Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 8-week twice daily supplementation of 500 mg spirulina powder significantly improved serum iron levels (p = 0.04), while preventing worsening of red blood cells and mean corpuscular volume in participants with ulcerative...
Aviron Rapid® Decreases Symptom Severity and Duration of Acute Upper Respiratory Infections in Children
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Results of the multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial shows that use of Aviron Rapid significantly reduced disease duration and symptom severity compared to placebo in both adolescent and pediatric...
Spirulina Administration Significantly Improves Lipid Profiles
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. Results of the systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 RCTs with 1076 subjects shows that spirulina supplementation significantly increased HDL-C levels (p < 0.05), while significantly reducing LDL-C (p < 0.05), TC (p...
Spirulina Beneficial as an Adjunctive Treatment for Oral Lichen Planus
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 1-week treatment of triamcinolone acetonide and 8-week spirulina supplementation significantly improved pain intensity and reduced healing time compared to triamcinolone acetonide treatment alone. Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a...
Spirulina Extract Improves Visual Learning and Visual Working Memory in Older Adults
Written by Taylor Woosley, Staff Writer. 12-week supplementation of a Spirulina maxima 70% ethanol extract (SM70EE) resulted in statistically significant improvements in visual learning (p=0.007) and visual working memory tests (p=0.024). The populations of most...
Spirulina Supplementation Combined with Physical Exercise Improves Dyslipidemia
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Spirulina maxima supplementation enhances the hypolipidemic effect of a systematic PEP in men with excess body weight and dyslipidemia. Dyslipidemia is characterized by an abnormality in plasma lipids (total cholesterol,...
Spirulina Improves Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Obese Hypertension Patients
Written by Angeline A. De Leon, Staff Writer. Compared to the control, spirulina significantly improved insulin sensitivity, lipid profile, and total antioxidant status in obese patients with well-treated hypertension. A multi-factorial disease, obesity involves...
Spirulina may Improve Blood Lipid Levels
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. 52 residents in Crete who had dyslipidemia took 1000 mg of spirulina daily for 12 weeks and found a significant decrease in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Dyslipidemia is a condition when cholesterol and...
Allergic Rhinitis and Spirulina
Written by Marcia J. Egles. The symptoms of allergic rhinitus allergies were reduced by 2,000 mg of spirulina per day, in a test with 150 patients. In Western societies an estimated 10% to 25% of the population contends with allergic rhinitis (2), a condition brought...
Soy Shows Benefits for High Blood Pressure
Written by Jessica Patella, ND. This review of 11 researches showed that those taking 65-153 mg of soy isoflavones per day for 1-12 months lowered blood pressure in people that had high blood pressure. Approximately one billion people worldwide and 74.5 million...