Monthly Archives: August 2009

Spirulina: tiny but mighty

spirulina powderSpirulina has been consumed and valued as a perfectly balanced nutritional food for centuries. It contains high concentrations of organic nutrients ranging from vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, E), beta-carotene, minerals iron, manganese and zinc, enzymes and many trace elements. Spirulina contains a whopping 67% easily digestible protein and all the essential amino acids the body needs, as well as nucleic acids (RNA and DNA), natural antioxidants and chlorophyll.

Spirulina grows wild in very warm, alkaline and mineral-rich lakes in various parts of the world. These ideal conditions (and abundant sunshine) help spirulina grow its concentrated abundant nutrients, resulting in a super-food unlike any other single grain or plant. Continue reading

The Role Enzymes Play in Keeping Us Healthy

Throughout our lives, the food we eat and how our digestive system processes and absorbs nutrients from that food is vital to our health. At birth, breast milk provides a baby with enzymes to digest human milk. When a baby begins to eat solid food, often processed or cooked at high temperatures, the enzymes are destroyed and may be the beginning of a lifetime cycle of undigested food remaining in the digestive tract and the by-products being absorbed into the bloodstream. Continue reading