Phycocyanin Builds Blood
Spirulina has a dark blue-green color, because it is rich in a brilliant
blue polypeptide called Phycocyanin. Studies show it affects the
stem cells found in bone marrow. Stem cells are “Grandmother” to
both the white blood cells that make up the cellular immune system
and red blood cells that oxygenate the body. Chinese scientists document
Phycocyanin stimulating hematopoiesis, (the creation of blood),
emulating the affect of the hormone erythropoetin, (EPO). EPO is
produced by healthy kidneys and regulates bone marrow stem cell
production of red blood cells. Chinese scientists claim Phycocyanin
also regulates production of white blood cells, even when bone marrow
stem cells are damaged by toxic chemicals or radiation.2
Based on this effect, spirulina is approved in Russia as a “medicine
food” for treating radiation sickness. The Children of Chernobyl
suffer radiation poisoning from eating food grown on radioactive
soil. Their bone marrow is damaged, rendering them immunodeficient.
Radiation damaged bone marrow cannot produce normal red
or white blood cells. The children are anemic and suffer from
terrible allergic reactions. Children fed just five grams in tablets each
day made dramatic recoveries within six weeks.75