Spirulina - The Superfood
Spirulina, a wonderful superfood contains 65-70% proteins, with all essential amino acids and 10 out of 12 non essential amino acids. The beauty of this super food is its low calories (3.5 calories per gram) which is going to be the richest support for healthy and malnutritioned population worldwide.
Spirulina’s Nutritional Analysis
- Proteins: Spirulina is approximately 65 to 71 percent protein, depending on growing conditions.
- Amino acids: Eight essential amino acids: Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophane, Valine.
- Non-essential amino acids: Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, Cystine, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Histidine, Proline, Serine, Tyrosine.
- Minerals: Potassium, Calcium, Zinc, Magnesium, Manganese, Selenium, Iron, Phosphorus.
- Vitamins: Pyridoxine or B6, Biotin, Cobalamin or B12, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, Inositol, Niacin, Riboflavin or B2, Thiamine or B1, Tocopherol or Vitamin E.
- Carotenoids: Alpha-carotene, Beta-carotene, Xanthophylis, Cryptoxanthin, Echinenone, Zeaxanthin, Lutein.
- Enzymatic pigments: Chlorophyll, Phycocyanin, Porphyrin, Phycoerythrin, Tetrapyrrole, Phytonadione, Carotenoids.
- Fats, sugars, salts and calories: Spirulina is only 7 percent lipid, and most of that is in the form of essential fatty acids that promote cholesterol normalization. The essential fatty acids sometimes called vitamin F, include linoleic, linolenic and arachidonic acid. Spirulina contains very little starch or sugar. Carbohydrate it supplies (roughly 10 to 15 percent) is primarily in the form of rhamnose and glycogen. From a caloric standpoint, Spirulina nutrition is economical. There are only approximately 3.5 calories per gram of protein obtained from Spirulina. Spirulina avoids the sodium problems of algae that grow in the sea.
A complete super food, richest source of green protein carried by astronauts and has highest percentage of Vitamin B12 available in any food. Useful for weight management, heart, immunity, diabetes, antioxidants, free radical scavenger, anti-inflammatory.
Perfect balance for calories, fat, vitamins and minerals.