Dr. Takeuchi of Tokyo Medical School says he expected spirulina, by its composition, to have some effect, but the results of clinical trials far exceeded anything they had imagined and hoped for.
Taking spirulina daily for two months leads to a very significant improvement in the condition of patients. Not only have their diabetes rates dropped dramatically, but they have lost weight, are no longer anemic and feel fitter, full of energy. He explains that you can't cure diabetes but you can control it with spirulina. Especially type 2 diabetes, noninsulin dependent.
Specialists attribute the contemporary "epidemic" of diabetes to obesity but also to genetic and environmental factors, among which the lack of physical exercise and dietary imbalances which play a major role.
Japanese researchers believe that the effectiveness of spirulina on diabetes is explained by the presence of highly assimilable polysaccharides by the body which maintain a constant level of sugar in the blood. The gamma-linolenic acid, antioxidants, amino acids, fatty acids and Super Oxide Dismutase (SOD) contained in spirulina act on this type of diabetes by reducing blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
In an Indian study of subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus, taking 2 g of spirulina daily for two months helped control their glucose levels and improve their lipid profile. Other studies, very promising in Russia, have associated spirulina with different trace elements. Spirulina associated with chromium has a positive influence on basal and postprandial glycaemia as well as on cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood serum. Spirulina combined with zinc gives comparable results.
Consumption of spirulina limits sweet cravings by providing all the necessary micronutrients, promotes weight loss and therefore reduces patients' need for insulin. Very many recent works confirm the interest of spirulina, and particularly of Phycocyanin, both in the prevention and in the regression of Type II Diabetes, as well as in the prevention of obesity.
