Posted by Marc Martin on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/Spirulina-tp1538661p1538663.html

Cara wrote:
> Anyone here had any negative reactions to taking products that
> contain spirulina? Two days ago my husband tried a vitamin
> and mineral supplement called Intramax and had an immediate
> negative reaction -- sour stomach, weakness, brain fog, etc. He
> had been using similar product (same manufacturer) called
> Intramin before, with no problems. I noticed that one of the
> ingredients in the Intramax that was NOT in Intramin is spirulina.

5 years ago, I was taking spirulina regularly, and felt that I was
getting a boost in energy from it. Then I went to several people who
did compatibility testing via muscle testing, ART, EAV, etc. All
of them tested the spirulina as being bad, which mystified me
because I was convinced it was doing me good.

Later on in a discussion group, someone mentioned that Earthrise
spirulina (the brand I was taking) was known to be contaminated
with lead. So that might have been it. I also think that all of
the freshwater algae products (chlorella, spirulina, blue-green
algae) are potentially contaminated with heavy metals, because
of their very nature to attract heavy metals. The salt-water
based sea vegetables don't seem to have this problem, or if they
do it's not nearly as bad, as I've regularly tested well for
things with kelp, dulse, etc. in them.

Alternately, it may be that the spirulina is mobilizing the
metals already in the body, causing them to be let loose into
the bloodstream and cause further damage. My wife stopped taking spirulina
because it caused her heart palpitations, and I think this
could be caused by mobilized metals (I also got heart palpitations
following the removal of my mercury fillings).

That all said, I have occasionally tested well on "Vitamineral
Green", which contains both spirulina and chlorella in the
ingredients list. So perhaps these aren't contaminated,
or perhaps there are other beneficial ingredients which outweigh
the negatives of these being there.

But in general, I think the safe thing to do is to avoid the fresh
water algaes altogether (chlorella, spirulina, blue-green algae).

Marc