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AquaSource Sea Power Algae
"Some algae
are a delicacy fit for the most honoured guests,
even for the
King himself."
Sze Teu 600BC
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Name:
AquaSource Sea Power Algae -
120 veg.caps
Code:
ASPC120
Price: £ Add to Basket |
AquaSource Sea Power Algae
This product brings together
potent natural foods from the sea, where life originated, providing a selection
of nutrients that are important for health and well-being. It is a blend of 3
different types of sea algae (seaweed): brown algae, red algae, and green algae,
combined with AquaSource Algae (blue-green algae). These different types of
algae grow in different locations, so have adapted to very different conditions
and climates. Each contains a broad spectrum of micronutrients and has
simplicity, having evolved millions of years ago, that means they are easily
absorbed by the human body. When combined, they provide a more balanced
nutritional profile than each individually, containing, on a gram for gram
basis, a wide range of nutrients. The product provides organic dried whole
plants, rather than extracts that lack the balance found in nature.
Seaweed Consumption
Did you know?
One of the earliest records, the
Chinese Book of Poetry, indicates that sea vegetables were considered a delicacy
as far back as the time of Confucius.
Did you know?
Ancient Hawaiians revered and
cultivated seaweeds for royalty.
Did you know?
In Ancient Greece seaweed was
collected for animal feed and medicinal purposes.
Did you know?
Seaweed consumption appears in
Icelandic sagas from 10th Century.
Did you know?
There is a strong tradition of
eating seaweed in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Did you know?
Seaweed is an item of staple diet
in Japan.
Red Algae -
Lithothamnion Sp.
This organic seaweed is harvested
from the seabed in mineral rich, pollution free Atlantic waters. Weight for
weight this organic seaweed is high in calcium and contains a wide range of
other minerals and trace elements. Corraline algae, of which this is one, are
known to be amongst the most robust plants in the sea, living in the depths of
the sea.
Minerals are important to good
health and are vital to the efficient functioning of many tissues, bones and
organs in the body.
However, due to intensive farming
and the addition of an excess of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to maximize
yield of crops, our soils have become depleted of minerals over the years. This
can lead to disruption in the natural ratios of minerals in the soil and may
lead to a lack of minerals being incorporated into land-grown food. However,
this has not happened as extensively in the oceans and minerals and trace
elements still exist in natural ratios in plants that grow in the sea. Thus
seaweeds can be a good source of certain minerals and other important nutrients.
Green Algae -
Dunaliella Salina Algae
This green marine alga is a
primitive, single-celled, micro-marine algae that evolved over 500 million years
ago. It has a soft cell membrane which makes it easy to digest. Organically
grown, without herbicides or pesticides in clean, mineral-rich Australian
seawaters, it is extremely nutrient dense. The high UV sunlight and low rainfall
provide a perfect environment for its growth.
Dunaliella Saline Algae is best
known for being the richest natural source of beta-carotene (pre-cursor to
vitamin A), a powerful antioxidant. This is a deep red pigment, which protects
the algae from excessive light. Weight for weight, it provides over 200 times
the amount of beta-carotene as carrots. Note that beta-carotene from natural
sources such as algae is superior to synthetically produced beta-carotene in its
antioxidant action. Other carotenoids present are alpha-carotene, lutein,
zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin.
Gram for gram, whole dried
organic Dunaliella Salina Algae, as used in Sea Power Algae (not an extract as
found in many other supplements) is rich in chlorophyll, polysaccharides,
minerals, vitamins and essential fatty acids (such as Omega 3 and Omega 6,
beneficial oils that are passed up the food chain to fish).
Brown Algae -
Ascophyllum nodosum
AquaSource have sourced only the
best organic wild Ascophyllum Seaweed from Norway. Of all the 'Brown' algae the
'wrack' seaweeds have the broadest balance of nutrients, and among these, due to
their unique Arctic habitat and evolution, the Arctic wrack varieties are widely
considered to be more nutrient dense than more southerly varieties.
Only fresh, living wild plants
are harvested, cleaned, air-dried and immediately ground. Nothing is extracted
or added. Harvesting is sustainable, allowing the cut plants to grow again, and
is carried out each summer among hundreds of islands stretching many miles off
the Lapland coast of Norway.
Gram for gram, the particular
arctic wrack seaweed used in AquaSource Sea Power Algae contains 200 times more
iron than beet greens, the richest land-grown vegetable. It also contains 100
times more iodine than an equivalent amount of any land-grown vegetable, and
some 14 times more calcium than cow's milk. Weight for weight, this ocean
vegetable not only contains a wide range of minerals but also contains vitamins,
amino acids, essential fatty acids and polysaccharides (natural sugars).
Blue-Green Algae - AquaSource
Algae - Aphanizomenon flos-aquae
At the base of the food chain,
blue-green algae, have survived life on earth for billions of years. These wild
algae grow in the Upper Klamath Lake, a lake formed by a volcano and hence
mineral rich. It perfectly complements the other algae used in AquaSource Sea
Power Algae.
On a gram for gram basis,
AquaSource Algae is a rich source of a wide range of nutrients including protein
(containing amino acids in readily assimilable form), minerals, vitamins (high
in iron, vitamin C, vitamin B12 and vitamin B5), antioxidants (including
carotenoids), chlorophyll, phycocyanin (a rare blue pigment), essential fatty
acids and other chemicals important for healthy brain function.
The soft cell wall means that the
nutrients in this remarkable 'whole'food' are easily taken up by our bodies.
AquaSource Sea Power Algae
provides a considered combination of these dried whole food algae from organic
sources (grown without chemicals or fertilisers), each exceptional in their own
right.
3 capsules of AquaSource Sea Power Algae
provide:
Vitamin C 29.7mg 37% RDA
Vitamin B12 2.8mcg 112% RDA
Vitamin B5 3.2mg 54% RDA
Calcium 241mg 30% RDA
Iron 12.1mg 86% RDA
Iodine 253 mcg 167% RDA
Betacarotene 5.5mg,
Chlorophyll 7.3mg
RDA = recommended daily allowance
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