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Products :: Spirulina Powder :: Spirulina Powder 250g

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Unit Weight: 250 grams
Unit Volume: 420 cc

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Spirulina Powder (Spirulina Platensis) Pure Bulk Blue-Green Algae, 250 grams

This blue-green algae powder Spirulina Platensis assayed by the manufacturer to be 61.1% protein and 1.2% Chlorophyll. You will receive a sealed and labeled heavy duty 4 mil polyethylene bag containing 250 grams of this vivid blue-green powder product. Two hundred and fifty grams is also 250 grams, or approximately 8.818 ounces by weight. You won't receive the fancy retail packaging, but you will receive a great deal at or below wholesale prices for a high purity bulk quantity of this product. Spirulina is food supplement and a complete food. Spirulina is rich in vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, and is reported to reduce appetite, increase energy, enhance antibody production, reduce gastric secretory activity, improve dietary hyperlipidemia, help lower liver triglycerides, effect tumor regression, is a rare source of fatty acid Gamma-linolenic acid, and is high in vitamin B-12. Because spirulina has more than 60% protein it contains many amino acids including Alanine (8%), Arginine (7.4%), Aspartic Acid (10.2%), Cysteine (0.9%), Glutamic Acid (15.5%), Glycine (5.0%), Histidine (1.6%), Isoleucine (5.3%), Leucine (9.1%), Lysine (5.2%), Methionine (2.0%), Phenylalanine (4.5%), Proline (4.1%), Serine (5.0%), Threonine (5.0%), Tryptophan (1.4%), Tyrosine (4.2%), Valine (6.0%).

How much spirulina should you take per day? Retail spirulina capsules and tablets are typically very expensive as compared to the pure bulk powder Spirulina. The commonly recommended dose for Spirulina Powder in capsules and tablets typically varies between 3 to 10 grams per day. However, the minimum amounts of Spirulina shown in numerous animal studies to provide beneficial health effects are much, much higher than typical retail dosing recommendations. Animal studies have consistently shown that the minimally effective dose (when adjusted for body mass) in humans for Spirulina would be between 25 and 100 grams per day for a 150 pound person. One slightly rounded tablespoon is about 10 grams and mixes well and doesn't taste bad with 8 to 12 ounces juice. For best results take three times per day.

Many anthropologists and researchers studying the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican Aztec, Mayan and Olmec peoples have concluded that many of these peoples cultivated Spirulina Algae as a food staple that comprised up to and sometimes more than 50% of their caloric intake. When you consider that Spirulina Algae is 60% or more protein and containing many other essential nutrients, Spirulina was a complete food for many of these peoples. For a 180 pound man consuming 2000 calories per day and with 50% of his caloric intake in Spirulina Algae would be more than 250 grams of Spirulina Algae Powder per day at about 3.9 calories per gram.

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