A new randomized controlled trial published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology reveals that spirulina, a nutrient-dense blue-green algae, is powerfully effective against the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19).
For six days, patients who tested positive for COVID took either
spirulina and a conventional remedy, or just a conventional remedy
without spirulina. Everyone in the spirulina group survived, but 15
percent of the non-spirulina group ended up dying.
“The overall results of the present study showed that a six-day course of Spirulina platensis
plus the standard treatment of COVID-19 was superior for the recovery
of patients compared to standard treatment alone,” the authors wrote.
The research took place at two separate Iranian hospitals and
involved 189 total patients. The spirulina group took 15.2 grams of the
supplement powder in capsules alongside a standard COVID treatment while
the other group just took the standard treatment.
The dosage of spirulina used was based on earlier research
suggesting this amount is effective both as an anti-inflammatory and an
antioxidant.
In both the spirulina and the non-spirulina group, half of the
test patients were in an intensive care unit (ICU) while the other half
were in a non-ICU.
Imagine the benefits of spirulina alone
All in all, 91 patients took spirulina. Some of them ended up
withdrawing from the study, but not a single person died, including from
the ICU group where patients suffered more severe symptoms.
In the control group that did not receive spirulina, there were 98
participants, 46 of whom were non-ICU. In the control pool, four people
died from the non-ICU group while 11 people died from the ICU group. All
patients received a follow-up evaluation for seven days.
As you might expect, the spirulina group was found to show
significant reductions in inflammatory markers in their blood, along
with much higher oxygen levels than the control group.
The standard, non-spirulina treatment included antiviral therapy
with remdesivir, corticosteroids (dexamethasone) and anticoagulants
(heparin or enoxaparin). Patients that showed excessive inflammation
were also given tocilizumab or other steroids.
It is important to note that nobody in the study received
spirulina alone. Had there been a spirulina-alone group that did not
receive remdesivir and the other drugs, perhaps there would have been
even greater outcomes among the patient pool.
The reason for mentioning this is that remdesivir is a highly
deadly drug that shows minimal, if any, benefits. It is a bit
duplicitous to call the group that received remdesivir and the other
drugs minus spirulina a “control” group, but this is the same thing they
do in vaccine studies by giving the “placebo” group other vaccines
rather than simple saline.
Thankfully for everyone in the spirulina-plus-conventional
therapy group, they all lived despite taking remdesivir – but the same
cannot be said of the non-spirulina group which lost 15 people to early
death.
“It doesn’t surprise me that there are benefits from adding this
to the diet and regimen of those in hospital,” commented Dr. Yusuf
Saleeby, an integrative medicine doctor and director of the Carolina
Holistic Medicine clinic, in a statement.
Spirulina, by the way, contains healthy levels of beta carotene,
B-complex vitamins, vitamin E and various minerals such as copper,
manganese, selenium and zinc. Spirulina also contains an essential fatty
acid known as gamma-linolenic acid.
“All these are important in maintaining health and a healthy immune system,” Saleeby said about these nutrients.
Saleeby and other natural clinicians routinely prescribe
spirulina and another blue-green algae type known as chlorella “to
detoxify patients with chronic diseases, toxicities and poisoning” since
the two algae varieties draw out and absorb heavy metals from the body,
which are then excreted.Â
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