oral and Maxillofacial
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| Carbohydrates and Essential Fatty Acids.
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| | Surgeon, as well as an expert in
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| Its Proteins include Isoleucine (Growth,
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| | Nutrition, Acupuncture and Traditional
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| Intelligence, Nitrogen equilibrium) and
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| | Chinese Medicine).
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| natural Phenylalanine (not to be confused
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