why you want to eat algae (the good kind, not the toxic kind)

[Guest guest]

 

 

 

 

I can post many more “true”

articles on the quality if anyone is truly interested, instead of having you

post things about a product you know nothing about.

 

Carol

 

 

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New Lifestyle As Old As The Earth

 

by Alison Heath

This article appeared in the May issue of M.D. News magazine.

" Green and Slimy and Two Billion Years

Old? Eat It " - is the title of a Wall

Street Journal article on blue-green algae published January 19,

2000. The news is spreading about a wild-crafted food occurring naturally in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. Fortunately, Upper

Klamath Lake is the largest biomass producer on the planet and

yields an abundant supply of this foundational food.

Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA), a species of blue-green algae, is

moving us from alternative medicine to an integrative approach to health.

Integrative medicine's focus on the synergy of all the ingredients contained

in a whole food differs from the alternative approach where extracted natural

remedies often replace conventional drug treatments. Integrative medicine

studies the natural healing process and respects the unique patterns and

synergies found in nature. Wild foods, such as blue-green algae, do not meet

the currently accepted Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of minerals and

vitamins, yet have the ability to modulate our bodies' functioning towards

improved health because wild foods contain trace amounts of minerals and

vitamins in quantities dictated by nature.

The word on blue-green algae is out now. As

recently as the dawn of Y2K, along with the media attention, results from

peer review research on AFA began being published. Massachusetts

General Hospital, Harvard Medical

School, McGill University,

and The Royal Victoria Hospital are some of the institutions studying the

health benefits of this unique whole food. The British magazine, Nature, published an article tracing the

DNA of today's living plants back to blue-green algae.

These findings come as no surprise to the

people who have included blue-green algae in their diet for years. Millions

of pounds of blue-green algae are harvested from Upper

Klamath Lake annually and consumed as a food supplement.

Individual testimonials on health benefits of algae are in abundant supply.

The January 2000, Journal of the American Nutraceutical

Association contains 2 studies on AFA. One study, " Favorable

Effects of Blue-Green Algae Aphanizomenon flos-aquae on Rat Lipids " examines algae

as a source of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).

The study concludes that not only is AFA a good source of PUFAs,

but also due to the potential hypocholesterolemic

properties should be a valuable nutritional resource.

The second study, " Consumption of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

Has Rapid Effects on the Circulation and Function of Immune Cells in Humans -

A novel approach to nutritional mobilization of the immune system, "

shows blue-green algae to be a powerful immune enhancer. The conclusion in

the abstract states, " Consumption of AFA leads to rapid changes in

immune cell trafficking, but not direct activation of lymphocytes. Thus, AFA

increases the immune surveillance without directly stimulating the immune

system. "

The University

of New Mexico

participated in unpublished placebo-controlled studies illustrating that AFA

significantly improves central nervous signaling measured with the brain-stem

auditory evoked response (BAER) test. After one month of eating blue-green algae,

participants demonstrated an increase in cognitive functions, lending support

to the numerous claims of heightened mental alertness from algae eaters.

For many centuries the nutrient-dense food

that flourished in Upper Klamath Lake was a

well-kept secret, its beneficial properties shared only with the bald eagles,

ospreys and other members of the vibrant ecosystem found in this unique area.

Flanked to the west by the Cascade Mountains and with the Great Basin to the

east, Upper Klamath Lake is Oregon's

largest body of water (324 square miles) with 35 feet of mineral rich

volcanic silt. Nature has provided a replenishable

food source helping to solve our modern dilemma of obtaining nutrition from

crops grown in depleted soil.

During her many years of

work in Information Technology, Alison Heath has devoted much of her time to

the health sector, including homeopathic clinics and hospitals. She recently

held the position of president and CEO for InfoMedQue

Inc., an Internet information service for the health sector in Quebec. Her regular

column titled " The Natural Path " was created to provide medical

practitioners who read M.D. News magazine with information on another

approach toward health and well-being.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

---please! the algae is digested/metabolized by the salmon and

converted to other substances( fatty acids etc)

R U a salmon?

and the Company that performed the tests is one of the very same

co's that helps ramrod thru pharmacueticals based on their own tests

which are paid for by the manufacturer

food how so?

how many foods are eaten by the thimble full?

none that I know of?

and my formal ed. is in culinary research and developement/nutrition

more like supplement!

food is an outright LIE used in defence of profit

a lie used to make sales, passed down by marketing executives

to the sales forces

peddle that bunk someplace else

that is not a request

we had hoped you would not continue to post about that " pond-scum "

you are welcome to complain to 1 of the other moderators or the

owner if you care to

 

 

 

 

In , " Carol Minnick "

<carolminnick@a...> wrote:

>

> TIME Magazine Touts Algae for the New Century!

>

> " 10 Foods That Pack a Wallop " appeared in the Jan. 21, 2002 - Jan.

27, 2002

> issue of TIME Magazine. Salmon was one of 10 foods promoted in

this article.

>

>

>

> " Salmon that are free to roam the ocean enjoy a diet of fresh

fish, which

> have eaten smaller fish, which in turn have eaten still smaller

fish. At the

> bottom of that food chain are algae, the key to salmon's health

benefits.

> Algae boast a special kind of fat, known as omega-3 fatty acids,

that seems

> to help the heart. Omega-3s prevent platelets in the blood from

clumping

> together and sticking to arterial walls in the form of plaque.

They also

> drive down triglycerides and ldl (bad) cholesterol. Researchers

suspect that

> omega-3s may block the production of inflammatory substances

linked to

> autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Even more

> tantalizing, preliminary reports suggest that omega-3s interact

with the

> fatty layers that surround brain cells and, as fishy as it sounds,

may

> somehow help protect brain cells from the diseases of aging, like

> Alzheimer's.

[Guest guest]

" madcowcoverup "

<k_t723

---please!

the algae is digested/metabolized by the salmon and converted

to other substances

 

Duh! Why

do you think salmon are full of omega fatty acids? Could it just be because of what they

eat? What do they eat? Oh my gosh! They eat algae!

 

----how many foods are eaten by the thimble full? none that I

know of?

 

Well, now you know of one. I guess the only foods that are eaten by

the thimble full are those types of whole foods that are so nutrient-dense that

you don’t need more than a thimble full.

 

----peddle that bunk someplace else

 

I am only responding to the ridiculous postings that

were made. I don’t seem to be

the one who originated it. If you keep asking questions, I’ll keep

answering.

 

----we had hoped you would not continue to post

 

I, too, had hoped you would not continue to post articles

regarding a blue green algae that ISN’T the nutritious kind – trying

to make people believe that ALL algae is toxic. Sorry to disappoint, but that just isn’t

the case. Not all algae is toxic!!!!! Maybe next time you post something about

a product you will do some research about it first to find what the truth is.

 

THE END!!!