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Natures Best Organic Spirulina 16 oz Free Shipping

Item #1452987604

Current Auction Time: Fri May 17 05:08:11 2024

		Final:	$26.16		First Bid	$25.60
		Time left	00:00		# of Bids	1 (bid history)
		Started	Jan 9 2016 - 05:40:05 PM		Location	Ironwood MI 49938 United States
		Ended	Jan 16 2016 - 05:40:04 PM Auction Closed
		Seller	Rockycichlids (68/68)
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		High Bidder	Jimwright (18/18)
		Payment	Money Orders/Cashiers Check, See Item Description, PayPal
		Shipping	Will Ship Internationally Seller Pays Shipping, Buyer Pays Actual Shipping Cost, See Item Description

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Description

Natures Best
Premium Organic Spirulina

Organic Spirulina is a type of blue-green algae found in most lakes and ponds. Our Organic Spirulina is grown in a series of man-made outdoor pools that are closely supervised. Spirulina is a superfood naturally loaded with vitamins A through E, iron, potassium, calcium, and antioxidants. It is considered a complete protein, containing an ideal balance of all 9 essential amino acids. Our Organic Spirulina Powder is non-GMO.

 

Spirulina is a powerful all-important supplement and one from which your fish can benefit. Moreover, it is a natural product. But for all its captivating, Spirulina�s most profound benefit is that it improves immune function. This reason alone is why Spirulina should be part of EVERY fish diet, including carnivorous fish, which should be fed with Spirulina.

Where health is concerned, diet is everything. This is as true for our fish as it is for us. It would therefore seem logical to eat only the best foods we can obtain and to feed only the best foods to our precious captive fish.

Among the many foods available to the modern fish-keeping aquarist, one product stands head and shoulders above the rest: Spirulina!

Spirulina Nutritional Benefits And Food Value

 

Protein & Amino acids: Spirulina contains 60-70% protein along with phenolic acids, tocopherols, carotenes and linolenic acids, which are important in diets. The essential amino acids present are around 47 % of total protein weight. The spectrum of amino acid represent that the biological value of proteins in spirulina is very high.

Essential Amino Acids:

• ISOLEUCINE: Required for optimal growth, nitrogen equilibrium in the body .Used to synthesize other non-essential amino acids.

• LEUCINE: Increases muscular energy levels.

• LYSINE: Building block of blood antibodies, strengthens circulatory system and maintains normal growth of cells.

• METHIONINE: Vital lipotropic (fat and lipid metabolizing) amino acid that maintains liver health. An anti-stress factor.

• PHENYLALANINE: Stimulates metabolic rate.

• THREONINE: Improves intestinal competence and digestive assimilation.

• TRYPTOPHANE: Increases utilization of B vitamins, improves nerve health.

• VALINE: Stimulates muscle coordination

Carbohydrates: Spirulina contains about 15 -21 % carbohydrates in the form of Glucose, fructose, sucrose, rhamnose, mannose, xylose and galactose. It provides the appropriate and important food stuff for aquatic culture animals with problems of poor intestinal absorption. Carbohydrates occur in sufficient quantities of mesoinositol phosphate which is the excellent source of organic phosphorus and inositol. A high moleculatory weight of polysaccharide are believed to have effect on DNA repair mechanisms, immune-stimulatory and immunoregulatory properties.

Nucleic acids: Spirulina contains 2.2 % - 3.5 % of RNA and 0.6 %-1% and DNA, which represents less than 5% of these acids, based on dry weight.

Essential fatty acids: Spirulina has a high amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and 1.5�2.0 percent of total lipid. Spirulina is rich in ?-linolenic acid (ALA), linoleic acid (LA), stearidonic acid (SDA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (AA).

B-carotene and vitamins: Spirulina contains vitamin B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (nicotinamide), B6 (pyridoxine), B9 (folic acid), B12 (cyanocobalamin), vitamin C, vitamin D and vitamin E. The B-carotene, B-group vitamin, vitamin E, iron, potassium and chlorophyll available in the spirulina can promote the metabolism of carbohydrate, fats, protein, alcohol, and the reproduction of skin, muscle and mucosa. Spirulina contains large amounts of natural B-carotene and this -carotene is converted into vitamin A.

Minerals: Spirulina is a rich source of potassium, and also contains calcium, chromium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium, sodium, zinc, molybdenum, chloride, germanium and boron.

Photosynthetic pigments: Spirulina contains many pigments including chlorophyll a, xanthophyll, betacarotene, echinenone, myxoxanthophyll, zeaxanthin, canthaxanthin, diatoxanthin, 3-hydroxyechinenone, beta-cryptoxanthin, oscillaxanthin, plus the phycobiliproteins, c-phycoc yanin and allophycocyanin.

Natural Pigment Enhancers: Phycocyanin (Blue): 14%, Chlorophyll (Green): 1% , Carotenoids (Orange/ Red): 47%.

Nutritional Supplementary Property

Chelating of toxic minerals (neutralization of toxic minerals): Spirulina has a unique quality to detoxify (neutralize) or to chelate toxic minerals, and this characteristic is not yet noticed in any other microalgae. Spirulina can be used to detoxify arsenic from water and food. It also may be used to chelatize or detoxify or neutralize the poisonous effect of heavy metals (minerals) from water, food and environment. Spirulina provides phycocyanin, a source of biliverdin which is among the most potent of all intra-cellular antioxidants.

Immunomodulatory Property: Spirulina is an effective immune modulator. It exhibits anti inflammatory properties, in particularly by inhibiting the release of histamine from mast cell with mediated allergic reactions. It shows antioxidative and free radical scavenging properties. Spirulina exposure enhances the phagocytic functions of macrophages in aquatic culture animals. It also has antiviral and anticarcinogenic properties. It improves the bacterial gut tract clearance potential of fish/shrimp and spirulina supplements develops the phagocytic cell. Spirulina is safe to use in terms of improved immune competence without compromising the performing behaviors of aquatic culture animals. A novel sulphate polysaccharide of spirulina inhibits the replication of several enveloped viruses.

The nutrients of spirulina help to fight free radicals, cell-damaging molecules absorbed by the body through pollution, poor diet, injury, or stress. By removing free radicals, the nutrients help the immune system fight cancer and cellular degeneration. Spirulina is a powerful tonic for the immune system. This enzyme is a major source of super oxide in an animal�s body, and is involved in dozens of degenerative processes involved in disease resistance, aging and similar processes in fish, shrimp and other aquatic animals

Spirulina in building red blood cells and stem cells: Spirulina is rich in a brilliant blue polypeptide called Phycocyanin. Phycocyanin affects the stem cells that make up the cellular immune system and red blood cells that oxygenate the body. Phycocyanin stimulating hematopoiesis, (the creation of blood), emulating the affect of the hormone erythropoetin, (EPO). Phycocyanin also regulates production of white blood cells, even when bone marrow stem cells are damaged by toxic chemicals or radiation.

Spirulina Anti-Viral and Anti-Cancer abilities: Calcium-Spirulan is a unique polymerized sugar molecule extract of spirulina and contains both Sulfur and Calcium. The treatment of this water soluble extract has better recovery rates when infected with a lethal Herpes virus. This mechanism occurs because Calcium-Spirulan does not allow the virus to penetrate the cell membrane to infect the cell. The virus is stuck, unable to replicate. It is eventually eliminated by the body's natural defenses. Spirulina can prevent or inhibit cancers in aquatic animals, and fishes. The unique polysaccharides of spirulina enhance cell nucleus enzyme activity and DNA repair synthesis.

Antimicrobial Property: Spirulina excretes variable quantities of products from its metabolism such as organic acid, vitamins and phytohormones. Cell extract of spirulina has shown antimicrobial activities against pathogenic bacteria as like Bacillus sps, Streptococcus sps, Saccharomyces sps etc.

Bio-mineralization activities: Spirulina thrives in high alkaline waters and it incorporates & synthesizes many minerals and derivative compounds into its cell structure. Transformed into natural organic forms by Spirulina, minerals become chelated with amino acids and they are more easily assimilated by the body. Along with adequate calcium and magnesium in the water (especially for marine organisms), Spirulina helps insure proper electrolyte function, calcium levels over calcium and other mineral.

Enhance the Reproduction activity: Research has shown that fresh and saltwater fish and shrimp exhibit superior growth, maturity, energetic behavior, and more elegant coloring when fed spirulina. It is also well documented that spirulina improves spawning, fecundity, fertility and hatching rates. It stimulates the reproductive processes, increases survival rates of younger fish, post larvae and promotes the appetite of fish/prawn to attain full mature.

Spirulina as a colourant: The color appearance is the most important characteristic in case of shrimps and fishes for choice & demand in food market. Spirulina diet promotes the physiological activities for generating the color pigmentations and glazing appearance in various parts of body. Carotenoids are responsible for the development of various colours of crustaceans. Astaxanthin has been shown to be the predominant carotenoid associated with the red body colour. Spirulina platensis & pacifica stain contains the highest levels of b-carotene and zeaxanthin of any natural source .They both are converted to astaxanthin through an oxidative process for the desire red pigment.

Conclusions

Spirulina is practically a miracle fish food. Diets that consist of as little as 2-3% spirulina, have resulted in significant benefits. Spirulina plays an important role in fish-keeping aquarist. Fish show substantially better growth rates, increased fry survival, improved overall health, better longevity, more vibrant coloration but most notably a much lower incidence of disease. Its worth any effort to make sure this is part of your fish's diet.

 

Feeding Recommended

Create the proper mixture of spirulina and fish food by adding 1 part spirulina to 4 parts fish food. This is the blend most commonly found in ready made spirulina fortified fish foods, and the levels recommended by aquarium experts.

 

Auction Item
Natures Best Premium Organic Spirulina - 1 Pound (16 Ounces)

Shipping and Handling
$0.00 - USA
$10.10 - Canada
$16.80 - Worldwide

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Bid History:

Bidders		Bid Time		Bid		Comments
Jimwright (18/18)		Jan 9 2016 - 09:24:25 PM		$26.16		BUY IT NOW

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