Spirulina is a kind of cyanobacteria similar to Suizenji seaweed, and is one of the oldest plants that was born on earth more than 3 billion years ago. It breeds mainly in highly alkaline salt water lakes in subtropical regions such as Africa and Latin America. "Spirulina" is a Latin word that means "helix", and is because it has a twisted shape. Because it contains abundant various types of nutrients, it is a convenient food as a dietary supplement for modern people who tends to take unbalanced meals. Because it is an "ideal nutritional food", NASA is also developing it as a space food.
Spirulina has five major nutrients
Besides proteins, sugariness, fatty acids, and vitamins, it also contains plenty of minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc which tend to be deficient in daily diet. Spirulina contains all 5 major nutrients. Furthermore, as it is good for digestion and absorption, these components are smoothly absorbed by the body.
Please take 30 tablets of spirulina with water or other beverage in a few times per day.
30 tablets are the suggested amount, so please adjust the amount of intake according to your meals or physical condition
on the day.
Start with 5 tablets
When you take spirulina for the first time, please take 5 tablets at the beginning and ensure that there is no discomfort. If there is no problem, please increase the number of tablets gradually.
For people who get diarrhea
Spirulina is a food which has high effect of calming intestinal disorders, so it may cause diarrhea to some people. If you having diarrhea after taking, please try to continue taking 1 or a few tablets. If your physical condition gets better, please increase the number of tablets gradually.
For people who become constipated
If constipation occurred after taking, it may due to inadequate of water, please try to drink more water and see how your condition goes.
Take with yogurt or lactic acid bacteria beverage
Spirulina has a function which increases lactic bacterium and probiotic bacteria so we also recommend to take it with yogurt or lactic acid bacteria beverage.
For children
For children, 1 or a few tablets is the suggested amount per day. Please crush the tablets with back of spoon and mix with milk or juice to give baby and infant who can’t swallow tablets.