Liver tumors reduced from 80% to 20% in patients taking spirulina supplements!
Spirulina is a substance derived from algae and it appears to be a most impressive cancer fighting supplement.
A 1995 human study of pre-cancerous lesions, spirulina extracts were given to test subjects and in one year, 45% were completely in remission just from taking spirulina extracts for 12 months! B. Mathew, R. Sankaranarayanan, P. P. Nair et al., Nutrition and Cancer, 1995. Mathew et. al. have deduced that the combined antioxidant and immune modulation characteristics of Spirulina contain a biochemical mechanism that destroys cancer tumor cells and prevents a full blown cancer. Cancer is defined by abnormal growth of cells. The cancer cells multiply and expand, leading to cancerous tumors and any cell in the body can develop cancer. Spirulina is a blue algae that contains vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids and several plant compounds such as C-phycocyanin.
A 2009 study used Spirulina to treat cancer (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19521547). The study was conducted by a research team from Egypt, headed by MF Ismail, from Mansoura, University. They published their in vivo study in June 2009 in the International Journal of Biological Science. The study found Spirulina platensis was effective in treating liver cancer. They discovered that the incidence of liver tumors was drastically reduced from 80 percent to 20 percent in patients taking spirulina supplements! They also found that C-phycocyanin, an active ingredient in spirulina, increased survival rate in animal subjects suffering from liver cancer. Mathew and his researchers looked at the effects of Spirulina on oral carcinogenesis, in particular leukoplakia.
PICTURE: LIVER TUMORS
The study included 77 cancer patients and significant tumor regression was found to occur after topical application or taking supplements containing Spirulina extract. The authors also reported that there was no rise in the serum concentration of retinal β-carotene despite supplementation and concluded that other compounds contained in Spirulina may have been responsible for the anticancer effects. They are not sure why Spirulina works but are convinced that their results are accurate. The study was not a double blind study and it was also not a nonrandomized trial and the reason why they did not follow this scientific protocol is probably due to the huge cost involved in doing a scientific study that passes the scientific communities standards for evidence. A study with all the controls can cost millions and this factor often makes research trials impossible to conduct due to lack of funding. Spirulina is a nutrient that can be purchased at a health food store and cannot be patented. Therefore, drug companies that almost always fund research studies on drugs, would not be interested in funding a Spirulina study as there is no profit in it for them.
Although chemo drugs like Cisplatin may be effective in targeting and killing cancerous cells, these drugs are very dangerous and can induce kidney toxicity. Spirulina was proven to protect the kidneys from being damaged by cisplatin, and if you are taking Chemo, you had better start taking spirulina as it can only help you. (The study was published in the December 2006 issue of "Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology.") The scientists also determined that spirulina did not decrease the effectiveness of chemo medication.
A June 2009, Mayo Clinic report on Liver Cancer in rats titled…"Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy" reported that mitochondria-mediated apoptosis was found to occur in MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells when the rats were given selenium-enriched Spirulina extract! T Chen et al: October 2009
PICTURE: MITOCHONDRIA-MEDIATED APOPTOSIS
Spirulina contains the blue pigment phycocyanin, a biliprotein which has been conclusively proven to inhibit cancer formation. Spirulina obtains its green color from chlorophyll. According to Alan Keith Tillotson's "One Earth Herbal Sourcebook," the high levels of chlorophyll in spirulina may explain its ability to stop cancer colonies from forming. Tillotson states in his book, "Foods and herbs that contain high levels of chlorophyll show pharmacological evidence of cancer prevention, perhaps because pigments in green vegetables (and algae) bind with and thus stimulate excretion of cancer-causing chemicals."
If you have cancer or fear getting cancer, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking Spirulina supplements as there are no side effects and this product is an excellent antioxident and will improve the health of your body and mind!
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The algae are millions of years the best food in the world that can help you to remain in perfect health and recover when health is lost.
Although scientists have been successful in developing drugs that treat specific diseases, there is no substitute for the Immune System.
It is stronger and more powerful than any drug will ever be, and is the key to helping us maintain a healthy, happy body.
Most of today's degenerative diseases are the direct result of immune dysfunction and can often be traced to poor dietary habits. Did you know that it is possible to strengthen your Immune System to prevent all types of disease and illness just by simply eating the right foods like algae?
Was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, first discovered the "therapeutic properties of seawater". He simply remarked that the fishermen, who had continuous contact with sea water, could heal the wounds before anyone else and never had serious infections.
A lot of research done in Universities in every country in the world say that Algae are the best multivitamin and multimineral that exists on earth...
The Science holds that the Immune System, when given the proper nutrition, will be strong enough to defend our bodies from all types of illness and we will not have to suffer and die of diseases like cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and even HIV!
The algae now, thanks to research conducted by us and developed also offer the best natural product to combat all types of infectious diseases, from simple to more difficult to combat.
We have developed a completely natural extract that will change the world of pharmacology and save millions of lives: ABAMAV!
A big thanks to our friends, especially:
Ben-Gurion University,
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Harvard University
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University of Tokyo's Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences.
http://www.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp/
Seoul National University College of Medicine
http://medicine.snu.ac.kr/eng/tmpl/sub_main.php?main_cd=1
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AIDS Antiviral sulfolipids from cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
by K. Gustafson, et al. August 16, 1989 . Pub. in Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 81(16) pg. 1254. USA.
Sulfoglycolipids from blue-green algae exhibit strong antiviral properties. Helper T-cells exposed to blue-green algae-sulfoglycolipids were protected from HIV-1 infection in in vitro studies.
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Antiviral activity of blue-green algae cultures.
by Patterson. 1993. Pub. in Journal of Phycology 29, 125-130. USA.
Lipophilic and hydrophilic extracts from approximately 600 strains of cultured cyanophytes, representing some 300 species, were examined for antiviral activity against three pathogenic viruses. Approximately 10% of the cultures produced substances that caused significant reduction in cytopathic effect normally associated with viral infection...
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Antibacterial Potential of Six Seaweeds....
Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences,
Annamalai University, Parangipettai-608 502 Tamil Nadu, India
Abstract:
This work reported on the in vitro antibacterial activity of six selected marine algae (seaweeds) which have been selected and their extracts have been tested as an alternative to commonly used antibiotics. Extracts of six seaweed samples namely Codium decorticatum, Caulerpa scalpelliformis, Gracilaria crassa, Acanthophora spicifera, Sargassum wightii and Turbinaria conoides were collected from Gulf of Mannar, southeast cost region, Mandapam, Tamil nadu, India. were selected for antibacterial activity extract solvents viz., Acetone, Methanol, Chloroform, Diethyl ether, Ethyl acetate, Hexane and aqueous were listed against selected human pathogens such as species Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Salmonella sp, Shewanella sp, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus mirabilis.
....All the seaweeds extracts have shown antibacterial activity.... From these further studies on phytochemical analysis of seaweeds is necessitated to confirm them as a better source for antimicrobial properties...
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University of South Florida
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A Spirulina dietary supplement was revealed to delay the onset of motor symptoms and disease progression, reducing inflammatory markers and motor neuron death in a G93A mouse model of ALS. Spirulina, an early food source eaten by the Aztecs, may have a combined antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect on motor neurons, according to the researchers.
The study's findings were published in the 2010, volume 3 issue of the Open Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Journal.
"ALS is a degenerative motor neuron disease," said the study's lead author, Svitlana Garbuzova-Davis, PhD, DSc, assistant professor in the department of neurosurgery and brain repair at the University of South Florida (USF; Tampa, USA)....
Inhibition of HIV-1 Replication by an Aqueous Extract of Arthrospira platensis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9593452
PubMed 9593452
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http://www.desertlake.com/media/files/Article_-_Inhibition_HIV-1_Spirulina_-_Ayehunie.pdf
Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Division of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston Massachusetts, 02115, U.S.A.
(RESEARCHERS: Ayehunie, Seyoum; Belay, AmhaBaba, Timothy W.Ruprecht, Ruth M.)
Abstract
An aqueous extract of the blue-green filamentous algae Arthrospira platensis (previously called Spirulina platensis) inhibited HIV-1 replication in human T-cell lines, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), and Langerhans cells (LC).
Extract concentrations ranging between 0.3 and 1.2 g/ml reduced viral production by approximately 50% (50% effective concentration [EC50]) in PBMCs. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of extract for PBMC growth ranged between 0.8 and 3.1 mg/ml. Depending on the cell type used, therapeutic indices ranged between 200 and 6000. The extract inactivated HIV-1 infectivity directly when preincubated with virus before addition to human T-cell lines.
Fractionation of the extract revealed antiviral activity in the polysaccharide fraction and also in a fraction depleted of polysaccharides and tannins. We conclude that aqueous A platensis extracts contain antiretroviral activity that may be of potential clinical interest. HIV-1, the causative agent of AIDS, is spreading rapidly. ...... As the AIDS epidemic continues to escalate, the development of new drugs for treatment of HIV-1-infected individuals remains a challenge. One possible approach could be to screen natural products for anti-HIV-1 activity. Although the search for anti-HIV-1 compounds from natural sources has been extensive...
(see... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9593452)
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USF scientists test blue-green algae for ALS
