'Pond scum is under-appreciated. Just looking at the green slime on your local pond may even make you gag. But you might want to get over that. The algae growing on the surface of still water everywhere could be the key to a healthy vibrant life.
Spirulina is a single-celled, blue-green algae that has been thriving on Earth since the beginning of life itself. Named for the microscopic spiraling helixes it forms, spirulina's green color is derived from chlorophyll.
Its blue color comes from a pigment called phycocyanin, which has been shown to help increase the production of bone marrow stem cells and anti-cancer natural killer (NK) cells, as well as inhibit cancer colony formation.
Like plankton, spirulina is very low on the food chain, and converts sunshine to protein, fatty acids, carbohydrates and a multitude of nutrients that are essential to life on Earth.'
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