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Superfoods for Optimum Health Chlorella and Spirulina<br />

shown that providing horses with spirulina stimulates the growth of Lactobacillus in the cecum.<br />

The researchers suggest that this may be due to the mucopolysaccharides in spirulina<br />

- Textbook of Natural Medicine by Michael T. Murray N.D.<br />

I’ve seen what chlorella can do, too, in people I’ve urged to try it. One person who suffered from<br />

chronic constipation (one bowel movement every three days, if you can believe that!) slowly improved<br />

until she was having one every day. This was due to chlorella only, with no other dietary<br />

changes.<br />

People with Crohn’s Disease, diarrhea or IBS, however, should be extremely careful with chlorella,<br />

since it can actually promote diarrhea in some people. In these cases, stick to spirulina at<br />

first, and then slowly introduce chlorella as the digestive system tolerates it. A simple way to look<br />

at it is to say that chlorella makes the stools “wetter.” If your stools are already too wet, chlorella<br />

should be introduced very slowly to avoid worsening your condition.<br />

Chlorella is a whole food rich in many phytochemicals, some of which have been identified but<br />

many of which are still unknown. A group of elements referred to as chlorella growth factor, or<br />

CGF, are believed to be one group of compounds in chlorella that give it its health-promoting<br />

ability. Chlorella stimulates the growth of friendly bacteria, which in turn has the probiotic effect<br />

of strengthening gut flora and resisting disease.<br />

- Herbal Medicine, Healing & Cancer by Donald R. Yance<br />

Chlorella & Spirulina for Nervous System Disorders<br />

CGF makes chlorella most useful for improving growth patterns in children, maintaining health<br />

in old age, healing injuries, and initiating growth where it has been stunted from disease or<br />

degeneration, including Alzheimer’s disease, sciatica, palsy, seizures, multiple sclerosis,<br />

nervousness, and other nerve disorders.<br />

- Healing With Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford<br />

This is one of the most remarkable healing properties yet recorded for chlorella: its ability to actually<br />

repair nerve tissues throughout the body. People suffering from degenerative nerve disorders<br />

typically report positive results from using chlorella. This is because CGF (chlorella growth factor),<br />

which is found in the nucleus of the chlorella cell, actually promotes the body’s innate healing ability<br />

to grow and repair nerve tissue.<br />

It’s unfortunate that more research isn’t available in this area, because I think this represents an<br />

exciting and promising area of nutritional research. If a phytochemical found in this billion-yearold<br />

plant can actually help human beings repair nerve tissue, what extraordinary uses might it be<br />

put towards? Could it help people with spinal cord injuries? Could it help stroke victims? Could it<br />

actually prevent Alzheimer’s Disease in patients with high risk?

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