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Blue-Green Algaes

Blue-Green Algaes

It is fairly well-known that Green Juices (particularly from dark leafy greens) are excellent for C & UC.

Things like: broccoli, kale, spinach, cucumber, wheat grass, barely grass, celery and parsley.

And chlorophyll supplements are an excellent addition to the juices (i.e.) chlorella and spirulina.

I have great success with calming a flare with green juices; supplemented with powdered freeze dried organic chlorella or spirulina.

And I have found an Australian powdered product called Vital Greens to be very helpful for preventing fatigue associated with C & UC.

I would be interested to hear from anyone, who has found the same benefits from taking these sort of green food supplements.

Cheers!
 
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It is a pity that no-one has commented.

Does that mean no-one is doing greens?

A Vitamin K deficiency has been linked with ulcerative colitis, crohn's disease, celiac disease, and all other conditions that interfere with the absorption of nutrients.
 

Lady Organic

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I have tried intensive cure of wheat grass juice, but i didnt get any particular benefits. There is a study with UC and wheat grass juice indicating positive response, but the quantity of juice was very high for each day, like 150ml if I recall. I never got to that quantity mostly because it is very expensive. I juice on and off, mostly kale. But i eat green vegetables everyday. I have had some algae, but not very intensively as you propose.

is vitamin K destroyed with heat?
 
but the quantity of juice was very high for each day, like 150ml if I recall.

Yes that would be most problematic. Not only expensive, but the thought of drinking even 50mls per day makes me gag :ysmile:

Fresh Wheatgrass aside, what about the freeze dried version. Whilst not as good as fresh - it would still have some benefits.
 
is vitamin K destroyed with heat?
I think it is meant to be pretty stable. But if you are going to cook, is best to gently steam to al-dente (firm to the bite), as that retains most of the nutrients. Otherwise juice. Avoid boiling the beejeebees out of the veggie till mush and also avoid freezing.
 

nogutsnoglory

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Can you provide a source for this being "well known" I have never heard of algae bring beneficial for IBD. On a separate note it has helped with fatigue a bit.
 
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Lady Organic

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ive decided to combine my wheat grass juice with wheat grass powder in the morning, so to take a much bigger amount. The frozen juice is expensive, but not the powder. On the bottle, i see wheat grass is very rich in vitamine K. 1 scoop provides 80mcg (100% of daily value).
 

Cat-a-Tonic

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Blue-green algae is a toxic substance - I'm not sure exactly what it is, but it manifests in our lakes here and has caused local beaches here to shut down numerous times, and I think at least one local person has died from ingesting it. Here's an article from the local news that I found via a quick search:
http://host.madison.com/ct/news/loc...cle_96ebae9c-1e6f-11e4-9226-0019bb2963f4.html

This thread seems to be more about things like juicing and wheatgrass, which is fine - but I wanted to specify that blue-green algae itself should NOT be ingested! Given the title of this thread, I felt it needed some clarification. :)
 

nogutsnoglory

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It might depend cat, I've seen many natural products containing blue green algae. Maybe some are dangerous and others safe for consumption.
 

Cat-a-Tonic

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Maybe there are different kinds of blue-green algae? All I know about it is that it makes the news every summer for polluting our lakes and occasionally poisoning people. They always refer to it as blue-green algae in the local news articles.
 
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