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🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 4 minutes
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0:00.0 | Spirylene is a microscopic blue-green algae whose carotenoid pigments are responsible for the orange-pink hue of flamingos. |
0:15.0 | At high enough doses, it can also turn us orange too, like if we eat too many carrots, but it's considered benign |
0:22.2 | and goes away on its own when you cut back. |
0:25.1 | The strangest color change I ran across was this, green breast milk following ingestion |
0:31.3 | of blue-green algae. |
0:33.3 | Whoa. |
0:34.5 | But thankfully that also disappears after stopping. Spirillin is said to have various promising |
0:40.4 | health effects. At the same time, on the contrasting note, there are toxins that might contribute |
0:46.8 | to acute poisoning, cancer, liver damage, and gastrointestinal disturbances with long-term |
0:51.7 | consumption potentially leading to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. |
0:55.0 | Okay then. |
0:57.0 | And those purported prominent health effects, like playing a positive role in treating muscle cramps, |
1:03.0 | are based on a study in which mice were injected with formaldehyde and vinegar. |
1:08.0 | What can spiruline actually do in people? |
1:11.6 | Spiruline can improve long-term blood sugar control in rats, but apparently not in humans. |
1:19.6 | Also disappointing when it comes to anti-inflammatory or antioxidant effects. |
1:24.6 | Spirulina may help lower cholesterol, though, perhaps due to reducing fat absorption, |
1:29.3 | and lower blood pressures by four or five points. |
1:33.3 | There was a recent trial where mild to moderate Alzheimer's patients were randomized to a gramma |
1:38.3 | day of spiruline or placebo for 12 weeks and appeared to end up slightly better off cognitively |
1:43.3 | than those in the control group. |
1:45.4 | So those are some of the potential upsides. |
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