Health Benefits of Spirulina

Hey guys, Dr. Axe here, Doctor of Natural Medicine and founder of DrAxe.com. In this training video, I'm going to be talking about the health benefits of spirulina, a super blue-green algae with just tremendous, tremendous benefits.

And spirulina is something that I use every single day for my health, and I'll talk about not only the benefits, but how to use it here at the end of the video.

So, spirulina is typically grown in Africa and Mexico, also in Hawaii, in fact, the purest spirulina typically comes out of Hawaii today, and it's, and actually, in fact, it's not really just an algae, it's also known as a cyanobacteria.

So, in a way, it's a probiotic, and a lot of people don't realize that about it, but it's a probiotic that is great for your digestive system and can actually increase the growth of other probiotics and good microbes in your gut.

So, one of the unique properties about it, but spirulina is known as being one of the top superfoods in the world today.

And one of the reasons is, it has a really unique nutrition profile, it is loaded with chlorophyll, which helps alkalize your body.

It's also loaded with B vitamins, vitamin K, and also minerals like zinc and magnesium, and so again, it's really incredible if you look at that nutritional profile, also, it's one of your highest plant-based sources of protein.

So, if you're a vegan or vegetarian, it's a great way to get more quality protein in your diet because it has a great amino acid profile.

Now, let's talk about the benefits, number one, spirulina has been shown to help detoxify your body of heavy metals.

In fact, a recent study found that it detoxifies your body of the of the heavy metal arsenic.

And by the way, of all the heavy metals, we probably get more arsenic in our diet than any other heavy metal.

Reason being is pesticides today, especially foods that are sprayed with pesticides in China, have loads and loads of arsenic in them, and spirulina helps detoxify your body of that. Now, if you have too much arsenic in your system, it causes liver failure, it's been linked to kidney degeneration, also, it's been linked to neurological issues like dementia and a number of other brain and neurological health issues.

And so again, detoxifying your body is critical, spirulina medically proven to detoxify your body of arsenic. Another medical study out of the Journal of Chemosphere actually found that spirulina protects your body against radiation poisoning.

We've all heard of Fukushima and some of the other, you know, we're exposed to radiation from microwaves to cell phones to things in our food supply on a regular basis, and spirulina has been shown to protect your body against radiation poisoning and help detoxify your body there.

So, obviously a lot of benefits, and that's one of the reasons why I take it every single day. I did mention this earlier with the heavy metals, but I had somebody ask me recently, Dr. Axe, can I eat fish because some fish have heavy metals?

And I said, well, one of the ways you can get around that, or even if you do eat a healthier wild-caught fish like salmon, if you are worried about the metal levels, hey, I said, have a few either a scoop of green superfood powder with spirulina in it, or a few spirulina tablets, and that will actually help protect your body against the heavy metals, or if you're worried about radiation in the fish from the Pacific Ocean.

So, great benefits there, also spirulina has been shown to help fight cancer.

Big reason, because of its detoxification benefits, also, it can help increase the antioxidant in your body called glutathione, which is critical for your health.

And last but not least, it's a it's an it's a nutritional powerhouse, it's been shown to help lower cholesterol, balance blood pressure levels, fight diabetes.

There's hardly anything out there, a health condition that spirulina doesn't help with, and it's also something I recommend to patients for boosting their energy levels.

If you're a person that sort of gets tired during the day, waking up first thing in the morning, do a green drink with spirulina, and then around the time in the afternoon, you know, a lot of people hit that 2:00 or 3:00 coma, start getting tired.

Spirulina is great for that, and so I use spirulina the number one way.

And the way to use it is to add a simple scoop of that, and whether that's a combination formula like a green superfood or spirulina by itself.

Add it to a superfood smoothie for breakfast, also sometimes I'll I'll make green pancakes with it, so I'll add it to that and some other things.

And if you don't love the taste, it actually has a very refreshing taste, but if you don't like it, then you can actually just get it in capsule form and take it that way.

But again, if you want to detoxify your body of heavy metals, if you want to detox from radiation, if you want to boost your energy levels, fight cancer, and get one of the most complete superfoods that has protein, vitamins and minerals, and loaded with antioxidants and chlorophyll, then the health benefits of spirulina are absolutely for you.

And if you want to learn more about the benefits of not just spirulina, but of its cousin chlorella, then you can actually go to my website DrAxe.com, that's D R A X E.com.

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This has been Dr. Axe talking about the health benefits of spirulina.

Thanks for watching.