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Thin walled chlorella prevents and kills cancer
Chlorella is the stuff that tastes absolutely terrible when you drink it as a powder. The only way to take it is in pill form.
Apparently it is so healthy for you that the Japanese are credited for having such a low cancer rate because everybody swallows Chlorella.
Chlorella is best known for removing toxins already in your system ; it is an amazing natural green algae.
Some people have problems digesting the cell membrane of chlorella. The enzyme cellulase resolves this problem.
And today you can get thin-walled chlorella that breaks down easily for absorption.
It also helps boost your immune system with its antioxidant content.
Scientists are documenting its potent cancer fighting abilities
including its ability to repair damage to DNA and influence gene expression.
Carotenoids from chlorella make cancer cells die
Scientists in South Korea recently found that carotenoids from chlorella may be
effectively used to prevent cancer in humans.
They discovered the primary carotenoid from C. ellipsoidea is violaxanthin,
while the major carotenoid from C. vulgaris is lutein.
They examined the activity of semi-purified extracts of these carotenoids
against human cancer and found
they inhibited cancer cell growth in a dose-dependent manner.
When both were used together, appropriate programmed cell death, known as
apoptosis, was enhanced.
The reason cancer cells are so problematic is that they refuse to die on cue.
Chlorella made sure they followed through when it was their time to die. The
researchers also discovered
that C. ellipsoidea extract was 2.5 times more effective than C. vulgaris at
inducing the apoptotic effect.
(Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, November 26, 2008).
Chlorella influences how genes express themselves
Scientists in Malaysia backed up this study by finding that C. vulgaris kills
cancer cells by decreasing expression of the Bcl-2 gene.
When this gene is mutated, it prevents cells from dieing and allows
cancers to develop.
C. vulgaris also increased the expression of capsase 8, a gene that plays a
central role in the execution
phase of cell apoptosis (Journal of Zhejiang University, Science B,
January).
These findings offer a graphic example of how what we chose to put into our
bodies governs the way
our genes express themselves. The more we are able to regulate gene expression,
the greater the control we have over our physiological destiny.
More recent research has shown other anti-cancer bioactivity of chlorella,
including its ability
to inhibit the COX-2 enzyme that leads to cancer-causing inflammation and the
pain that accompanies it.
Chlorella was shown to have anti-thrombotic effects that can lead to increased
blood flow and reduce the possibility of
platelet aggregation that might induce blood clots. It reduces PLA2, an
important marker of heart disease,
and encourages the production of proteins that regulate cell function, and
enzymes that regulate calcium in the body.
Formation and production of tumors, and viral replication were inhibited by
chlorella,
and the anti-tumor response of the immune system was strengthened.
(International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition), December 23,
2008.
Taking chlorella while undergoing removal of dental
fillings containing mercury
will allow the chlorella to bind with the mercury and escort it out of the
body.