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Newsgroups: misc.survivalism
Subject: Freezed-Dried Superfoods
From: gtong31999@aol.com
Date: 23 Nov 1996 01:37:36 GMT



In our quest to survive and protect our families and loved ones in a
sometimes dangerous world and envoirnment,  mankind has been searching for
light weight, nutritious foods and suppliments...To-day with modern
discoveries in botany and freeze drying techniques we now have new
superfoods that can help us survive better in crisis situations ...One
food which many health professionals are saying is possibly the most
powerful and nutritious food on the planet is -Super Blue Green Algae or
AFA.  The following file contains an introduction,  scientific studies,
medical and scientific professional endorsements and some
testimonials...this food has been tested and proven in extreme conditions:
in mountain climbing expeditions in Antartica, eco-challenges and even by
Olympic athletes such as Dan O'Brien, Decathlon Gold Medal Winner in
Atlanta.   To start with:

  THE ALGAE FACTOR -The Amazing Blue-Green Algae of Klamath Lake

OFTEN SCORNED AS LOWLY WEEDS, THE PRIMITIVE green plants we call algae
have
some amazing properties. Whereas some nutirtionists say our farmland is so
deplete from short-term soil management practices that most nutrients are
gone
from our foods, supplements derived from algae can offer a cornucopia of
high-
powered vitamins to improve physical well being and mental performance
-even,
according to some reduce tumors.

   Algae, dating back 3.5 billion years, may be the first plants to
turn sunlight into energy through photosynthesis. There are some 30,000
species, ranging from microscopic "pond scum' to sea kelp hundreds of feet
long. Algae constitute 70 percent of the earth's biomass; its algae not
the
tropical jungles, that provide 80 percent of our planet's oxygen.

    In the 1980's, Daryl Kollman, a Harvard educated scientist and
teacher, was given a particularly potent strain of Aphanizomenon flos
aquae, a blue green algae, growing wild in Oregon's Upper Klamath Lake.
The strain is particulary high in protein, Vitamin B-12, and beta
carotene, says Kollman, and it contains all essential amino acids, which
are believed to help improve moods, memory, and mental well being.

    Kollman had found his solution to what many see as the dilema of the
modern
diet: increasing quantity, decreasing quality.  In August Celebration -"A
Molecule of Hope for a Changing World -The Cell Tech Story," author Linda
Grover cites studies showing that due to changes in soil management
practices,
100 grams of spinach contained 158 milligrams of iron in 1948, but only
2.2
mlligrams in 1973. Dr. Michael Colgan, author of Your Personal Vitamin
Profile
and founder of the Colgan Institute of Nutritional Science in San Diego,
refutes "the myth of the good mixed diet." He points to evidence showing
that
the level of beta carotene in raw carrots can be as high as 18,500
international units (I.U.) in a 3 1/2- ounce sample or as low as 70 I.U.

    Upper Klamath Lake's algae has special nutrient powers because of an
immense volcano that erupted on that site 7,000 years ago. The blast
spewed
five cubic miles of earth into the air and rained down boulders as far
away as
Idaho, according to geologist. The mountain streams around Upper Klamath
Lake
have continued to dump rich volcanic ash into it. Isolated in the Cascade
Mountains, the lake remains pure, with a deep bed of nutrients -it is
algae
heaven.

    The nutrient deposits on the floor of Upper Klamath Lake are 35 feet
deep
in some places. Daryl Kollman estimates that each inch of that sediment is
suffient to keep the lake's blue-green algae packed with nutrition for 60
years. With 200 million pounds of the stuff growing every year, Kollman
cheerfully calculates that the lake could produce enough for every person
on
the earth to eat one to two grams every day.

                                                        - Richard Poe
                                                            
   Studies on the Effect of Adding Algae to the Diets of Animals and
Humans

Healing Effects:

Yamagushi (Japan Medical News. 1965) administered 2 grams of algae daily
to
patients with gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, and chronic gastritis.
Symptoms
such as stomach pain suppressive feelings in the stomach, heartburn, and
belching were eliminated. Saito and his associates (Medicationa and New
Drugs,
1966) have used micro algae in treatment of cuts that resisted healing.
They
reported fast healing and the almost immediate cessation of bleeding when
micro increased levels of body energy for a quick return to normal
activities.

"It has been recently shown that (certain) blue-green algaes can
significantly prevent mouth cancer. Padmanabhan Nair at Maryland's Human
Nutrition Center administered only one gram a day to tobacco chewers in
Kerala, India, who had precancerous mouth lesions (oral leukoplakia).
Dramatically, after one year, the sores had vanished or shrunk
significantly in more than half the people, with complete regression in
45% of the subjects. Dr. Nair speculates that the antoxidant pigments such
as betacartone help to remove damaging cancer-causing free-radicals.*1


In the recently  published March 1996 issue of the Scandinavian Journal of
Immunology,
(1996 March, 43(3):248-56). PFUA's such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and
especially docohexaenoic acid (DHA) are shown to be very potent
inhibitor's of "over-active lymphocytes(white blood cells) that sometimes
attack healthy tissues.  PUFA's, like those found in AFA Algae and fish
oils were shown to been successful in improving the health status of
people who suffer from auto-immune disorders.*


As reported in the International Journal of Neuroscience , there is a
strong correlation between Vitamin B12 deficency and the possible onset of
multiple-sclerois. B12 deficency may "render the patient more vulnerable
to viral mechanisms." Thus, the B!2 in AFA is one very important and
natural way to boost the immune system and protect the body agains such
viral invasions.9.* 

9. Sandyk, R., and Awerbuch, G.I.,  "Vitamin B12 and it's relationship to
age of onset of MS." International Journal of Neuroscience, 1993 July
-August, 71(1-4):93-9.


AFA, like Human breast milk, contains a peptide known as substance P, an
immune 
system booster. According to a 1995 article in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition [1995 Sept.,62 (3):554-8], the absence of substance P
in infant formula may seriously impair the nutritional status of the
developing infant. 


A 1994 study published in the Journal of Nutritional Science and
Vitaminology [Oct., 40(5) :431-41]  showed that when laboratory mice were
fed a blue green algae diet, there was a marked improvement in the overall
ability of the spleen to mount an effective defensive response. This was
accomplished by a significant increase in the ablitity of white blood
cells to engulf bacterial and viral invaders through phagocytic activity
with intensified interleukin production.


The Journal "Cancer Research, 1995 Jan1, 55(1):57-62." Published a long
-awaited study that finally confirms the intuitive belief that chlorphyll
present in foods such as organic vegetables and AFA algae has anti-cancer
properties! This article reports conclusively that chlorophyll is a
"potent inhibitor of hepatocarcinogenesis...and may have important
implications in the intervention and dietary management of human cancer
risks."


BALTIMORE: Blue-green Algae...has yielded a promising new family of
anti-cancer drugs, researchers say.  Compounds from algae have shown
remarkable abitlity to shrink tumors in mice, enough to cure some animals,
said Gregory Patterson of the University of Hawaii. Mice were impalnted
with cancer cells that caused breast and prostrate cancer in humans and
treated with algae derived compounds called cryptophycins, which appear to
attack the internal structure of cancer cells, blocking their ability to
spread, Patterson said. - San Francisco Examiner Feb. 9, 1996.

It has been known for some time that the Amino Acid Arginine can
dramatically boost the immune system by increasing the production of
natural killer cells that are capable of inhibiting tumor growth.[Surgery
90,1(1981):244-251].  A 1994 double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical
trial reported in the journal Cytokine, describes how low-doses dietary
arginine supplimetation in 29 patients with diabetes mellitus brought
about a significant two-fold enhancement of the immune system. This is
especially interesting because AFA Algae contains copious chains of
interconnected arginine molecules generously and safely stored inside
unique granules inside the cell.*

* from 'Algae to the Rescue' by Professor of Chemistry,  Karl J.
Abrams...I recomend this book for people who want to research alternatives
to chemotherapy for some types of cancer... Prof. Abrams discusses the
role of natural anti-oxidants found in nutritional blue green algae and
how they protect cells from the damaging effects of
free-radicals...Aphanizomenon flos-aquae or AFA, a blue green algae has
unusually high concentrations and wide variety of anti-oxidants, such as
betacarotene, superoxide dismutase, glutathione, and vitamin C and E.

 
Growth Promotion Effects:

Animals which are fed a diet of whole dried algae have shown accelerated
growth rates when compare to those raised normal laboratory rations.
Yamagushi and his co-workers observed greater weight increases and higher
percentages of viable offspring in mice, rats, swine, chickens, and
silkworms. One study from a sample of Japanese children who had been given
2 grams of algae every day for 112 days indicated that this dietary
supplement produced weight and height
increase greater than the children who did not take the algae.


Elimination of Heavy Metals in the Human Body:

Professor S. Ichimaru and N. Ogino report the effectiveness of algae in
excreting cadminum accumulated in the bodies of "Itai itai" patients. They
comment that micro algae is one of the substances that discharges heavy
metals
such as cadminum, lead, and mercury without the adverse side effects of
chelation therapy. Treatment of U.S. patients has shown that use of algae
tends to normalize eccessive and deficient conditions regarding all the
minerals necessary for a healthy body.  The Japanese used algae to relieve
symptoms of radiation poisoning at 
Hiroshima.

"Research has shown thats salts of aspartic acid, which are present in AFA
algae ..are useful for protection against radiation damage. Because of
it's ablilty to chelate radioactive ions, blue-gren algae is being used to
help protect radiation victims in Cernobyl" states Prof. of Chemistry,
Karl J. Abrams.


Mind-Brain Functions:

Dr. Gabriel Cousins, M.D., recently published a preliminary paper in the
Journal of Orthomoecular Society (Vol. III, No. 1 & 2, 1985) reporting
that
certain blue green algaes partially reversed one case of Alzheimer's
disease
and halted the progression of another. In about 70% to 80% of the people
who
use it, it seems to particularly activate mind-brain functions. It has
been a
boon to some people who do much mental work and want extra mental calarity
and
concentration...many people report better concentration and focus when
working, studying or handlinf stress.


Life Extention:

Japanese biochemist have labelled the factor in blue-green algae
responsible
for an increase in sustained physical and mental energy, and for
rebalancing
cellular metabolism, the controlled growth factor (CFG). the CGF is not
only a
general tonic which especially seems to affect the body's upper glands
such as
the the thymus, but has specifically evidenced power as a tonic for life
extension, increasing the life of laboratory mice by 50%.


Aphanizomenon flos-aquae is preferred over other blue green algae because
of
its rich source of natural nutrition. This algae contains no toxins or
heavy
metals and is 95% assimilable in the digestive system due to the nature of
the
glycogen cell wall and its subsequent rupturing during the freezing
process..
Further the micro algae is frozen within minutes of harvesting & cleaning
and
is maintained at zero degrees Celsius until it can be freeze-dried. The
freeze-dried pharmaceutical grade algae retains all of its heat sensitive
vitamins, enzymes and proteins.


References:

1. Nair, P., et al, "Evaluation of chemoprevention of oral cancer with
Pirulina fusiformis."    Nutrition and Cancer, 1995, pg. 197-202

Cousens, Dr. Gabriel, "Conscious Eating", Santa Rosa, CA: Vision Books.

Kay, Bob, ""Microalgae as Food and Supplement," Critical Reviews in Food
Science and Nutrition, 30(6):555-573(1991).

Warren, Tom ."Beating Alzheimer's, New York: Avery Pub., 1991.

Gagne, Steve, "Energetics of Food", Santa Fe, NM: Spiral Sciences, 1990.

Christopher, Adam, "Lake Klamath Blue Green Algae." Body & Soul Magazine.

___________,"Green Giants." Delicious, July/August 1990, p34.


          Health  Care  Professionals  Endorsing  Super  Blue  Green 
Algae

Dr. Karl J. Abrams,  a tenured professor of Chemistry at Saddleback
College in Orange County,  California. ..he has taught chemistry more than
twenty years and is the author of a successful chemistry textbook and
numerous articles on chemical education.  While studying chemistry as an
undergraduate, Abrams did research at Stanford Medical School... As well
as teaching college chemistry...He has spent two years travelling around
the country lecturing on drug synthesis techniques. Since then he has
abandoned that approach in favor of nutritional research to explain the
powerful healing properties of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae from Upper Klamath
Lake. ..He is the author of the recent book 'Algae to the Rescue' . Abrams
gives lectures and conducts seminars on the nutritional benefits of blue
green algae.  He may be contacted through Logan House
Publications...818-763-0405 or 763-0402 fax  or 800-888-0799 to order his
book. 

Dr. Paul Swanson, M.D. ,  Graduated from Harvard University 1n 1980 with a
major in biochemistry, the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1986,
and a three -year residency program in emergency medicine At Bowman Grey
Medical Center in 1989.  He He presently lives in Grass Valley,
California.  He has written the forward to the book 
"Algae to the Rescue", by professor Karl J. Abrams. 

Dr. Kathleen De Remer, M.D.  She graduated with Honours from Jackson
College of Tufts University where she had designed an independant study
program on human genetics and aging. Kathleen received her Medical
Doctorate in 1975 from the Robert Woods Johnson Medical School and
practices internal medicine in Kaysville, Utah.  She was awarded, in 1984,
the "AMA Physician's recognition Award" and "Foremost Women of the
Twentieth Century" award. ..she wrote the introduction to the book "Algae
to the Rescue."

Dr. Michael Klapper, M.D. is a practicing physician specializing in the
pioneering field of nutritional medicine. He is a well-known author and
lecturer, advocate of conscious food choices and scientific advisor to
John Robbins (author of Diet for A  New America).

Dr. Jeffery Millman, M.D. a family practice physician and author of the
"Clinical Observations of Super Blue Green Algae."

Dr. David Markowitz, M.D.,M.P.H. is a practicing pediatrician of fifteen
years from Kennebunk, Maine with a Masters of Public Health Degree from
John Hopkins. He states, "The algae has changed my life in immeasurable
ways. I have now recommended the algae to friends, family and patients
with very positive results."

Dr. Joseph Maddox, M.D. is a practising chiropractor and Nutritional
Consultant in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is a former professor of Organic
Chemistry, Epidemiology, Endcrinolgy and Physiology to more than 2,000
Chiropractic Doctors-In Training.

Dr. Tim O'Connor is a practicing chiropractor with offices in the Phonex
metropolitan area. His unique tape,"A Doctor's View of America's Health"
of "The O'Connor Tape" discusses the need for nutritional support in
to-day's society. 

Dr. Joel Swabb, P.H.D. established the first Ohio Biofeedback Stress
Control Center in association with a family practise medical doctor. In
addition, Dr. Swabb has trained physicians and nurses and worked with
thousands of patients in continuing education courses in the art/science
of clinical stress training and stress management.

Dr. Frank Wm. Varese, M.D. Director, Health Associates, Laguna Hills,
Calif. He states, "I can truthfully say that finding out about blue-green
algae has been the greatest discovery of my entire professional
career...this amazing natural food contains all the nutrients needed for a
health body."


Dr. William Barry, P.H.D. Professor of Biology and Public Health (ret.)
University of Montana, Arizona State University and Gonzaga
University...He has 74 publications including:"A Definitive Treatment of
Aphanizomenon Flos-aquae" (the scientific name for SBG Algae). He says,
this particular algae "contains all eight essential and also ten other
non-essential amino acids"...is an ideal source of abundant 
betacarotene... inorganic minerals,...proteins, essential trace elements,
B12, chlorophyll and nine vitamins. Dr. Barry states: amino acids,"are
necessary for proper biochemical cellular function." Algae may then,
"serve as a whole food with a broader spectrum of food essentials than
nearly any other product." This quote is from his book, "The Astonishing,
Magnificent, Delightful Algae."
                              
testimonials:                  ALGAE STORIES


DAN O'BRIEN: "The product is really important to me. It helps me
physically, and that physical/emotional edge is something every athlete
wants," he says. "When I eat Algae during a decathlon, even if I don't eat
anything else, I know I've got something that's going to keep giving back
to me."  O' Brien won the Gold Medal in the Decathlon this year in Atlanta
..he was sponsored by the company Cell Tech, the supplier of SBG Algae.
Dan lives near Upper Klamath Lake where this algae is harvested and
freezed dried.

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My productivity and creativity has blossomed over the last few years, and
I
am grateful for the balancing and energizing contribution of my SUPER BLUE
GREEN(TM) ALGAE toward the progress I have made. I am presently in my
50's.
I feel more vital and happier than I have ever been in my life. I sleep
three to five hours a night.

     Victor Kulvinskas MS Royal AZ. Author of SURVIVAL INTO THE 21ST
     CENTURY.

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Although algae is not a cure for fatigue sufferers, it does have the
potential to build your immune system up and may help you gain energy. I
personally started taking it May 7Th 1990, and have improved. I went from
being totally disabled to again working part time.

     Beth Allard, Mississauga Ontario Canada

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James and I were impressed with the SUPER BLUE GREEN(TM)ALGAE I felt very
awake on the drive home. My vision was much clearer and my eyes stayed a
lot
more focused than they usually. do at that time of night. My breathing and
nasal passages opened up somewhat, and I was able to breathe more easily
than usual. Thumbs up for SUPER BLUE GREEN(TM) algae

     Judith Ol son-Lee, Davis, CA

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For my experiment I chose two individuals who had well histories of
deficient mental functions. The first case was a 66 year old woman with a
seven year history of deficient mental functions. After one month of
taking
blue green algae, some decrease in the aphasia was clearly discernable. By
six months her spirit, humor and sense of awareness had significantly
improved. The second case involved a 64 year old lawyer from the MIDWEST.
After one month, his wife noted a cessation in the degenerative process.
After 12 months, she has noted no further obvious degeneration. I will be
happy to share the blue green algae protocol with any physician who is
interested.

     Gahriel Cousens MD Orthomolecular psychiatrist Petaluma CA.

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Within 20 minutes of taking my first SUPER BLUE GREEN(TM) ALGAE capsules,
I
felt a sense of clarity, of vividness; some sort of sparkle in my head.
I've
been eating algae for two years now, and have more energy and a better
attitude. The most important physical sensation I've had from the algae
has
been the absence of discomfort. I suffered a severe injury when I was 20
and
had multiple fractures throughout my body. The discomfort has been with me
since then, it becomes really bad during a change in the weather and when
I
get sick. The sites of the fractures would become somewhat irritated.
Well,
I can tell you that after eating the algae, I have virtually no discomfort
from my injury sites.

     Robert Caplan Boulder, CO.

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Even prior to discovering that I had a medical condition, I had developed
a
keen interest in nutrition. For four years I was house bound, and
ultimately
bed-ridden; expending my limited energy investigating various diets and
therapies. For me, nothing has ever had quite the impact on my sense of
well
being as SUPER BLUE GREEN(TM) ALGAE With clearer focus, the discovery of
macrobiotic / life food principles, and hope in the wondrous molecule of
algae, it seems reasonable to expect even greater miracles to come my way.

     Bonnie Seltzer New York, NY.

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After two and a half years on the algae, my discomfort in the left
shoulder
has virtually disappeared. My daily intake is now one SUPER SUN SMOOTHIE
plus 4 four Alpha and four Omega capsules. On a recent trip from Glenwood
Springs Co. I forgot my algae capsules, but survived on SUPER SUN
SMOOTHIE,
and made the 650 mile trip to Las Vegas in 11 hours, arriving about 6PM
and
feeling full of Pep. I love to travel, and now always carry an extra
supply
of capsules, a full can of Smoothie, and a bottle of liquid brain food.

     Charlotte Smith age 69,   Glenwood Springs CO.

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     "I began eating algae in February, 1994. I felt such an improvement
in my
      health that my friends thought my old personality was surfacing. I
      decided to see if it was really the Super Blue Green Algae making
the
      difference or a placebo effect.

      Crystal, my cat, was the only other living creature in the house. I
put
      a pinch of Algae on her food every day for four days. She went from
      dish to couch to chair to bed to dish to couch... . Not very lively!
      On the 5th day I had an interesting surprise. Crystal lept up from
her
      dish, roared around the living room, slipped underneath a scatter
rug
      and attacked a climbing harness hanging from the bookshelf. She did
one 
      more lap around the living room and finally collapsed on her bed.

      This burst of activity has been repeated every morning to the extent
      that I had to buy her a new set of cat toys...Within three months,
she 
      lost 18% of her body weight and her "gunky" eyes cleared up. No more
eye
      drops!

      A few months later I put her on a pinch of Cell Tech enzymes and her
fur
      became Angora bunny-like...Crystal is very kitten-like now and every
day
      demands a recreation play programme. She is her young mischievious
self
      again. And that's pretty good for a 15-year old cat!"

                                    -Diane Williams, Vancouver B.C.

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