Spirulina to lose weight


In the 1989 China Journal of Animal Husbandry, there was an article entitled "Evaluation of the nutritional value of spiral cyanobacteria". The detailed analysis and analysis of various substances contained in spirulina, the end of the article, the spiral cyanobacteria feeding effect and feed The conversion effect is equivalent to imported high quality fishmeal. Spirulina is a good protein feed. (Actually, because Spirulina contains good natural pigments, the Japanese used it early to feed ornamental fish so that the color of the fish is better.)


Today, the spirulina research camp has three colleges in the north and south. Two colleges have developed spirulina patents themselves, and even own brands, which have already been oriented to consumers. Another region where the college is located has just built the country's largest spirulina industry base.


Spirulina weight loss is over-interpreted


The hospital in the district mentioned above said directly in the paper that Spirulina is sponsored by a certain brand in Chongqing. In fact, the description of improving the quality of life of chemotherapy patients is really empty.


On the one hand, it is a good thing for colleges and universities to turn scientific research results into benefits. On the other hand, it is inevitable that people feel that these research results have interests and the credibility is discounted.


Of course, more importantly, these results are basically limited to test tube experiments, animal experiments, and clinical trials are rare. The National Institutes of Health listed 17 common "health functions" of so-called spirulina weight loss, anti-depression, treatment of premenstrual syndrome, improvement of immunity, and cholesterol reduction, pointing out that these lack sufficient scientific support.


Clouds are more straightforward to say, and many studies have shown some "effective" results - these results are often over-interpreted by merchants, telling consumers eloquently that "scientific research shows what Spirulina has." However, in science, these are very preliminary studies. Even researchers are often saying "what might be functional" and "need further research." If the scientific evidence of a function was “very preliminary and needs further research” 20 years ago, it was “very preliminary, and it needs to be further” 10 years ago. It is still “very preliminary, and needs further research”, then It is hard to say if it really exists.