Can I eat spirulina if I have constipation

Constipation brings great troubles to patients. Many patients with constipation have been looking for ways to get rid of this trouble. In fact, there is no special method to treat constipation, and it is impossible to see immediate results. Constipation, like obesity, is caused by long-term bad habits, so we also need a certain amount of time to treat constipation. Therefore, patients with constipation must patiently do a good job of constipation care.

So how do we take care of constipation? We can start with dietary care. After all, constipation is a disease that has a lot to do with diet, so mastering the dietary principles of constipated patients can effectively treat constipation.

Can I eat spirulina if I have constipation?

Spirulina (scientific name: Spirulina platensis Geitl.) is a type of lower organism, a prokaryotic organism, a filament composed of single cells or multiple cells, 200-500μm long, 5-10μm wide, cylindrical, with loose or tight regular spiral curves, shaped like a clock spring, hence the name. It has the effects of reducing the toxic and side effects of cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy, improving immune function, and lowering blood lipids.

Lowers cholesterol

Lowering cholesterol can effectively prevent the onset of heart disease and stroke. The gamma-linolenic acid in spirulina can lower the cholesterol in the human body, thereby effectively lowering high blood pressure, preventing heart disease and reducing cholesterol.

Regulate blood sugar

Spirulina is rich in nutrients and is an alkaline food. It can supplement nutrition to the human body, change the acidic body constitution and adjust metabolic activities. When consumed with Qiongzhen Ganoderma, it can regulate blood sugar and has a significant effect on stabilizing the condition of diabetes.

Strengthens the immune system

The natural phycocyanin contained in Spirulina can enhance the immune function of human cells, thereby improving our body's immunity and disease resistance.

Protect the stomach

Most patients with stomach problems suffer from excessive gastric acid, which leads to gastritis, gastric ulcers and other diseases. Spirulina is an alkaline food. It contains high plant protein and rich chlorophyll, β-carotene, etc. These nutrients are extremely effective in neutralizing gastric acid and repairing, regenerating and normal secretory function of gastrointestinal mucosa, and are especially suitable for patients with gastrointestinal problems.

Treating anemia

Iron deficiency anemia is a very common phenomenon, and spirulina is extremely rich in iron and chlorophyll, these nutrients can effectively improve the anemia condition of the human body.

Pharmacological Action

1. Anti-radiation damage effect: Giving mice oral spirulina before and after radiation exposure can increase their survival rate.

2. Antibacterial effect: Spirulina platensis has an antibacterial effect on Gram-positive bacteria. The ethanol extract of Spirulina platensis containing lipids and triterpenoid compounds has the strongest antibacterial activity. The extract containing sterols also has an antibacterial effect, but the effect is weaker. Spirulina platensis has no inhibitory effect on Gram-negative bacteria.

3. Anti-cancer effect: Spirulina has an inhibitory effect on the formation of degenerative crypts in the large intestine of NIH mice and standard deviation rats induced by short-term single injection and long-term multiple injections of 1,2-dimethylhydrazine.

4. Photosensitization: When cultured mouse myeloma cells were treated with 0.25 mg/ml phycocyanin and then irradiated with 514 nm laser at 300 J/cm2, the survival rate of cancer cells was only 15%. However, when laser irradiation or phycocyanin treatment was used alone, the cell survival rates were 69% and 71%.

5. Effect on the immune system: Spirulina polysaccharides can increase the serum hemolysin of mice by 39.5%-98.0%, the phagocytic rate of peritoneal macrophages by 32.5%-51.5%, the phagocytic index by 0.9-1.8 times, the number of T lymphocytes by 46.8%-87.7%, the dense arrangement of lymphocytes in the white pulp of the spleen, the significant increase in macrophages in the red pulp, and the increase of acid α-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) positive lymphocytes by 7.3%-12.8%.

6. Lowering cholesterol: 30 men with high cholesterol and mild hyperlipidemia were divided into two groups. Group A took 4.2g of spirulina daily for 8 weeks. The total serum cholesterol dropped from 6.3mmol/L (244mg/dl) to 6.1mmol/L (233mg/dl) within 4 weeks, a decrease of 4.5%. Group B stopped taking the medicine after 4 weeks, and the total serum cholesterol decreased and then returned to the initial level. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol was significantly reduced by 6.1% within 4 weeks. For people with high cholesterol levels, the reduction in serum cholesterol was even greater.

7. Protective effect on the stomach: Oral administration of 250-500 mg/kg of Spirulina platensis has a significant protective effect on indomethacin (indomethacin) type and anhydrous ethanol type experimental rat gastric ulcer models; it can reduce the incidence of pylorus ligation type rat ulcer model and reduce the number of ulcers, and also has a certain inhibitory effect on gastric juice secretion; it can accelerate the healing of chronic acetic acid type rat gastric ulcer.

We introduced above that constipation is a disease that does not occur overnight, so we should not be impatient in treating constipation and should be patient. We can start with diet to treat constipation. The spirulina mentioned above is very nutritious. Spirulina can stabilize our blood sugar and cholesterol. Patients with constipation can eat spirulina.