Chlorella shows immune boosting potential

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August 23, 2012

Short-term supplementation with Chlorella may boost immune parameters in healthy people, say results from a randomized clinical trial from South Korea.

Eight weeks of supplementation was associated with increases in the activity of natural killer (NK) cells, said to play an important role in our innate resistance against a variety of pathogens, according to findings published in the Nutrition Journal .

“These results add to the growing literature on the beneficial immunostimulatory effect of Chlorella supplementation through a clinical human study,” wrote researchers from Yonsei University and Daesang.Co.Ltd.

Chlorella was amongst the first algae to be cultivated for food supplement purposes. Industrial production of Chlorella began in Japan shortly after the Second World War (WW2). The alga is a rich source of “amino acids, protein, minerals, vitamins, dietary fiber, and a wide range of antioxidants, bioactive substances and chlorophylls etc.”, said the Korean researchers.

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