Continuing with the remarkable properties of the cell
walls found in the algae of Bio-Algae Concentrates, it turns out
that the mucopolysaccharides also have another
fascinating property: they bind with environmental toxins and
carry them safely out of the body.
What kind of environmental toxins?
- Heavy metals like aluminum, mercury, cadmium and arsenic.
- Pesticides.
- PCBs (polychlorobiphenyls)
Many reports have come from Japanese research
studies that followed the nuclear catastrophe resulting from atomic
bombs that were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in
1945 and from Russian studies following the 1986 explosion of
a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl. In a report to the General Meeting of the Pharmaceutical
Society of Japan on an early study in animals, Ichimura (1973)
reported that algae increased elimination of
cadmium: threefold in feces and sevenfold in urine. Other
researchers from Japan showed that it helped detoxify
uranium and lead (Horikoshi et al. 1979). Certain algae have
detoxification potential for similar compounds, such as dioxin
and polychlorinated biphenyls. (PCBs are chemical compounds used
in plastics, insulation, and flame retardants, with potential to
cause cancer and liver damage.)
Spirulina (as found in Bio-Algae Concentrates) may help ADHD by removing aluminum,
carbon tetrachloride, and other toxins from the body (Torres-Duran
et al. 1998; Vadiraja et al. 1998).
- Herbal Medicine, Healing & Cancer by Donald R. Yance
It is well known that the build up of heavy metals in the body
leads to disastrous health results and some rather frightening
diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Due to its cell wall structure
and many other factors, it appears that Bio-Algae Concentrates are also
a potent contributor to detoxification.
