I am constantly amazed at all the natural substances the Creator provides that not only help the body in general but also specifically target cancer cell healing. Spirulina, a blue-green algae that grows primarily in tropical and subtropical lakes, is one such substance. It has been used since ancient times as a protein-packed superfood and source of instant nutrition. Researchers have also discovered specific ways that Spirulina algae can help reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer and, in some cases, heal it.
#1 – Spirulina Targets Breast Cancer Stem Cells
Breast cancer affects close to 3 million women in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as the #1 cause of cancer death. The problem, especially when it comes to traditional breast cancer therapies, comes through metastasis. Metastasis happens because drug therapies do not address the presence of cancer stem cells. These stem cells will continue to grow and generate new tumors long after the therapy has been concluded (and even after many doctors announce a cancer as “cured”).
While chemo drugs apply a “carte blanche” approach, certain natural substances have mechanisms within them that specifically target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone. Furthermore, some superstar phytonutrients target cancer stem cells in particular, eliminating tumors while healing cancer at the very foundation. One such substance is Spirulina.
Spirulina algae contains phycocyanin, a green-blue pigment that is made up of protein molecules. Phycocyanin is what gives Spirulina its characteristic color and helps in the conversion of sunlight to energy through chlorophyll in a plant. Phycocyanin is also a highly-effective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory while the chlorophyll that it works with to obtain energy has been known to bind to carcinogens.
In 2013, a ground-breaking study conducted by the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center gathered a handful of “phytonutrient superfoods” together into what they hoped would be a “cancer-healing cocktail.” In addition to Phycocyanin-containing Spirulina, other phytonutrients in the mix included curcumin from turmeric, Isoflavone from soybeans, Indo-3-Carbinol from cruciferous plants, Resveratrol from grapes, and Quercetin, found in certain fruits.
The researchers were not disappointed. When combined together, the cocktail suppressed breast cancer cell growth by more than 80%! It also caused cancer cell death, inhibited the spread of the cancer, and eventually led to the death of 100% of the breast cancer cells in the sample. Other samples proved the cocktail’s effectiveness against ovarian cancer cells as well.
#2 – Spirulina Affects Melatonin Production
When it comes to breast cancer prevention and healing in particular, melatonin is vital. Melatonin, which is produced while we sleep, has a direct effect on estrogen levels in several ways. It protects from estrogen overdose and directly suppresses breast cancer cell growth by literally putting the cells to sleep. David E. Blask, PhD, of Tulane University in New Orleans is an expert in cancer biology. He demonstrated that 90% of human breast cancers have specific receptors for nighttime melatonin anticancer signaling.
Dr. Blask found that healthy melatonin levels can slow breast cancer growth by 70%. A 2015 study by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture found that spirulina supplementation significantly increased melatonin levels in an animal model.
#3 – Spirulina Helps to Detox Heavy Metals
Heavy metal accumulation occurs through environmental exposure, the use of commercial personal products such as antiperspirants, metals in foods and pesticides, and from amalgam dental fillings. Studies have shown that heavy metal accumulation, especially of mercury, lead, cadmium, and arsenic, can also lead directly to cancer.
Heavy metals also contribute to a host of other bodily and especially neurological effects. Spirulina algae acts as chelator by binding with heavy metals in order to detoxify them from the body. It contains high levels of vitamin C, vitamin E, phycocyanobilin (mentioned earlier), and beta-carotene, all of which help with oxidative stress and heavy metal chelation.
#4 – Spirulina Helps Heal the Gut and Boosts the Immune System
You may have heard that up to 80% of our immune system resides in the gut. For the immune system to do its job at fighting dis-eases like cancer, the digestive system has to be functioning in an optimum way. This includes the proper balance of beneficial gut flora. Several studies done with animal models have shown that Spirulina has an antimicrobial effect, especially against overgrowths of candida, and that it also promotes the growth of healthy gut flora. Spirulina can also help with strictly-digestive system related issues such as leaky gut.
Here are some other ways that Spirulina supports the Immune System:
- Spirulina contains 2,300% more iron than spinach
- Spirulina has 375% more protein than tofu
- Spirulina has 3,900% more beta carotene than carrots
- Spirulina provides 300% more calcium than whole milk
- Spirulina is loaded with healthy fats such as GLA, EPA, DHA and ALA; important Omega-3s
- Spirulina is a great source of B vitamins
- Spirulina helps your body assimilate essential minerals such as selenium; and
- A mere 3 grams of Spirulina provides more anti-inflammatory (and antioxidant) activity than five servings of vegetables!
How Do You Consume Spirulina Algae?
Spirulina can be mixed in water or juice. Sometimes the taste of Spirulina can be off-putting so mixing it in a smoothie can be a great way to mask the taste. Remember also that Spirulina is not only a super-source of protein, vitamins, and minerals, but a very potent detoxifier as well.
Be sure to start with a small amount and slowly increase over time. For cancer prevention and overall health, most health experts recommend 3-5 grams a day (roughly one teaspoon). In addition, a 2016 Chinese study found that a mere 0.5 mg of Spirulina had an effect on monkey kidney cancer cells.
A 2014 study by Charles University in Prague found that a little under 0.20 grams had an effect on human pancreatic cancer cells. If you are considering using Spirulina as part of an overall cancer-healing protocol, be sure to work directly with a qualified health professional.
The most important thing to consider when purchasing Spirulina is purity, as some lesser-quality commercial brands have been found to contain contaminants. Be sure to buy top-notch Spirulina from a reliable source that guarantees the algae comes from pure, non-polluted waters and that no fillers have been used.
Finally, for those who have digestive issues, consider fermented Spirulina, which can be absorbed with more ease.
Article Summary
Spirulina is a blue-green algae that grows primarily in tropical and subtropical lakes.
Researchers have discovered specific ways that Spirulina algae can help reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer and, in some cases, heal it. Here are 4 of these ways:
- Spirulina Targets Breast Cancer Stem Cells
- Spirulina Affects Melatonin Production
- Spirulina Helps to Detox Heavy Metals
- Spirulina Helps Heal the Gut and Boosts the Immune System
Here are some ways that Spirulina supports the Immune System:
- 2,300% more iron than spinach
- 375% more protein than tofu
- 3,900% more beta carotene than carrots
- It provides 300% more calcium than whole milk
- It contains healthy fats such as GLA, EPA, DHA and ALA
- It is a great source of B vitamins
- Spirulina helps your body assimilate essential minerals such as selenium
- A mere 3 grams of Spirulina provides more anti-inflammatory (and antioxidant) activity than five servings of vegetables!
Spirulina powder can be mixed in water (or juice or a smoothie to mask the taste). It is not only a super-source of protein, vitamins, and minerals, but a very potent detoxifier as well.
The most important thing to consider when purchasing Spirulina is purity. Be sure to buy top-notch Spirulina from a reliable source that guarantees the algae comes from pure, non-polluted waters and that no fillers have been used.
How effective is Spirulina in battling prostate cancer? Does anyone know, and have there been studies done on this critical issue for men?
I am currently battling prostate cancer…
Try the American Herbalist Guild for exceptionally well trained herbalists who will help you. There is proven research on the herbs used for this illness.
just a thought- spirillina is high in Iron and cancer feeds off of iron.
Prostate cancer maybe due to gluten/dairy/soy/sugar/GMO/food with a label. Avoiding these and taking vitamins/good oils/minerals…probiotic..LDN..detoxing may help. Mushrooms/Essiac may help and zinc/Mg/Vit C/fish oil/coenyzyme Q10, Nature’s plus- Source of life multiple and more may help. Progesterone may help. See John Lee books. It may lower estrogen dominance and lower swelling and PSA of the prostate and helps the immune system. Men may need progesterone..not just women. Stress steals B vitamins and zinc and progesterone to make cortisol etc. LDN/gluten enzymes may help block hidden gluten. Meat/dairy/soy/BPA may have hormones making person estrogen dominant which can cause swelling. Best wishes.
I agree, I wish people and known companies would stop recommending soy for treatment of any cancer. Women especially should stay away from hormone inducing products. Soy is a huge misrepresented subject on helping women with cancer. NO SOY PLEASE!!!!!
Gluten is wheat/barley/rye..oats/corn and a tiny amount in rice. Vit D3 5000IU/sunlight/exercise/organic food/vegetables/low sugar fruit like lemon/lime/cranberry/rhubarb (dilute so acid doesn’t hurt teeth) and more may help. Hair tests show good mineral and heavy metal levels. Heavy metals may block chemical reactions/thyroid. Gluten may hurt the thyroid. No gluten may help the stomach/intestinal lining heal and then more nutrients may absorb that help the immune system/rebuild cells to burn oxygen/help pH. Genova test shows vitamin levels/allergies/hormones. Best wishes.
Tim Pollard: If you are new to this all, please check out the TTAC ” A Global Quest” videos. Go organic with foods,mfruits, veggies, eliminate all sugar except what nature puts in them. Avoid labels that say “Natural” as that has no standards at all. Some cheaper alternatives to some other products include using 1 Tablespoon Organic Apple cider vinegar to 8 oz. water twice daily, try organic apricot seeds ground up, not sure how much. Look into Organic. Milk Thistle Seed Oil Extract 10 drops on skin around prostate 4x day and 20 drops 4x day in a drink like organic smoothies one even tomato juice. Eat Selenium (in nuts and seeds) and /or Young Living or Doterra oils 7 drops each of Sacred Frankincense, Blackseed oil. Take two 550mg caps of Ginger Root extract, and one Firma Gonna shot 1x a month. No radiation from that shot and no side effects. Also eat hot peppers. I have a friend that got rid of his cancer just from peppers.
hello! chaga mushroom (biochaga http://www.baikal-legend.ru) is good for cancer treatment. Biochaga also cleans out toxins from you body. Bio dihydroquercetin (taxifolin) treats prostate cancer as well as for any cancer.
I like spirulina which is a whole food, but it has an analog of Vit B12 so it may make Vit B12 levels on blood tests look too high, but it may not work like animal Vit B12 so a person may be low in working Vit B12. Spirulina may help detox and help stem cells.
Why don’t Oncologists give multivitamin drips to cancer patients having chemotherapy?
Surely they realize that the body is compromised and lacking nutrition and on top of that, patients are sick from the chemotherapy and cannot eat!
The Cancer industry does not want you to be healthy! A healthy patient is not a patient.
Because there’s no money in actually healing patients. This is sad, but it is so true!
It is illegal to treat cancer with any thing other than surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation (2 to 4% success rate, but it makes a lot of money) in the USA. Vitamins are not drugs. Numerous cures for cancer have been created only to have the physician called a quack, discredited, sued by the FDA/AMA, jailed, run out of the country or dead. Read Politics in Healing by Daniel Haley, a former Congressman from the state of NY.
This is an interesting article. I am wondering which store in Canada, can I find Spirulina. Does it have to be organic?
Yes, everything has to be organic.
Amazon has Spirulina. I use the Now brand.
Shoud this be in place of regular supplements? I take a lot of vitamins since being diagnosed with breast cancer. Of course my oncologist would denounce using this. I said no to chemo and radiation. I am on my own trying to figure out my wholistic care. Any comments welcome.
This is what I do and the link has a section about Cancer. Cancer can be due to Celiac. Cancer can be due to estrogen dominance also. Taking progesterone may help. See John Lee books. Meat/dairy/soy/BPA/The Pill and more may raise estrogen which may block thyroid. Celiac help may help more nutrients absorb/help rebuild cells to burn oxygen and help pH and the immune system. Spirulina…I use with my other supplements…not instead. An Alternative doctor/chiropractor may help. Best wishes.
No gluten/dairy/soy/sugar/GMO and vitamins/good oils, LDN and detoxing help me. Vit D3 5000IU, zinc 50mg if detoxing, 2000mg fish oil, 2000mg evening primrose oil. 2000 mg lecithin, Phosphatidylserine/DMAE, krill oil, CLA, Coenzyme Q10, Rhodiola, Mg citrate 400mg, Vit C, 5000mcg of biotin, Nature’s Plus- Source of life multiple, HCl and enzymes with meals, dairy free probiotic, Vit B12 methylcobalamin shot/spray/under the tongue kind/intrinsic factor kind, MTHF folate, coenyzme Q10, rhodiola, may help brain/body/thyroid/depression/immune system and more. Gluten is wheat/barley/rye/corn…oats has gluten with avenin…and there is a small amount of gluten in rice. GMO corn/soy/canola oil may hurt. Amour thyroid maybe needed since gluten may made antibodies to the thyroid. Coenzymated B vitamins far from synthetic kind make make me calm.
Sunlight (helps the immune system and helps to heal the gut lining),exercise, organic food, good water..not tap water, cooking by scratch pure food….. no food in a box/bag/premade/label/restaurant which may help avoid hidden gluten. Certified gluten free food may have 20ppm of gluten…too much. Nuts not sold in the shell/meat basting/some spices may have hidden gluten/food with a label and lotion/make up etc. One restaurant cooks special for me…rice/veg/tea/extra mushrooms (no meat since the woks may have MSG/gluten in them).
EDTA/DMPS IV chelations from an Alternative doctor, 600mg of cilantro, organic sulfur, Now brand- Detox support, Far Infrared Sauna and more may help detox. Hair tests show good minerals and heavy metals. Heavy metals can block thyroid and other chemical reactions in the body/brain.
LDN may help block hidden gluten/heal the gut lining and help the immune system, but the Celiac diet is still needed. 100% no gluten..no hidden or microscopic gluten may help. Cutting back on gluten or cheating by eating gluten hurts the immune system. It may take 1 1/2 months to heal the gut lining after getting hidden gluten. HCl and enzymes with meals and gluten enzymes help me. There are now gluten enzymes also a person may use that may help, but LDN helps block gluten in the air/on the skin and all day long.
Amour thyroid has some T3 and Calcitonin. Synthroid is only T4..may not convert to T3. Zn/Se/enough iron/strong probiotic may help convert T4 to T3 for thyroid.
Alternative doctors/chiropractors/acupuncturists and more may help with health/vitamins etc.
Longer version:
http://articles.mercola.com/members/Shasha/default.aspx
Buy one of Ty BOLLINGER’S ” Truth about cancer ” DVD sets. a wealth of information. He should charge a lot more.
Just a thought. I was diagnosed with low T3 and upon research, discovered by taking adaptogens and other supplements, that I could actually raise the T3. I always thought it was a thyroid dysfunction, but the article, which I still may have somewhere, intimated that it actually is an indicator of a thyroid problem, probably exhaustion. If you treat the thyroid right, with plenty of quality sleep and nutrients, it can come up. I do take an iodine supplement everyday, and my other minerals as well as vitamins, adaptogenic herbs and for digestion, because as we age, our bodies do not produce the sodium bicarbonate they did when we were younger, I have about 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in every 10 ounce glass of water. Sodium bicarbonate is necessary for our bodies to be able to make hydrochloric acid so we can digest carbohydrates. Once your digestion is able to do that, it helps quality of sleep. It also helps hydrate your body. All of that aids for a happy thyroid.
To Linda. I totally understand. It can be overwhelming when trying to do everything on your own. I refused surgery, radiation and chemo myself and started detox, cut out sugar, and began a cancer diet, mostly raw foods. Also take lots of supplements recommended by Ty and confirmed by my ND, and am still adding more. Just added iodine this week. I also get high dose vitamin C drips once a week and ozone therapy, use Frankinsense oil topically and diffused every night, and near infared saunas every chance I get. It is sometimes difficult to keep up the routine while working two jobs, but there is no stand alone therapy, so we have to fight those cancer cells with everything we have. I added spirolina and still take the Essiac. Of course I am careful about dosages but I say give it everything you’ve got to fight breast cancer!
Linda, sign up with BudwigClinic.com and follow their advice. I cured my breast cancer that way. Dr. Johanna Budwig cured 90% of her cancer patients in Germany in 1950 until the government forced her to close the clinic. She moved to Malaga, Spain and her clinic is still in existence there after her death. The Clinic in run by Dr. Jenkins who is very helpful if you contact him. Ingrid
I do worry about the iron content -as there are links of iron to cancer.
One of my concerns about spirulina is the Vitamin B12 analog. With that, perhaps vitamin B12 absorption would be reduced. This might be important for vegetarians. Cancer patients may adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet when trying to heal from cancer naturally. Any thoughts about that?
B vitamins are water soluble…rinse out the body with enough water. Maybe taking it at time that it would not block vitamins from food and other natural source of B vitamins may help. Coenzymated B vitamins are more natural. My Vit B12 level was 2000 on a blood test due to analogs to Vit B12 and they thought I did not need a Vit B12 methylcobalamin shot, but I did. My brain/body was crashing in it and I need a daily Vit B12 methylcobalamin shot now. It took 2 months of Vit B12 shots to remyelinate/heal my brain after the hospital for Lyme that withheld my Alternative protocol. Blood tests are not to be trusted for Vit B12/Vit A/Mg/Celiac/Lyme/hormones/no use TSH for thyroid and range is not right for Free T4 and free T3 and more. Hair tests for minerals/heavy metals/Genova tests (Vitamins/allergies/hormones)/Zyto scan (infections/how organs are working/electrodermal testing and more tells the truth about health compared to blood tests. Analogs are like synthetic…may block the real vitamins from working. Vit B12 methylcobalamin shot/spray/cream/under the tongue kind/intrinsic factor kind may help sleep/stress/balance/raise oxygen/remyelinate the brain etc. If balance is off then the analog may be blocking the real kind. Celiac may cause cancer and many vegetarians don’t realize they are Celiac. They are looking for a better way to eat so they can heal. I am low in zinc/B vitamins/Vit B12/Fe/protein due to not eating meat. Meat clogs my blood vessels. Grass fed meat may help people. I eat organic cage free antibiotic free poached eggs which help me. Tests may not work to diagnose Celiac. Cyrex labs may help. I would love to eat meat since my energy would be higher and I would not be missing these important nutrients. I also hate to know an animal died to feed me and may have suffered abuse/fed GMO/is full of antibiotics/hormones/chemicals/drugs and can hardly walk to slaughter. They are young and didn’t see sunlight/run/have a good life. Beans have protein and peas etc.but a person needs to monitor their vitamins/minerals/good oils not by regular blood tests.
Another type of blue green algae – aphanizomenon flos aquae – does not have the analog Vit. B12, but a usable form.
Where can I buy spirulina?
Spirulina is on Amazon on the internet or a Health food store etc. I take 2 a day and I chorella. It is like a whole food vitamin and helps detox and restore nutrients and blue green algae may help make stem cells. Best wishes.
There is a big difference between raw living and powdered one. Be careful as over 90% of it comes from China.
This information about Spirulina is interesting.
I have been using Essiac tea extract to kill cancer cells in the breast. This advice came from the website of Dr. Veronique Desaulniers. Is Spirulina a better choice? I haven’t seen anything here about Essiac tea. Please advise. Thank you.
Essiac helps heal the gut lining and helps much more. Don’t stop one and take another. Cancer needs more than one supplement/food to heal. Spirulina is like a whole food vitamin…doesn’t take the place of Essiac. No gluten/dairy/soy/sugar/GMO/food with a label…taking vitamins/good oil/minerals..probiotic…LDN..detoxing may help the immune system/cancer. Zinc/Mg/Vit D3 5000IU/fish oil 2000IU/Vit B12 methylcobalami intrinsic factor kind/HCl and enzymes/probiotic when stomach acid is low….mushrooms…organic food..Amour thyroid if needed…get hormones balanced…may need progesterone which helps the immune system? Genvoa/Hair tests and more may help. Best wishes.
Why not eat the plant rather than a tea, wouldn’t that be getting the source of healing compounds rather than a derivative of it.
The tea has a mixture of ingredients. You can eat the plants, but hard to find and save. I get capsules of it. Now brand, but it is the original formula.
Hi Gayle, can you share where to purchase Essiac tea?
Gayle,
I’m not a doctor myself, nor have I recently seen any information about Essiac tea extract.
I would advise you to watch Ty Bollinger’s website (The Truth about Cancer) for information about Spirulina, and go from there.
Regards,
Cornelia Bryant
Thanks Cornelia. I do watch the website and have all of the series on DVD. The first set “Quest for the Cure” was where I heard about Essiac tea and immediately bought it. I just haven’t heard anything about it since so wanted to ask. Best wishes.
I bought Wild Essential Body and a Essential Mind green algae gel caps through a friend who is a distributer–produced by New Earth Life Sciences Inc in Klamath Falls Oregon—this should be pretty pure right?
Yes! As pure as you can get. I am also a distributor of New Earth products and have been taking them for over 20 years.
One of Ty’s books I was reading just last night had a Dr say “No Soy!” So this Spirula cocktail mentioned
” Isoflavone from soybeans, Indo-3-Carbinol from cruciferous plants, Resveratrol from grapes, and Quercetin, found in certain fruits.”
Q? Does this then mean it’s not something we need to take? Sometimes the various Dr’s speaking will say something to do or use (or not do & not use) that another Dr will support (or not support) in his/her talk with Ty. Makes it confusing – am I the only one finding this in the books (I actually have 3 different books by Ty, transcripts if you will). I do believe God has given us these wonderful natural plants, herbs for sure. Just need to have these Dr’s respond directly to our questions – most time it’s us answering us.
“One of Ty’s books I was reading just last night had a Dr say “No Soy!” So this Spirula cocktail mentioned
” Isoflavone from soybeans, Indo-3-Carbinol from cruciferous plants, Resveratrol from grapes, and Quercetin, found in certain fruits.”
Q? Does this then mean it’s not something we need to take?”
Avoiding soy in any ingredient may help since soy can block thyroid and lower it/lower the immune system and most is usually GMO. DIM…may help if someone is estrogen dominant, but I am not and eat broccoli etc that is cooked so it doesn’t block my thyroid. I can’t take reseveratol…raises Th2 which swelled me. You want to raise Th1 which fights cancer instead. Quercetin is in onion/apples etc…may help. I can’t take turmeric…is Th2. I can’t take coconut oil or olive oil…clogs my blood vessels. Heated oils make free radicals. i eat raw walnuts…open shells to avoid hidden gluten. No gluten/dairy/soy/sugar/GMO…taking vitamins/good oils/minerals…probiotic…LDN..detoxing may help raise the immune system and nutrients absorbed in intestines…help raise oxygen and help pH be more neutral as more minerals absorb. Gluten may make antibodies to the thyroid. No grain/no food with a label…eating pure organic food may help.
Thank you Shasha. I didn’t know the original formula came in a capsule. The extract taste terrible…but hey, I’m on my second bottle because that’s what you do, right. I think I would prefer the capsules :).
The Now brand Essiak capsules are not the original formula (use a k)…but close to it..slightly different species. You can get capsules and put the tea in it yourself if you want. The Now brand- helps me and makes me feel good. I take it daily. Best wishes.
Curcumin – concentrated active ingredient of turmeric, and pure pomegranate juice, both are said to reduce tumours. I took both while receiving chemotherapy for Stage 4 melanoma. (Also other anti-oxidant foods) Instead of the expected 50-70% reduction in the tumour, I got 98%!! I still take pomegranate juice, and turmeric (less expensive), and the tumour has not returned. I have gone from “you have a few months left” in 2014, to “still clear of cancer, we don’t know why” in late 2016. (My oncologist fails to believe it was the supplements – I worry that patients continue to die because they are not told these things.)
How unfortunate that this info is being withheld.
I take a different kind of blue green algae – aphanizomenon flos aquae – which has some Vit B12 and it’s not the analog, like with spirulina.
Can I add spirulina on my son’s smoothie every day? He is 6 years old. How much?
Please do some Research on Fermented Soy. That is very interesting!!
Spirulina is like a whole food with many vitamins. As an adult I take 1000mg a day. A child it may depend on this weight, but 500mg may be ok. I would take it away from a meal maybe since it may block real B vitamins with it’s analog from absorbing.
http://www.naturalways.com/spirulina-analysis.htm
Then why don’t you take the aphanizominon flos aquae instead? It has usable Vit. B, not an analog.
Blue green algae may make stem cells and I am not sure they are much different than Spirulina for B vitamins. I tested high for Vit B12 on an blood test due to Spirulina/chorella, but I was severely low in Vit B12 that was really helping me. I now need a daily Vit B12 methylcobalamin shot and also sometimes Vit B12 methlycobalamin with intrinsic factor or spray/cream. I have Lyme/coinfections. Vit B12/progesterone helps my stress/relaxes me/sleep/helps my bones. Progesterone also helps the immune system. The hospital refused to give me a Vit B12 shot or the rest of my protocol …thyroid medicine/vitamins/good oils/minerals/bioidentical hormones etc. I am trying right now to take the Spirulina away from my food and coenyzmated B vitamins to see if that would help and also detox at that time. Yes…each person can experiment to see what helps them the best. Don’t trust blood tests since nutrients are in tissues and not in the blood usually. Go by symptoms. .I will try the blue green algae again and see if I notice a difference. Thanks for mentioning it.
Sasha, blue green algae doesn’t “make” stem cells, but it does activate them. Spirulina is a blue green algae, but it has the analog Vit. B, so it’s best to use the aphanizominon flos aquae.
Thanks! I bought some blue green algae to compare to chorella/spirulina. Thanks for your thoughts.
YES, you are so right. B12 anemia is pandemic! So many people have no idea. Good job in posting this.
Hi I have just bought some power form of Spirulina for my father who has leukemia AML however the packaging says do not take if you have an auto immune disease (which cancer obviously is) so now I am really unsure as to whether to give it to him?
That is a good question, but before I attempt to answer it be sure to address “oxidative stress” (see below) Ok now to the answer. I have no degree but understand a lot of natural health… A few people react to things that most people won’t; such as a minority that are allergic to blueberries. That said people can also release toxins when taking something that absorbs them; such as spirulina, fucoidan and other mild chelators (Micronized Zeolite and [modified citrus pectin for lead, (NOW’s brand is actually Pectasole-C) ] are good chelators by the way).
So when the trash get’s picked up so to speak, sometimes more get’s put out too fast for comfort. And there may be a small minority that just don’t do well with a particular supplement.
All that said it looks like there are actually Autoimmune problems that are helped by spirulina, and it actually has anti-cancer effects for some leukemia cell lines (in vitro). Being high in Beta-carotene that may be good for Leukemia patients which are low in vitamin A but have trouble absorbing retinol. As always don’t look to 1 supplement but seek for a plan. I really recommend the “Live event recordings” (newer information than the global quest had, although I havn’t seen the extra program addition update they did on it yet)
Some ideas are… Pancreatic enzymes, Lemon water, Vitamin D, appropriate Minerals and trace minerals, appropriate Diet, Juicing, Budwig protocol and more… oh and Ketogenic protocols which the Budwig diet fits in with. (ketometer.biz has great meters for those who want, recommended by Dr Toni Bark)
Oxygenation (“iceman” breathing can be good, Not necessarily too much of the breath holding but the oxygenation part especially) These are a few Ideas but not medial advice! I don’t have cancer personally but take Nrf2 and Nrf1 activators for general health (Bob Wright spoke about the Nrf2 activatior on “the quest for the cures”) and it reduces my oxidative damage (we produce 300 sextillion, 3 with 23 zeros) free radicals per day and Nrf2 “turns on the floodgates” to quote Ty, of our own body’s internal antioxidant defense system. Nrf1 activation deals with mitochondrial health and that is a hot topic with cancer. Dr shallenberger says “cancer is mitochondrial dysfunction” and that’s pretty true. These Nrf2 and Nrf1 activatiors are not approved to cure or treat disease though so don’t take the above the wrong way.
I also think “the Ultimate Zapper” may be worth looking into.
Take care.
Aaron
This article was written by Dr. Veronique Desaulniers. It would be helpful to hear from her on this blog to get a very clear understanding and answers to most of the questions and comments being posted.
Hi, looking for vitamins for colon cancer. I have stage 4 Colon cancer and I am only 50 years old. I havent been given to much positive feedback. I have been on Chemo for 7 months and had surgery 2x. I need new ideas. Can someone help?
hi have you tried Usana products?
What about dandelion root tea ?
Hi Ami Bombardieri, I have read about Essiac Tea to be excellent for many form of cancers. Have you ever tried it?
Wishing you all the very best xx
I had stage 4 kidney cancer in 2009. I used the tea 3-4 times a day along with vit c iv treatments, no sugar ,b17 and few other therapies. I felt like the essiac tea had a lot to do with my results. I believe no treatment should be done solo.
I did all treatments for 6 months and had the kidney removed. They wanted me to do chemo because the tumor was so large and it location. I refused and continued all therapies for 3 more months. Have been check yearly. I am still cancer free.
I was taking chlorella for metal detox but became aware of the high purine level and an interaction with vitamin C. Does spirulina also ahve these issues?