Posts Tagged ‘AFA algae’

Two Comparisons Featuring AFA Algae

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012

The Big Three: AFA Algae, Spirulina, and Chlorella

Spirulina, Chlorella, and Aphanizomenon flos-aquae ( AFA Algae ) are three species of edible micro algae on the market today. Chart 1 looks at some of the differences among the three, comparing such things as:

  • how it is produced
  • does it come with organic certification
  • what are the effects on the nervous system
  • does the lipid profile contain Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • does it offer protection from immune cell free radicals
  • does it stimulate mobilization of immune cells
  • does it stimulate macrophage activity
  • what is the phycocyanin content
  • does it help with stem cell growth and protection

Why Be Particular About Which Brand of AFA Algae?

There are many brands of AFA Algae algae on the market. Since they were all harvested from the same lake, does it matter which brand you choose? The information on Chart 2 compares the chlorophyll content of several brands. Chlorophyll is a nutrient that is easily destroyed by over heating, and as such it is a good indicator of the loss of other heat sensitive nutrients.

Ellis Hein

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AFA Algae and Immune Function

Monday, December 19th, 2011

Your immune system is a complex organization of organs, glands, fluids, and specialized cells. These act together in a wonderfully orchestrated manner to protect you from invading organisms and from the normal hazards of metabolism.

The food you eat can affect your immune function. Refined sugars, for example, can decrease the ability of your white blood cells to destroy invading bacteria or viruses. On the other hand, betacarotene and other carotenoid compounds stimulate the thymus gland to produce thymosin. Thymosin along with zinc and arginine encourages production of more active and more energetic T-cells. These T-cells, as well as doing other things, produce interferon, a substance that stimulates protein production in cell walls, making your cells less vulnerable to the intrusion of viruses.

Neutrophils are white blood cells that engulf bacteria by enveloping them and then digests them. Their ability to perform depends upon the fluidity of their cell membrane. Fluidity is a function of the fatty acid balance you eat. You particularly need the correct balance of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids, as found in premium AFA algae (a.k.a. Alpha Sun).

All white blood cells are dependent upon various enzyme systems. Enzymes must have the right vitamins and minerals present in the right proportion before they can carry out their functions. Unlike laboratory formulations, the vitamins and minerals found in raw foods, such as premium AFA algae (Alpha Sun), are chelated in live enzymes and enzyme systems. Thus your body can easily assimilate and easily make use of those nutrients. This explains why refined sugars diminish your immune function. They rob you of vitamins and minerals just to be dealt with in the digestive tract and to be dealt with once they reach your cells. This uses supplies that would otherwise have been available for your immune system.

Premium AFA algae (Alpha Sun) has a wealth of nutrients that are bound up in living systems, easily accessible to the human organism. Your body can use those nutrients for many different functions including your immune system.

For more information, see Karl Abrams Algae to the Rescue, chapter 7.

Ellis Hein

The Truth AND The Consequences

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

The consequences of polluting our environment and of destroying the fertility of our soils to reap short term profits includes the tragedy of children with cancer and other degenerative diseases. At a time when they should be growing and developing, they are made to undergo the destruction we have built into the way we do things, the way we prefer material possessions above health, and the way we look at food.

A healthy body has the resources to regulate the functions of metabolism and to build strong, fully functional replacement cells for all tissues and organs. Health is a measure of your body’s ability to do all these things without mistake. The foundation for this health is the nutritional content we assimilate and deliver to our cells.

When encountering children suffering from cancer, you are looking at symptoms of dysfunction, symptoms of a fundamental metabolic mistake.

If, by one means or another, the cancer is “cured” and if the family has not addressed the underlying cause of environmental toxins and lack of nutrients in our diets, then the child has no foundation upon which to build recovery or to establish a lifetime of health.

To make a significant difference in health, you must begin by laying a solid foundation. You will not find the necessary abundance of nutrients in the foods at supermarkets. They are not grown in an environment enabling them to have a naturally balanced density of nutrients. Our agricultural practices are geared toward ship ability and shelf life.

To make a significant difference in your health, you must eat nutrient dense foods. These foods supply an abundance of naturally balanced nutrients in a form your body can easily get at, pass through the intestinal wall, and deliver to your cells.

In so far as I know, there is no food that can compare with the Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (AFA) blue-green alga sold by Simplexity Health. I am brand specific because only Simplexity Health harvests in such a way that preserves the heat sensitive nutrients. This AFA provides a naturally balanced, nutritional package – minerals, vitamins, fatty acids, amino acids, antioxidants – that closely matches what the human body needs.

Some foods may look like they are highly nutritious, but for one reason or another those nutrients are not available. Take, for example, a piece of beef. This should provide you with a lot of protein. Yet your body only gets 18% of that beef protein. AFA has about 60% protein by weight. Of that protein, your body uses 75%. The protein from AFA nearly matches the amino acid profile established by the Food and Nutrition Council. This means you can take that protein and begin using it without a lot of modifications.

When I first took some of this blue-green alga, every cell in my body stood before me declaring, “This is good for me.” This complete nourishment at a cellular level brings a resilience and a hope nothing else can. This nourishment is the birthright of every man, woman, and child, whether suffering degenerative conditions or not.

There are many things you can do about the nourishment you give your cells, one of which is to take Simplexity Health’s nutritional blue-green algae supplements. Other actions might include building your garden soil and growing a portion of your own vegetables, or seek out organic growers near you who make it a practice to produce nutrient dense vegetables. Perhaps you need to be doing all the above. The worst thing you can do is to remain passive about the foods you eat and feed your family.

Ellis Hein