So what they found was that if preemies were born and they could not digest mother's breast milk,

they found that putting spirulina in water was the only thing that kept them alive.

And I have the passage in a book somewhere.

And that's what led me to start looking at mother's breast milk years ago.

And that, well, what is it?

What's in the spirulina that's making this work? And it's because it has a very similar nutrient profile.

And I think that GLA probably helped as well.

So you can, this is why, and there's no fiber.

This is why you can give this to your children from day one.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist.

And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.

And this is the Down to Birth Podcast.

Childbirth is something we're made to do.

But how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?

Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. Okay. My name is Catherine Arnston, and I am the founder, CEO, chief scientific officer of a company called Energy Bits, which is my baby.

And we sell spirulina and chlorella algae tablets. And I won't go too deep into my baby. And we sell spirulina and chlorilla algae tablets.

And I won't go too deep into my backstory,

but having children and having a family is all about love.

And I started the company out of love for my sister who had breast cancer in Canada.

She healed completely, by the way, and she's 15 years cancer-free. But her oncologist advised her to change her diet to an alkaline diet to help with her healing. They didn't tell her what it was. My baby sister called me. Of course, I was going to help her. I found out it was a plant-based diet because of the chlorophyll and the phytonutrients, which, so I had been in the

corporate world. I gave up my corporate career after helping her, realizing I could help more people.

And I just kept going. And 15 years later, in the process, rather, I discovered the power of algae

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