Perennial Greens

Continued from Yesterday

Dioxins are environmental contaminants that exert a variety of harmful effects, including increasing cancer rates, suppressing immune function and disrupting thyroid dysfunction. However, nursing mothers who supplemented with Chlorella pyrenoidosa exhibited reduced dioxin levels in breast milk and higher immunoglobulin (Ig) A concentrations in their milk.11

“Detoxifying is one of the main reasons consumers take chlorella,” Lynn said, “but there are so many condition-specific benefits chlorella provides due to its rich nutrient content (lutein, vitamin A, folic acid, etc.).” Other specific reasons to take chlorella include its heart benefits, with research showing it suppresses the increase of serum cholesterol level caused by a high-cholesterol diets,12 and can decrease high-normal blood pressure and borderline hypertension.13 Chlorella has also been shown to prevent stress-induced stomach ulcers;14 possibly prevent allergic diseases, such as food allergies;15 could reduce body fat;16 and reduced the risk of pregnancy-associated anemia, proteinuria and edema.17

Chlorella used for supplements can be grown indoors or outdoors with manufacturers promoting the benefits of both options. Sun Chlorella is in the “outdoors” camp. “We culture chlorella outdoors because it has been determined that by culturing chlorella outside under strict sanitary measures instead of in tanks, the full exposure to sunlight allows us to obtain the useful chlorella nutrients – therefore, there is a reason that chlorella is called ‘Packed Sunlight,’” Lynn explained. “The chlorella produced by the latest technology at our culturing plant is exported to Japan to be processed as Sun Chlorella products under rigid quality control (QC) by Japan's and our own strict standard. Sun Chlorella meets all GMP requirements as established by FDA, which ensures the high standards of our manufacturing and distribution.”

However, both Optipure Brand and Solazyme choose to grow their chlorella indoors. “While common chlorella is produced outdoors autotrophically, OptiPure offers a heterotrophically grown chlorella cultivated indoors in sealed and sterilized containers,” said Ron Udell, president and CEO, Optipure Brand/Kenko International Inc. “Indoor growth eliminates airborne contaminants and allows for maximum growth in a hygienically controlled environment. Heterotrophic cultivation results in a clean, pure, and highly active product. Chlorella produced by this method of strict sterile control guarantees a nutrient-rich product that is safe and consistently yields a higher quality product year round.”

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