Blue-green booster - updates - spirulina, a blue-green algae, may help fight cancer - Brief Article

Better Nutrition, July, 2002

A recent study indicates spirulina--a high-protein, blue-green algae--may play a role in fighting cancer. In April 2002, researchers at the Osaka Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases in Japan announced that a hot-water extract of spirulina taken orally increased both the number and effectiveness of what are called Natural Killer (NK) cells, suggesting spirulina stimulates the human immune response to cancer.

An earlier study in India showed a 45 percent remission rate in pre-cancerous mouth lesions among people consuming one gram of spirulina daily for a year.