Smoothie Recipes with Spirulina Powder

Spirulina Powder

About Spirulina Powder

Spirulina is a blue-green algae that was a food source of the Aztecs. It can be found in many freshwater environments (like ponds, lakes, and rivers).

Nutrition Benefits of Spirulina Powder

Spirulina contains protein, iron, vitamins A, K, and B complex. It also has chlorophyll, and antioxidants, such as beta carotene and yellow xanthophylls.

Benefits linked to spirulina show that is may help with anti-aging, immune support, allergic reaction protector, anti-bacterial, infection, liver, and eye/vision support.

Nutrition Facts

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Spirulina Powder scores well for 17 health goals

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Detoxification

Recipe Score:96

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Liver

Recipe Score:96

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:94

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Anemia

Recipe Score:94

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Depression

Recipe Score:92

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Anxiety

Recipe Score:92

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Memory

Recipe Score:90

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Fat Loss

Recipe Score:90

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Erectile Dysfunction

Recipe Score:90

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Allergy

Recipe Score:90

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Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Recipe Score:90

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Cancer

Recipe Score:90

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Breastfeeding

Recipe Score:90

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Athletic Performance

Recipe Score:90

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Thyroid

Recipe Score:90

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Brain

Recipe Score:88

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Look Younger

Recipe Score:82

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The Research

Detoxification

Detoxification: Score 96

Summary:

Human: It decreases dioxin and increases immunoglobulin concentrations in breast milk. It detoxifies heterocyclic amines in young adults. Animal: It reduces endotoxemia, intestinal oxidative stress and bacterial translocation in experimental biliary obstruction. It inhibits dioxin accumulation.

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Study 1 Study 2

Animal Studies:

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Liver

Liver: Score 96

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Human: It has beneficial effects and improves health related quality of life for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It has therapeutic value in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Animal: It improves non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, visceral fat macrophage aggregation and serum leptin in metabolic syndrome. It protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It has a chemoprotective on liver toxicity and cancer. It has liver protective properties against chemical induced oxidative damage. It reduces chemical induced acute liver injury.

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Study 1 Study 2

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes (Type 2): Score 94

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Human: It improves insulin sensitivity in all patients tested. Animal: It has anti-cataract effects on rats with diabetes. It improves insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake in the liver in diabetic rats. It has the ability to improve fructose induced insulin sensitivity.

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Anemia

Anemia: Score 94

Summary:

Chlorella/ Spirulina reduces the risk of anemia. contains magnesium (49% RDA), which may be associated with hemolytic anemia.

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Depression

Depression: Score 92

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Human: It improved anxiety, physical and cognitive symptoms of depression.

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Anxiety

Anxiety: Score 92

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It improved anxiety and symptoms of depression.

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Human Studies:

Study 1

Memory

Memory: Score 90

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Animal: Spirulina prevents memory dysfunction, reduces oxidative stress damage and augments antioxidant activity.

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Fat Loss

Fat Loss: Score 90

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Human: Spirulina improves insulin resistance in 100% of patients tested. It may be useful to control body weight and improve lipid metabolism.

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Human Studies:

Study 1 Study 2

Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile Dysfunction: Score 90

Summary:

It slows the adverse effects of a bad artery clogging diet. Spirulina is found in the Ancient Greens Superfood Mix.

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Study 1
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Allergy

Allergy: Score 90

Summary:

Consumption significantly improves the symptoms of allergic rhinitis. It reduces IgE production against milk casein. Spirulina is found in the Ancient Greens Superfood Mix.

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Academic Review:

Study 1

Animal Studies:

Study 1

Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Circulatory System (Cardiovascular): Score 90

Summary:

It slows the adverse effects of a bad artery clogging diet. Spirulina is found in the Ancient Greens Superfood Mix.

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Animal Studies:

Study 1 Study 2

Cancer

Cancer: Score 90

Summary:

Animal: Spirulina has potent anti-proliferative effects on experimental human pancreatic cancer. It may serve as a natural agent in cancer treatment or chemoprevention. It triggers programmed cell death in liver cancer cells.

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Animal Studies:

Study 1 Study 2 Study 3

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding: Score 90

Summary:

Human: It decreases dioxin and increases immunoglobulin concentrations in breast milk. Spirulina diet to lactating mothers protects the antioxidant system and reduces inflammation in post-natal brain after systemic inflammation. Animal: It suppresses methylmercury transfer to the fetus and prevents its accumulation in the mother’s brain.

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Human Studies:

Study

Animal Studies:

Study 1 Study 2

Athletic Performance

Athletic Performance: Score 90

Summary:

It helps athletes recover.

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Human Studies:

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Thyroid

Thyroid: Score 90

Summary:

B vitamins have a potential association with thyrotoxicosis. Magnesium prevents exercise induced reduction in thyroid hormone. Spirulina is found in the Ancient Greens Superfood Mix.

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Contains B Vitamins, B2 (216% RDA), B3 (64% RDA), B5 (35% RDA), B6 (18% RDA) and magnesium (49% RDA).

Brain

Brain: Score 88

Summary:

Spirulina has a potential role in reversing cognitive dysfunctions associated with aging and obesity. It prevents memory dysfunction and reduces oxidative stress damage. Spirulina is found in the Ancient Greens Superfood Mix.

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Study 1 Study 2 Study 3

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Look Younger

Look Younger: Score 82

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In Vitro: It exhibits bioprotective properties against experimentally induced DNA damage and telomerase inhibition. It may have advanced glycation end product inhibitory activity.

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Spirulina Powder

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OVERVIEW

About Spirulina Powder

Spirulina is a blue-green algae that was a food source of the Aztecs. It can be found in many freshwater environments (like ponds, lakes, and rivers).

Nutrition Benefits of Spirulina Powder

Spirulina contains protein, iron, vitamins A, K, and B complex. It also has chlorophyll, and antioxidants, such as beta carotene and yellow xanthophylls.

Benefits linked to spirulina show that is may help with anti-aging, immune support, allergic reaction protector, anti-bacterial, infection, liver, and eye/vision support.

Spirulina Powder SCORES WELL FOR 17 HEALTH CONDITIONS

90Allergy 94Anemia 92Anxiety 90Athletic Performance 88Brain 90Breastfeeding 90Cancer 90Circulatory System (Cardiovascular) 92Depression 96Detoxification 94Diabetes (Type 2) 90Erectile Dysfunction 90Fat Loss 96Liver 82Look Younger 90Memory 90Thyroid

OUR SCORING SYSTEM

For each health protocol, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health conditions. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

What we consider when creating your scores:

1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
2Amount of Research
3What the Research Says
4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)

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About Spirulina Powder

Nutrition Benefits of Spirulina Powder

Nutrition Facts

Always discuss with your doctor

Detoxification

Recipe Score:96

Liver

Recipe Score:96

Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:94

Anemia

Recipe Score:94

Depression

Recipe Score:92

Anxiety

Recipe Score:92

Memory

Recipe Score:90

Fat Loss

Recipe Score:90

Erectile Dysfunction

Recipe Score:90

Allergy

Recipe Score:90

Circulatory System (Cardiovascular)

Recipe Score:90

Cancer

Recipe Score:90

Breastfeeding

Recipe Score:90

Athletic Performance

Recipe Score:90

Thyroid

Recipe Score:90

Brain

Recipe Score:88

Look Younger

Recipe Score:82

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