Chlorella contains many valuable nutrients, all contributing to its remarkable nutritional benefits. However, one group of nutrients stands out as truly exceptional — chlorella’s extremely high nucleic acid content. In particular, this means RNA and DNA (acronyms for “Ribonucleic Acid” and “Deoxyribonucleic Acid”). These nucleic acids are involved in many bodily processes, especially energy production and communication within cells (i.e., they enable cells to use energy effectively for greater health). In the cell nucleus, RNA carries out instructions coded in DNA—instructions containing information critical for cell structure and function—which are essential for the very lives of our cells, and thereby for our lives, and our quality of life!

When our cells receive proper directions and energy to carry them out they keep us youthful. Chlorella’s nucleic acids provide us basic materials for repairing and replacing our RNA and DNA...giving us greater energy, vitality, and longevity.

Our bodies make nucleic acids naturally, but with increasing age we gradually lose our capacity for synthesizing them, i.e. it’s harder to make them ourselves. This is where nucleic acids from foods make a huge difference for your health. Pioneer RNA researcher Dr. Benjamin S. Frank discovered that dietary nucleic acids not only improve health, but also slow down and even reverse the aging process. Many decades of research led him to conclude that nucleic acids are more than just good for you - they’re actually “essential nutrients.” In particular, he describes RNA as “the anti-aging factor.” Dr. Frank’s research laid the foundation for understanding the effects of all high-nucleic acid foods, including chlorella.

In his books, Dr. Frank predicts nucleic acids will be the “medicine” of the future, but says that everyone can benefit right now — by eating high-nucleic acid foods. In fact, his best-seller Dr. Frank’s No-Aging Diet is a guide for helping people learn about high-nucleic acid foods...so they can eat for super health. But he’s hardly alone in his enthusiasm for nucleic acids from foods.

Dr. Frank has plenty of company in his praise for dietary nucleic acids. In a classic, groundbreaking book titled Chlorella, Jewel of the Far East, natural healer Dr. Bernard Jensen focuses on the health benefits of chlorella and its nucleic acids. Jensen states on page 83, “Eating foods high in nucleic acids provide the material for the repair and production of human nucleic acids...the breakdown of DNA and RNA in the cells [is]...one of the main factors in aging and in degenerative diseases.” Dr. Jensen famously spent his life traveling around the world searching for secrets of health and longevity...and he was very impressed by the “mind blowing” effects of dietary nucleic acids on human health, especially the effects of chlorella.

Dr. Jensen marveled at chlorella’s miraculous powers. And he says that while science takes time unraveling chlorella’s mysteries, anyone can benefit from consuming it right now—without waiting for the day when modern science fully reveals how it makes us healthier. On page 85 Jensen writes, “We know from studies, from experiments and the experiences of many people that chlorella protects the body from disease and often reverses diseases and restores health, without undesirable side effects.”

The Bottom Line: Knowledge gained but never used is...well, not very useful. Nutrition science already tells us what foods contain high levels of nucleic acids—foods like fish, organ meats, beans, brewer’s yeast, and most of all - chlorella. Certainly, foods aren’t advertised or sold in stores based on high nucleic acid levels (yet), and in fact, most nutritionists are unaware of dietary nucleic acids.

But since nothing can prevent you from consuming high-nucleic acid foods right now, as Drs. Frank and Jensen suggest, then maybe it’s time you added high-nucleic acid foods to your diet - foods like chlorella. And most incredible of all, chlorella contains higher levels of RNA than any other food—up to 10 times more than the next-highest RNA-containing food (i.e., sardines). This makes chlorella the #1 “High-RNA” food source. That is, the greatest source of RNA and other dietary nucleic acids anywhere.