Fresh Spirulina for Gut & Microbiome Health

Reduce the causes and symptoms of chronic and recurring stomach pain and improve gut health.

Build a healthy microbiome and promote microbiome diversity with daily fresh spirulina.

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SPIRULINA IMPROVES GUT HEALTH

Poor gut health accelerates ageing, increases the risk of disease, reduces mental function, causes physical and mental fatigue, and can accelerate memory loss.

Spirulina provides significant protection by promoting microbiome diversity, protecting against bacterial and viral attack, and through its powerful prebiotic and probiotic properties.

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Fresh spirulina - never heated, never dried - provides up to 8 times more nutrients and up to 20 times more antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, active enzymes, and bioactive compounds than found in dried spirulina powder or tablets.

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Research: Spirulina for Good Digestion & Stomach Health

In the research blow dried spirulina shows spectacular results in improving gut health.

Fresh spirulina provides up to 20 times more nutrients and active healing cvompounds 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 Protects Stomach Against Foodborne Pathogens, Viral Infections – Improves Microbiome Health 2021

Spirulina’s antimicrobial properties have been well documented in studies that confirm an inhibitory effect on foodborne pathogens including S. epidermidis, S. faecalis and C. albicans.

In another study scientists showed spirulina induced an antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhimurium and observed growth arrest of the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus.

A 2020 study confirmed the antimicrobial property of spirulina against foodborne pathogens L. innocua, S. liquefaciens and P. fuorescens.

Spirulina has also been shown to be effective against viral infections by enteric viruses.

Spirulina exhibits probiotic properties that improve the growth of healthy intestinal lactic acid bacteria including B. lactis, L. acidophilus, L. delbrueckii spp. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus.

See the research: International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Applied Science - 2021

Research: Spirulina Declared an Effective Gut Prebiotic – Boosts Growth of Friendly Microbes - 2019

The aim of the study was to test the prebiotic effect of Spirulina on healthy microbiome bacteria from the genera Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium.

A positive prebiotic effect was observed in all strains tested - the growth of friendly bacteria increased with greater doses of spirulina.

Read the research: Journal of Pharmaceutical Research - 2019

Research: Prebiotic & Probiotic Spirulina Improves Stomach Health, Boosts Protective Microbes, Protects Brain Health

A scoping review of experimental and clinical spirulina research studies found that spirulina modulates microbiome diversity towards an increased relative abundance of protective bacteria.

Spirulina was seen to maintain microbial homeostasis by reducing proteobacteria hyperproliferation, favoring short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) production and maintaining intestinal barrier integrity.

Spirulina reduces systemic inflammatory responses which can affect brain health.

The research concludes that the prebiotic and probiotic compounds in spirulina can preserve gut microbiome health and help prevent the development of brain disorders.

Read the research: Journal of Marine Drugs (PubMed Central) - 2021

Research: Spirulina Maintains Microbiome Health, Prevents Viral and Microbial Infections and Diseases - 2017

Microbial-modulating activities of Spirulina help prevent dysbiosis –an “imbalance” in the gut microbial community that is associated with disease.

Changes in microbiota composition are associated with several diseases including inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and metabolic and immunological diseases.

Alterations of gut microbial composition also result in changes in the metabolites generated in the gut from microbial activity, essential for good gut health.

Spirulina helps re-establish correct microbial balance by promoting probiotic species growth.

The antibacterial activity of Spirulina also protects against viral and microbial infections.

See the research: Journal of Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity - 2017

Research: Spirulina Boosts Favorable Intestinal Flora, Microbiome, Improves Stomach Health - 2021

Spirulina is functional food with probiotic properties that sustains favorable intestinal flora.

Spirulina significantly increased the growth of lactic acid bacteria such as Lactococcus lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and Lactobacillus bulgaricus.

Spirulina supplementation has resulted in extension of Lactobacillus by 32.7% and extension of vitamin B1.

See the research: Journal of Microbial Bioactives - 2021

Research: Spirulina Promotes Stomach Health – Boosts Good Microbes, Fights Pathogens - 2022

Spirulina helped maintain intestinal homeostasis, promoting the development of beneficial microbes, defending the microbiota against pathogens, and protecting gastrointestinal function and immunoregulation.

Spirulina promoted the abundance, diversity, and composition of gut microbiota, especially stimulating the growth of Bacteroides, Escherichia-Shigella, Megamonas, Megasphaera, Blautia, Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus.

Read the research: Journal of Food Science and Human Wellness - 2022

Research: Spirulina Dramatically Improves Sleep, Reduces Stress, Improves Quality of Life in Ulcerative Colitis Patients

Ulcerative Colitis is a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in which parts of the gut become swollen, inflamed, and ulcerated.

This can cause diarrhea, blood in stools, weight loss, tiredness, stomach pain and other symptoms.

Colitis is a lifelong condition with no cure and can be unpredictable.

Medical treatment often includes nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieves pain, decrease inflammation and reduce fever, antibiotics to stop the growth of or kill bacteria, anti-inflammatories to prevent or counter swelling and inflammation, immunosuppressive drugs, steroids, and analgesic drugs – all with a host of side effects.

In this randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial colitis patients treated with spirulina experienced significantly reduced sleep disturbances vs the placebo group.

Furthermore, a significant reduction in stress score and increase in quality of life was observed among ulcerative colitis patients following spirulina treatment, which could be attributed to improved sleep and stress status.

Read the research: International Journal of Clinical Practice - 2021

Research: Scientists Explain How Spirulina Boosts Gut Health - 2021

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of the scientific and clinical literature on the general health benefits of Spirulina, with a focus on its gut health, immunomodulatory, and antiviral effects and show how these are linked to its nutritional profile and antioxidant properties.

A healthy gastrointestinal system depends on good digestion and absorption of nutrients that results in a state of overall wellbeing.

Spirulina is composed mainly of proteins, along with all the essential amino acids, and fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals. Its antioxidant properties are attributed to the presence of phenolics, tocopherols, β-carotenes, chlorophyll a, gamma linolenic acid, polysaccharides, and phycocyanin.

The phenolic compounds and extracellular metabolites released from Spirulina after digestion strengthen the epithelial lining with antibacterial effects against pathogenic bacteria, adding to its prebiotic effect on the gut microbiota.

The results demonstrate that Spirulina plant protein is comparable to other protein isolates and is a better source of free amino acids at all stages of digestion.

Spirulina contains high levels of phycocyanin, with proven health benefits due to its antioxidant properties, immune-modulating mechanisms, antigenic inhibition, and anti-fatigue effects.

Read the research: International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases - 2021

Trusted Source: Scientists Discover that Poor Gut Health Accelerates Ageing– 2023

Scientists have discovered that higher levels of inflammatory gut bacteria result in accelerated ageing, which "means that you are older than your chronological age".

The research confirms a direct link between gut bacteria, the human ageing process, inflammation, and fitness.

Both accelerated ageing and increased inflammation significantly increase the risk of serious illness.

"We found that inflammatory bacteria are actually accelerating the ageing process, so if you have more inflammatory bacteria - then you have advanced ageing," scientist Radak told Euronews Next.

The findings suggest a crucial link between gut bacteria, inflammation, fitness, and the ageing process, challenging the common assumption that more bacteria simply means better health, says Radak.

Read the report: EuroNews - 2023

Trusted Source: New Research Links Alzheimer’s Memory Loss to Gut Microbiome - 2023

A new study (November 2023) has demonstrated that Alzheimer’s symptoms can be transmitted to a healthy young organism through the gut microbiota, confirming its role in the disease.

Alzheimer’s patients displayed a higher abundance of inflammation-promoting bacteria in fecal samples, and these changes were directly associated with their cognitive status.

Professor Yvonne Nolan said: “The memory tests we investigated rely on the growth of new nerve cells in the hippocampus region of the brain.

We saw that animals with gut bacteria from people with Alzheimer’s produced fewer new nerve cells and had impaired memory.”

“People with Alzheimer’s are typically diagnosed at or after the onset of cognitive symptoms, which may be too late, at least for current therapeutic approaches.

Understanding the role of gut microbes during prodromal – or early stage- dementia, before the potential onset of symptoms may open avenues for new therapy development, or even individualized intervention,” said Professor Nolan.

Read the report: SciTech Daily - 2023

This is a small selection of hundreds of independent research studies confirming spirulina benefits for boosting and protecting stomach health and a healthy microbiome.

Dosage: Fresh Spirulina for Good Digestion & Stomach Health

Research studies confirm that larger daily spirulina doses over longer periods consistently provide the best results.

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 Dosage for Digestive & Stomach Health

Most people who consume SPRU for this purpose find that one to two portions (SP-1 to SP-2) daily provide excellent results for healthy adults and children.

People with digestive problems or stomach health issues may wish to increase their dosage to SP-3 to SP-5 until these settle down.

Almost any dose of fresh spirulina will provide more benefits than shown in most of the above research studies that have been conducted with dried spirulina.

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Fresh Spirulina for Good Digestion & Stomach Health