Viruses are tiny infectious agents that do not have cells - they invade living cells in humans and other creatures and use these cells as factories to replicate.
Fresh Spirulina to Prevent & Treat Viral Infections
A new antiviral game-changer to naturally prevent and treat dozens of virus types, including flu, herpes, hepatitis C, HIV, measles, mumps & more.
When a virus successfully enters a human cell to replicate, the cell is damaged and will almost always die.
The virus-damaged cells cause inflammation and ROS (reactive oxygen species) attacks that damage other cells and can lead to a host of serious illnesses including pneumonia, encephalitis, cancer, meningitis, life-threatening bleeding, and skin warts and blisters.
Spirulina has been shown to effectively prevent and treat a variety of viral infections (see the research below).
Fresh spirulina - never heated, never dried - provides up to 8 times more nutrients and 20 times more antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, enzymes and bioactive molecules than found in dried spirulina powder or tablets.
How Spirulina Prevents & Treats Viral Infections
Scientists have created only 6 antiviral treatment medicines - each effective against only one virus.Natural spirulina interferes with viral attack and replication in ways that are effective against many viruses.
Protect yourself and your family from viral infection with a daily dose of SPRU fresh frozen spirulina.
Preventing & Treating Viral Infections Medically is Limited
The only medical way to prevent viral infection is through vaccination – scientists have created 11 vaccines to help prevent different virus types.
Some viruses mutate so quickly that vaccinations only provide protection for short periods.
Scientists have created only 6 antiviral treatment medications and each treats only one specific virus.
Spirulina: Natural Protection Against More Viral Infections
Spirulina is unique in its ability to prevent and interrupt replication of a great many human virus infections.
Several different compounds inside spirulina are known to prevent viruses from penetrating their host cells, as well as inhibit replication.
Spirulina is Effective Against These Viruses
Research on this page confirms that spirulina is effective against many human viruses. >>CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE LIST<<
- Adenovirus (cause colds and flu)
- Coronavirus (e.g. SARS, Covid)
- Dengue
- Enterovirus (e.g. hand, foot and mouth)
- Epstein Barr (EBV)
- Hepatitis C
- Herpes
- Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV)
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1 and HIV-2)
- Influenza
- Measles
- Mumps
- Pseudorabies virus (PRV)
- Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Vaccinia virus
Unique Universal Antivirus Action
While antiviral medicines are only effective against one virus, spirulina interferes with viral attack and replication in ways that are effective against many viruses.
ProActive Antiviral Protection
The easiest time to prevent serious viral infection is when they first enter the body, before the number of viruses (viral load) increases to levels that are difficult to combat. >>CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE<<
Daily spirulina provides natural proactive protection against viral infection - it can attack viruses when they are most vulnerable – before they do real damage.
Fresh spirulina and fresh frozen spirulina provide far higher levels of antiviral compounds that dried spirulina powders or tablets.
Who is Most At Risk Fron Viral Infection?
- Babies and children - especially under 5 years old
- Pregnant women
- Adults over 65
- People with diabetes, asthma, COPD and other lung disease
- People with a weak immune system from cancer, cancer treatment, immunosuppressive medications or HIV
- Pregnant women
- Adults over 65
- People with diabetes, asthma, COPD and other lung disease
- People with a weak immune system from cancer, cancer treatment, immunosuppressive medications or HIV
Don't Wait to Get Sick - Protect Yourself Now
Fresh spirulina may help reduce viral infection severity and symptoms in infected people.
Preventing viral infection is the best defence — maintain bioactive spirulina compound levels in your body with a daily dose of SPRU fresh spirulina.
Independent Research: Spirulina to Prevent & Treat Viral Infections
In this research dried spirulina shows effective prevention and treatment of a wide variety of human viral infections.
Fresh spirulina provides up to 20 times more of the active antiviral substances than found in the dried spirulina powder or tablets used in these research studies.
Click on any research heading to see a summary + a link to the original research.
Research review: Spirulina Treatment Effective Against Dozens of Major Virus Types
While drugs may provide some protection against specific virus types, viruses often mutate quickly rendering the drugs less effective.
This study seeks to investigate the anti-viral effects of natural spirulina which demonstrates powerful antiviral effects that remain effective in spite of viral mutation.
The author reviews numerous independent research studies that confirm spirulina’s effectiveness against more than twenty major virus types including:
Adenovirus type 40, Bacteriophage T4, Dengue, EBV, Enterovirus 71, Epstein Barr virus (EBV), HCMV, Hepatitis C, Herpes, HIV-1, HIV-2, HSV-1, Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), Influenza, Enveloped viruses (many), Measles, Mumps, Progeny viruses, and Pseudorabies virus (PRV).
See the research: International Journal of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science
Research: Spirulina Inhibits Influenza Virus Replication, Reduces Virus-Induced Mortality - 2016
Influenza is one of the most common human respiratory diseases, and represents a serious public health concern.
However, the high mutability of influenza viruses hampers vaccine development, and resistant strains often emerge quickly.
New anti-influenza treatments are urgently needed - in this study we assess the anti-viral properties of Spirulina.
Anti-viral effects have been reported for Spirulina extracts and compounds.
Anti-flu efficacy studies revealed that Spirulina inhibited viral plaque formation in a broad range of influenza viruses, including oseltamivir-resistant strains.
Spirulina was found to act at an early stage of infection to reduce virus yields in cells and improve survival, with inhibition of influenza hemagglutination identified as one of the mechanisms involved.
These results suggest that Spirulina might provide a safe and effective therapy to manage influenza outbreaks.
Read the research: Scientific Reports (PubMed)
Research: Chad Population Eats Spirulina Regularly – Shows 1000 x Fewer HIV Cases
Chad is a poor country where spirulina grows naturally - Dihe (as dried spirulina is locally known) is harvested and widely consumed today as it has been for thousands of years.
Researchers compared HIV/AIDS incidence and prevalence in Japan and Korea compared to Chad.
Findings strongly suggest that differences in IV drug use and sexual behavior are not enough to explain the 1000-fold variation.
Drawing inferences from epidemiologic studies of HIV/AIDS and in vivo and in vitro HIV inhibition by spirulina, the researchers propose spirulina consumption as a unifying characteristic of countries with anomalously low rates.
Regular consumption of spirulina as a natural food source might help prevent HIV infection and suppress viral load among those infected.
See the research: Journal of Medical Hypotheses (PubMed)
Research Review: Spirulina Inhibits Replication of Herpes, Influenza A, Measles, Mumps, and HIV-1 Viruses
A Spirulina compound was found to inhibit the replication of several enveloped viruses, including Herpes simplex virus type 1, human cytomegalovirus, measles virus, mumps virus, influenza A virus, and HIV-1.
It was revealed that spirulina selectively inhibited the penetration of virus into host cells.
Retention of molecular conformation by chelation of calcium ion with sulfate groups was suggested to be indispensable to its antiviral effect.
See the research: Journal of Natural Products
Research: Spirulina: The First Known Treatment Against Child Killer Enterovirus 71
Enterovirus 71 causes epidemics of severe neurological disease and also hand, foot, and mouth disease in children.
There is no other specific treatment for EV71 infection.
With severe infection, hospital admission is needed to monitor for brain and heart complications.
In this study, allophycocyanin purified from spirulina is found to exhibit anti-enterovirus 71 activity.
Antiviral activity was more efficient in cultures treated before viral infection compared with treatment after infection.
Allophycocyanin was also able to delay viral RNA synthesis in the infected cells and to abate the apoptotic process in enterovirus 71-infected rhabdomyosarcoma cells with evidence of characteristic DNA fragmentation, decreasing membrane damage and declining cell sub-G1 phase.
See the research: Journal of Microbial Bioactives 2021 (Page 5)
Research: Spirulina Treatment Inhibits Herpes Simplex Virus (Types 1 and 2), also PRV and HCMV
This paper presents the antiviral activity found in spirulina studied by a microplate inhibition assay using several viruses.
Spirulina was found to inhibit the infection herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), pseudorabies virus (PRV), human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and herpes simplex virus type 1.
The highest antiviral activity was for HSV-2, with the virus infection inhibited at the initial events (adsorption and penetration) of the viral cycle.
See the research: Journal of Antiviral Research (PubMed)
Research: Spirulina Provides Powerful Antiviral Protection and Excellent Nutritional Supplementation - 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic demonstrated the necessity of investing in research into new antiviral compounds.
Microalgae are considered good candidates to this end - they display eco-friendly and eco-sustainable characteristics, produce a high variety of antiviral compounds, and can be used as a supplement in diets without collateral effects.
One of the best candidates for nutritional properties is Spirulina.
- Microalgae contain a huge range of bioactive compounds
- Spirulina is known for its beneficial effects against HIV as well as many other viruses
- Spirulina is one of the best candidates as a dietary supplement for providing nutritional as well as antiviral effects
See the research: Journal of Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) 2021
Research: Spirulina Superior to Hepatitis C Virus Infection Treatment Silymarin
Silymarin - an extract from the seed of the milk thistle plant - is a widely used natural treatment for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) by people wishing to avoid the side effects of pharmaceutical treatments.
Spirulina has been found to activate macrophages, NK cells, T cells, B cells, and to stimulate the production of Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) and other cytokines, and provides compounds that are potent inhibitors against several enveloped viruses.
This study compared the performance of spirulina treatment for chronic hepatitis c virus infection against Silymarin treatment.
Sixty six patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection were divided into Spirulina or Silymarin treated groups and treated for six months.
The two groups were compared for virological response after 3 months and after 6 months.
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), Chronic Liver Disease Questionnaire scores (CLDQ), Arizona Sexual Experience Scale scores (ASEX) and the occurrence of any attributable adverse events were also compared.
Results:
There was no significant difference in the group results for most measures, but Alanine aminotransferase as well as CLDQ and ASEX scores were more significantly improved in Spirulina than in Silymarin treated group.
Read the research: BMC Journal of Gastroenterology
Research: Spirulina Inhibits 9 Virus Types Including Influenza, HIV, Herpes Types 1 and 2, Measles & Mumps - 2021
Spirulina provides bioactive compounds that can build a healthy immune system, and scavenges free radicals as well.
This comprehensive 2021 research review investigated and reported on spirulina’s many bioactive properties. Bioactive compounds extracted from Spirulina have inhibitory activity against an extensive variety of viruses including
EV 71 Enterovirus 71
HIV-1 Human immunodeficiency virus
HSV-1 Herpes simplex virus type 1
HSV-2 Herpes simplex virus type 2
HCMV Human cytomegalovirus
IAV Influenza type A
MV Measles virus
MuV Mumps virus
WSSV White spot syndrome viruses
See the research: Journal of Microbial Bioactives 2021 (Page 5)
This is a small selection of hundreds of independent research studies confirming spirulina benefits for protecting our body from - and treating - viral infection.
Dosage: Fresh Spirulina to Prevent & Treat Viral Infections
Analysis of the above research shows that higher doses of spirulina over longer periods provide the best antiviral protection and treatment.
As spirulina is a naturally grown functional food, there is no known dosage limit - In the United States 30-day fresh spirulina fasting is popular for detox and health improvement.
Fresh Spirulina vs. Dried Spirulina Powder or Tablets
Fresh spirulina provides hundreds - perhaps thousands - of beneficial compounds that are lost during processing and storing dried spirulina powder or tablets.
Fresh spirulina provides up to 8 times more nutrients and up to 20 times more antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, active enzymes, and bioactive molecules than found in dried spirulina powder or tablets.
Almost any dose of fresh spirulina will provide more benefits than shown in the research studies - almost all were conducted with dried spirulina.
Dosage Control: Spirulina Portions (SP)
We measure fresh spirulina in Spirulina Portions, written as SP-1 (single portion), SP-2 (Double portion), SP-3 (Triple portion) and so on.
SPRU Shots contain SP-1.5 (One and a half Portions), while frozen Stix are available in Sp-1, SP-2, and SP-3 strengths.
Fresh Spirulina Dosage to Prevent Viral Infection
Most people find that one to two portions (SP-1 to SP-2) daily provide excellent protection for adults and children.
People with active lives, illness, or health or age-related concerns may wish to increase their daily dosage (SP-3 or more).
People with viral infection may consider higher doses of SP-5 to SP-15 per day to help fight the infection and alleviate symptoms.
Every body is different - listen to your body and learn what SPRU dosages and times are best for you.
Consider double-dosing or triple-dosing when starting with SPRU to replenish missing nutrients or bioactives, or in times of stress.
You can't take too much - people on fresh spirulina fasts consume SP-15 to SP-30 every day for thirty days or longer and experience remarkable health benefits.
Fresh Spirulina to Prevent & Treat Viral Infections