Chlorella
Chlorella is a single-celled, blue-green algae noted for its nutrient-richness, its ability to support detoxification and its role as a complete food. It is in fact one of the world’s greatest superfoods, making available much of the nutrition we require to maintain good health. Its broad spectrum of protein, carbohydrate and vitamin content makes it a highly useful supplement for people following a vegetarian or vegan diet. Chlorella is also a hugely effective aid to detoxification and the subsequent maintenance of an optimised system.
Rainforest Foods Chlorella is a variant known as Chlorella vulgaris. It has several major virtues, notably its ability to substantially assist detoxification of the body. It appears to bind to the toxic chemicals we absorb through eating, drinking and respiration, ushering them away through excretion. Conversely, it seems able to recognise nutrients valuable to the system and leave them in place.
Within the cell wall is Chlorella growth factor (CGF), a powerful immune system stimulator that aids the body’s natural defences against viruses and cancer and speeds the healing of damaged tissue. CGF is primarily composed of nucleic acid derivatives such as RNA and DNA, which help govern cell growth, reproduction and repair.
In addition to removing toxins, Chlorella carries a multitude of valuable nutrients into the body. It delivers vitamins A, C, E and the vitamin K complex. It also provides most of the B vitamins, including folic acid. This latter is well known as a desirable supplement for pregnant women as it supports healthy foetal development. Chlorella is a useful source of slow-release proteins, as well as essential minerals such as iron, calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorous and chlorophyl.
The role of Chlorella as a digestion aid is less celebrated, but no less important. Thanks to the presence of enzymes such as pepsin and chlorophyllase it fosters healthy gut flora to optimize the digestion of food and removal of waste. This ability to promote healthy food processing while providing valuable food elements boosts the immune system in its own right. As an optimiser of the human system, Chlorella has few peers.
Health benefits of Chlorella
• It helps optimise the gastro-intestinal system, protecting against and aiding recovery from ulcers, colitis, Chrohn’s disease and diverticulosis
• It boosts the immune system, and promotes the body’s production of infection-preventing interferons
• It aids cholesterol control
• It helps optimise heart function
• It helps normalise blood sugar
• It aids the maintenance of healthy muscle and bone structure
Chlorella has a tough cell wall. This helps with detoxification, binding a variety of toxins to it and helping the body eliminate them. However, the cell wall also acts as a barrier, reducing the amount of nutrients within the cell that are available to the body. In Rainforest Foods chlorella the cell wall is broken using a high impact jet spraying process that maintains the nutritional integrity of the cell contents. This means that the nutrients within the cell are both accessible (thanks to the broken cell walls) and undamaged (by the method used to achieve this).
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