Earthrise® Spirulina Natural™ nutritional supplement is green superfood that
promotes longevity and immune defense. Earthrise Spirulina Natural promotes
immune health and provides antioxidant benefits.
Eat your Spirulina
greens for good health. Supplement your intake of fruits and vegetables with 1
serving of Earthrise Spirulina a day - equivalent to 3 - 4 servings of common
vegetables a day in terms of antioxidant content (beta-carotene).
Key Features
- Rich in antioxidants
- More than 60% easy-to-digest, all-vegetable protein
- Rich source of phytonutrients
- Rare food source of the essential fatty acid GLA
- Easy-to-absorb iron
- Ecologically grown in the United States (Southern California)
- Grown on mineral fertilizers, just like wild Spirulina
- Pesticide and herbicide free (non-toxic)
Benefits
- 3 gram serving per day is equivalent to 3 - 4 servings of common vegetables
a day in terms of antioxidant content (beta-carotene)
- Strengthens the immune system*
Spirulina contains a variety of carotenoids which work in synergy as
antioxidants, protecting our cells from the damaging effects of free radicals.
The two most important carotenoids are beta carotene (which is known to promote
cellular health) and zeaxanthin (which is know to promote eye health).*
Earthrise is the world's largest producer of Spirulina and is #1 in
green foods units sold in the United States. For over two decades,
Spirulina-based products have been our sole focus. All our products are grown,
harvested and packaged to meet the highest standards of quality.
Spirulina is a blue-green algae. It is a simple, one-celled form of
algae that thrives in warm, alkaline fresh-water bodies. The name
"spirulina" is derived from the Latin word for "helix" or "spiral";
denoting the physical configuration of the organism when it forms
swirling, microscopic strands.
Spirulina is being developed as the "food of the future" because of
its amazing ability to synthesize high-quality concentrated food more
efficiently than any other algae. Most notably, Spirulina is 65 to 71
percent complete protein, with all essential amino acids in perfect balance. In comparison, beef is only 22 percent protein.
Spirulina has a photosynthetic conversion rate of 8 to 10 percent,
compared to only 3 percent in such land-growing plants as soybeans.
Spirulina also provides high concentrations of many other nutrients
- amino acids, chelated minerals, pigmentations, rhamnose sugars
(complex natural plant sugars), trace elements, enzymes - that are in
an easily assimilable form.
Even though it is single-celled, Spirulina is relatively large,
attaining sizes of 0.5 millimeters in length. This is about 100 times
the size of most other algae, which makes some individual Spirulina
cells visible to the naked eye. Furthermore, the prolific reproductive
capacity of the cells and their proclivity to adhere in colonies makes
Spirulina a large and easily gathered plant mass.
The algae are differentiated according to predominating colorations,
and are divided into blue-green, green, red and brown. Spirulina is one
of the blue-green algae due to the presence of both chlorophyll (green)
and phycocyanin (blue) pigments in its cellular structure.
Even though Spirulina is distantly related to the kelp algae, it is not a sea plant.
However, the fresh-water ponds and lakes it favors are notably more
alkaline - in the range of 8 to 11 pH than ordinary lakes and cannot
sustain any other forms of microorganisms. In addition, Spirulina
thrives in very warm waters of 32 to 45 degrees C (approximately 85 to
112 degrees F), and has even survived in temperatures of 60 degrees C (140 degrees F)
Certain desert-adapted species will survive when their pond habitats
evaporate in the intense sun, drying to a dormant state on rocks as hot
as 70 degrees Centigrade (160 degrees F). In this dormant condition,
the naturally blue-green algae turns a frosted white and develops a
sweet flavor as its 71 percent protein structure is transformed into
polysaccharide sugars by the heat.
Some scientists speculate that the "manna" of the wandering
Israelites, which appeared miraculously on rocks following a
devastating dry spell and was described as tasting "like wafers made
with hone " may have been a form of dried, dormant Spirulina.
This ability of Spirulina to grow in hot and alkaline environments
ensures its hygienic status, as no other organisms can survive to
pollute the waters in which this algae thrives. Unlike the
stereotypical association of microorganisms with "germs" and "scum",
Spirulina is in fact one of the cleanest, most naturally sterile foods
found in nature.
Its adaptation to heat also assures that Spirulina retains its
nutritional value when subject to high temperatures during processing
and shelf storage, unlike many plant foods that rapidly deteriorate at
high temperatures.
Spirulina is also unusual among algae because it is a "nuclear
plant" meaning it is on the developmental cusp between plants and
animals. It is considered somewhat above plants because it does not
have the hard cellulose membranes characteristic of plant cells, nor
does it have a well-defined nucleus. Yet its metabolic system is based
on photosynthesis, a process of direct food energy production utilizing
sunlight and chlorophyll, which is typical of plant life forms.
In essence, Spirulina straddles that fork in evolutionary
development when the plant and animal kingdoms differentiated. Thus it
embodies the simplest form of life. In contrast, other algae such as
Chlorella have developed the hard indigestible walls characteristic of
plants.
Eat your Spirulina greens for good health. Supplement your intake of fruits and vegetables with 1 serving of Earthrise Spirulina a day - equivalent to 3 - 4 servings of common vegetables a day in terms of antioxidant content (beta-carotene).
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