Spirulina and Sports

Protein supplementation in athletes in the muscle building phase, particularly in so-called "Branched" amino acids, is important.

A. SPIRULINA, THE REFERENCE SPORTS NUTRIENT

• Particularly bioavailable iron, therefore directly absorbable.
• Vitamin B9, or folic acid, which participates in iron fixation and muscle anabolism.
• Branched Amino Acids - BCAA'S - Leucine, Isoleucine, Valine, particularly sought after for muscle mass gain.
• Vitamins B1, B6 and B12, whose role is essential both for preparation and for recovery from exercise.
• Liposoluble vitamins D, E, A and especially provitamin A, beta-carotene which eliminates any risk of overdose.
• Trace elements, Selenium, Copper, Magnesium, Manganese, etc.
• Enzymes and coenzymes, facilitators of different metabolisms, including the famous Super Oxide trans Dismutase (SOD), a powerful antioxidant.
• Phycocyanin, a fabulous pigment which has also recently been discovered to have powerful anti-cos 2 properties, therefore a natural anti-inflammatory.

B. SPIRULINA AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RECOVERY

• Vitamins: All the vitamins of group B are particularly useful for the restoration ad integrum of the musculo-tendinous structures abused during intense and prolonged efforts.
• Vitamin A, (and especially provitamin A – beta-carotene – which is transformed into a vitamin in the body thanks to the coenzymes also present in spirulina, according to the specific needs of the body and thus eliminates any risk of overdose) , vitamin D and vitamin E whose roles in the regulation of calcium and the fight against cellular suffering are well established.
• Vitamin B9 (or folic acid) which participates very actively in the fixation of iron in the body, one of the limiting factors of effort in the event of deficit or lack of absorption.
• Trace and macro mineral elements.
• Magnesium, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, Selenium.
• Essential fatty acids, including DihomoGamma Linolenic Acid, found only in breast milk and spirulina, whose unique role as a cellular regulator justified a Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1982.
• The exceptional SOD content of spirulina allows unique cell reconstitution and energy optimization.
• Phycocyanin.

C. SPIRULINA AND PREPARATION FOR INTENSE AND/OR PROLONGED EXERCISE

In addition to the numerous different nutritional factors (qualitatively and quantitatively) developed above – and which it is superfluous to repeat – which contribute to the optimization and harmonization of the complex physiological processes during physical exercise, there is intimate mechanisms that allow the sports body to prepare specifically for intense and prolonged efforts, then to link training and competitions while limiting the risks of overload and "breakage".

Among the many studies carried out in sports physiology, there is one carried out by the University of Memphis, Tennessee, (March 2001) proving the very significant reduction in muscle pain during intensive physical exercise thanks to the presence of phycocyanin derivatives contained in the spirulina.

D. SPIRULINA AND MUSCLE BUILDING

The branched amino acids that are found in high proportion in spirulina, with in addition the vitamin, enzymatic material and in trace elements and minerals which jointly participate in muscle anabolism and the reduction of the adipose panniculus.