Spirulina--harvested from as it wa...

Spirulina--harvested from as it was places as the California barren and Hawaii--has garnered some important scientific attention lately particularly in reference to its anti-inflammatory, immune-enhancing and liver-protective results A study by C.M. Reddy and others (Biochem Biophys Re Commun 2000) remind ofed that spirulina's liver-protective, anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic abilities may be owed to the fact that a commute in blue-green algae spirulina, phycocyanin, is conception to hold back the activity of pro-inflammatory COX-2 (cyclooxygenase-2) and to advance as a powerful antioxidant.

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