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We only sell our products as food supplements for a healthy diet.

Information is provided for educational purposes only, so that you may evaluate whether the product is a valuable nutritious food supplement worth adding to your regular diet.

No information included in this web site is intended to diagnose, prescribe, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

If you are sick you should consult a professional health practitioner.

Using Spirulina

Spirulina Powder is the best way to take Spirulina because it is assimilated more quickly. However, with Spirulina Pacifica there is no purity advantage as our tablets are 100% pure Spirulina with no fillers, binders or other additives. See below for tips on using Spirulina Powder.

When to Take Spirulina

We recommend that your Spirulina intake is divided and taken about 30 minutes before meals and at bedtime. However, there are really four answers to this depending on what you want to achieve.

1. For the greatest detoxification effect take about 30 minutes before a meal.

This means that the Spirulina will be in the digestive tract ahead of the secretion of bile. As toxins recirculate in the bile this allows the Spirulina to bind the maximum amount for excretion.

Some sources advise you not to take Vitamin C at the same time, so it is suggested that if you use Vitamin C you take that with or after your meal.

2. For appetite suppression take about 50-60 minutes before a meal.

There is no magic to this: you are having a highly nutritious “pre-meal” which can curb appetite and reduce cravings. Cravings can be caused by the body trying to obtain nutrients it needs. Improving the diet with nutrient rich foods removes this cause of cravings. Taking Spirulina can reduce snacking between meals.

Some years ago there was a lot of media hype about Spirulina and slimming as it contains Phenylalanine, an amino acid. Phenylalanine is naturally present in body proteins and is a precursor of a substance found in the appetite control centre of the brain. This led to a surge in demand and a lot of inferior product was sold by opportunists on the back of exaggerated claims. Some of it contained no Spirulina, let alone Phenylalanine! This led to disillusionment and cast an unfair slur over the entire Spirulina market for years.

The fact is good quality Spirulina can help with weight control due to both the quality of nutrition and detoxification as well as the Phenylalanine content.

3. As a simple food supplement take anytime, most conveniently with a meal.

Never forget that Spirulina is a food. Use it like any other food.

4. To assist the body’s regeneration cycle.

The body cleanses, repairs and regenerates while we sleep. Taking Spirulina at bedtime helps provide the body with the resources for this.

Using Spirulina Powder

Spirulina powder can be taken internally or used externally, for example as a poultice, a dressing on a wound or ulcer or mixed with creams.

Powder may be assimilate slightly quicker than tablets but many people do not find taking Spirulina powder easy or palatable. It is usually taken in water or juice, but a lot of people find they prefer to mix it with natural yogurt*. If you want to use powder but find it unpalatable, try mixing it with as little warm water as possible and downing it in one shot. Follow this with a glass of the juice you didn’t want to mix with the powder.

*The fat in yogurt will trigger the release of bile, but as yogurt is digested quickly this should not reduce the detoxifying effect too much.

How Much Spirulina to Take

We suggest 3g or 12 tablets a day divided into two or more servings. This is sufficient for most people and allows for Spirulina to be combined with other supplements. For example, you can safely take 3g of Chlorella and some wheat grass as well.

Serving Options

Spirulina tablets:-

Take 4 to 16 of the 500mg tablets (=2.0 g to 8.0 g), with water or other drinks.

Spirulina powder:-

Take one or three teaspoons in water, milk or yogurt and stir well. (one spoonful = 2.0g to 3.0g)

New users are generally recommended to start at a low dose and build up gradually.

However, some research suggests that small doses mobilise more toxins from the tissues than they can move out of the body, so we would not recommend a serving less than 3g / 12 tablets a day.

Are Larger Servings of Spirulina Safe?

It is not difficult to find people taking 20 to 25 grams of Spirulina a day regularly.

I personally know of three people who take 25 grams of Spirulina and 25 grams of Chlorella every day regularly with no ill effects.

There are people who take even more.

One study concluded that a person would have to eat more than 77 g daily of the most heavily contaminated spirulina to reach unsafe mercury and lead consumption levels.

These researchers, however, go on to suggest that it is not prudent to eat more than 50 g of spirulina daily. The reason they give is that Spirulina contains a high concentration of nucleic acids, substances related to DNA. When these are metabolised, they create uric acid, which could cause gout or kidney stones. This is of special concern to those who have already had uric acid stones or attacks of gout.

The safety of spirulina in pregnant and nursing women, young children, and individuals with kidney or liver disease has not been determined.

It is highly unlikely that anyone taking over 25 grams a day is using Spirulina just as a food. ~
It is probable that they are taking these amounts as a natural medicine for an existing condition or conditions. This may be beneficial, but such a course should only be undertaken after consultation with your health practitioner.

This site only advocates Spirulina’s use as a food supplement as part of a balanced diet.

Pregnant & Nursing Mothers

This is not the right time to start any new health regime and you should consult your medical practitioner.

The best advice we have received is that if you have already fully incorporated Spirulina into your diet it is safe to continue eating it, but pregnancy is not the best time to start taking it.