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!