Earthrise Nutritionals: Studies confirm spirulina's role as an anticancer agent.

2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases have confirmed in humans that taking an extract of spirulina can have positive effects on the production of cancer fighting immune cells in the body.

Results of the study have been published in the journal International Immunopharmacology (2002;2(4)).

For decades, animal and in vitro studies have demonstrated the immune system activation effects of spirulina. This latest study, performed on 12 adult males, found that the oral administration of a hot water extract of spirulina (outdoor grown and spray dried) helped the immune system to produce …