Chlorella is well-known as one of the most powerful natural chelators of heavy metals, and live blood analysis is one way of seeing its positive health impact.

Using high-resolution dark field microscopy, a single tiny pin prick on the finger tip allows living blood cells to be viewed on a video screen. Phenomenon such as yeast, fungus, mould, parasites, mould cholesterol, vitamin deficiencies, allergies and heavy metals etc can be seen. A tailor-made nutritional plan is then given to restore the blood to a healthy condition.

Practitioners Errol Denton and Katherine Ventouris use Yaeyama Chlorella in their treatment of patients. As Errol explains, "we've found it effective in removing heavy metals from the body, and so recommend it to our patients."

For more information visit his website: http://www.livebloodtest.com

In various clinical studies, chlorella has been shown to be remarkably effective for weight loss. There are primarily two reasons for this: the correction of nutritional deficiencies, and the improvement of digestive health that chlorella brings.

Obesity is the result of not only the over-consumption of calories, but more importantly, a dysfunctional endocrine system that results in the excess secretion of insulin and, subsequently, intense cravings for refined foods which cause weight gain. That’s why people get overweight even when they don’t want to: the cravings are simply too strong to ignore.

By supplying the body with the nutrients it needs, however, those cravings can be dramatically reduced and the endocrine system can be brought back into a state of balance. These nutrients are best provided by chlorella. Of course, true weight loss won’t occur from simply consuming chlorella: it creates the proper environment for weight loss. The person must still alter their diet by removing refined foods, hydrogenated oils, all sugars, and other weight-promoting substances. Without that step, the weight will never come off. Just as importantly, a person who doesn’t take up a habit of regular physical exercise will rarely lose body fat, no matter what their diet.

In her book, ‘The ABC Diet’, Bridie Kelly talks about the importance of alkalising the body and how chlorella can help with this. In the book she draws particular attention to the part that magnesium plays in cravings for sweets and chocolate and how chlorella can help:

“Magnesium deficiency is known to produce intense cravings, especially for chocolate sweets (which contain magnesium). By eating micro-algae (like chlorella), the body is supplied with magnesium, and so the cry to “feed me magnesium” is silenced.”

To help effectively eliminate cravings for fattening foods, it’s important to recognise that nature can’t be hurried along and so if you’ve started taking chlorella you’ll need to give it time to work with your body.

It may take weeks or months for your body to adapt and adjust to your new nutritional habits. Hormonal changes, especially, take considerable time, since your body is probably in “the habit” of releasing excess insulin in response to the refined foods you’ve been consuming.

Correcting years of poor diet is a considerable task, but a worthwhile one. As you introduce foods like chlorella to your daily regime, in time you’ll help to dramatically reduce the risk of serious illness as well as start to see the very positive effects of improved health such as enjoying the benefits of carrying less weight. Besides the important health benefits, it’s amazing what fitting into an old pair of jeans can do for your self-esteem too!

In 2006 there were over 31 million prescriptions written for antidepressants in the UK and with 1 in 4 people likely to experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, the connection between food and mood is becoming more and more important.

There are many factors that affect our mood, such as life events, relationships, success at one thing and failure at another. Fundamental to all of this is the activity of neurotransmitters. These are chemicals in the brain, the most common of which are generally considered to be responsible for our mood. The neurotransmitter dopamine, for example, is thought to be responsible for feelings of pleasure, motivation and confidence while serotonin induces feelings of relaxation and calm.

The building blocks for neurotransmitters are known as amino acids. Some of these are known as essential amino acids, as the body cannot produce them on its own. So, it’s important for us to absorb these from our food. There’s a direct relationship between amino acids and neurotransmitters and therefore a relationship between what we eat and how we feel. The amino acid phenylalanine for example, helps to create tyrosine which helps to create the dopamine that can cause us to feel motivated and happy. Amino acids then could be described as the units of mood. Chlorella contains all 8 of the essential amino acids.
Supplementing with phenylalanine has been cited by some as a suitable and effective treatment for depression, although most authorities agree that more extensive research is needed. It is thought however, that phenylalanine may help alleviate depression due to how the body metabolises it into tyrosine and then into dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine. Levels of norepinephrine are often raised by anti-depressant drugs, relieving feelings of depression which is why phenylalanine is thought by some to have an anti-depressant effect.

The naturally occurring form of phenylalanine is L-Phenylalanine, which is found in foods that are rich in protein such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, and beans. It’s also present in chlorella, along with all the other essential amino acids. Nutritional supplementation of phenylalanine is given in the form of DL-Phenylalanine which combines the natural form (L) with a laboratory synthesised form (D). The recommended daily dose for treating depression is 100 – 200mg of DL-Phenylalanine.

A daily serving of 5g of chlorella would provide 150mg of phenylalanine along with all of the other essential amino acids, not to mention the vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients it provides.
Chlorella has survived on the planet for 540 million years. Let’s face it; you’d have to have happiness hard wired for that.

Important Note

People with the genetic disorder Phenylketonuria (PKU) need to regulate their intake of phenylalanine as they are unable to metabolise it. Therefore if you or anyone you know has this disorder, exercise caution in using supplements that contain phenylalanine.