Superfoods For Optimum Health: Chlorella and Spirulina
by Mike Adams, the Consumer Wellness Research Center - page 27 of 39

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Spirulina is a natural, easily assimilated complete protein. It's nature's highest source of chlorophyll pigment, rich in such chelated minerals as iron, calcium, zinc, potassium, and magnesium, a fine source of vitamin A and B-complex vitamins, and it contains phenylalanine, which acts on the brain's appetite center to decrease hunger pangs—while also keeping your blood sugar at the proper level.

- Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible

Both spirulina and chlorella demonstrate phenomenal benefits when it comes to controlling blood sugar. This is relevant to both hypoglycemia and diabetes.

What's responsible for these blood sugar regulating effects? These micro-algae contain a near-perfect ratio of high-density proteins (twelve times more protein than beef, remember?) and complex carbohydrates. Spirulina has the added benefit of providing GLA, which has also been shown effective at controlling blood sugar levels and diabetes.

These proteins and carbohydrates provide a steady energy stream to the body without spiking insulin secretion. As a result, they control cravings and many people use spirulina, especially, as an appetite suppressant to help dissipate intense carbohydrate cravings.

Since much of the reason for carbohydrate cravings is founded in nutritional deficiencies in the first place, chlorella and spirulina also work to reduce cravings by providing nutrients such as magnesium that are typically missing in the body. When these nutrients are finally provided to a body that has been craving them for a long period of time (years, usually), the appetite tends to calm down.

See, when many people crave chocolate, they are simply misinterpreting a signals from the body to "eat more magnesium." If they would simply get the magnesium they need in the first place, their chocolate cravings would diminish substantially.

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