Help!! Need Super Blue Green Algae Ammo!!
Dan Howington
GA and everybody always brings me the latest miracle food, formula,
supplement, etc.. that's going to change my life and make me and my
loved ones rich. ok.
Anyway, the latest "miracle" is this Super Blue Green Algae from the
bottom of lake Klamath somehwere in Oregon, (The World's Richest
Natural Environment").
What's the real deal on this stuff? Please share all factual data
good, bad and ugly. If it has some benefit with a basis in scientific
fact and some evidence other than psychosomatic I'd love to learn all
about and save lives everyday. If it's the normal MLM Bullsh--,
please shoot holes all up and down it for me!
Thanks!
Mark Thorson
Dan Howington <ho...@atl.mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>What's the real deal on this stuff? Please share all factual data
>good, bad and ugly. If it has some benefit with a basis in scientific
>fact and some evidence other than psychosomatic I'd love to learn all
>about and save lives everyday. If it's the normal MLM Bullsh--,
>please shoot holes all up and down it for me!
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT, ALGAE
Copyright Mark Thorson 1995, 1996
SBGA is the cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) known as
_Aphanizomenon_flos-aquae_. Whether or not it is a good
idea to eat this stuff may be judged by reviewing the
scientific and medical literature.
Quoting from _The_Lancet_, "Hazardous Freshwater Cyano-
Bacteria (Blue-Green Algae)", June 12, 1993, volume 341,
pages 1519 and 1520:
"Cyanobacteria, especially members of the genera
_Microcystis_, _Anabaena_, _Aphanizomenon_, and
_Oscillatoria_, are common and potentially harmful
inhabitants of freshwater. Many species contain
lipopolysaccharide endotoxins, but also, more
importantly, can produce several potent hepatotoxins
(microcystins) and neurotoxins (eg, anatoxins,
saxitoxin)."
"Whenever a diagnosis of cyanobacterial intoxication
is a possibility, it is essential (in the UK) to notify
the local Consultant in Communicable Disease Control.
Control measures may need to be instituted as a
priority to minimize the risk to others. Furthermore,
early notification of potential outbreaks will
facilitate proper prospective epidemiological studies,
which are essential if the risks from cyanobacteria
are to be properly measured."
Quoting from _Journal_of_Medical_Microbiology_,
"Cyanobacteria and Human Health", 1992, volume 36,
page 301:
"_Aphanizomenon_flosaquae_ produces neosaxitoxin, which
causes paralysis by reversibly blocking sodium
conductance in neurones. In addition, lipopolysaccharide
endotoxins have been demonstrated in some blooms. Some
algal toxins are also potent tumor promoters in animal
models."
"It is clear that cyanobacteria are a potential hazard
to human health."
Quoting from _Nature_, "Fatal Attraction To
Cyanobacteria", September 10, 1992, volume 359, page
110:
"The buoyant growth habit of the widely encountered
toxigenic, planktonic genera such as _Microcystis_,
_Anabaena_, _Aphanizomenon_, _Nodularia_ and some
_Oscillatoria_ species can result in scum formation in
lakes and ponds during calm weather, so that an acutely
toxic dose of cyanobacterial toxins can be presented ..."
Quoting from _Journal_of_Applied_Phycology_,
"Anatoxin-A Concentration in _Anabaena_ and
_Aphanizomenon_ Under Different Environmental
Conditions And Comparison Of Growth By Toxic And
Non-Toxic _Anabaena_ Strains: A Laboratory Study",
1993, volume 5, number 6, page 581:
"Anatoxin-a-concentration in cells of _Anabaena_-
and _Aphanizomenon_-strains and in their growth
media were studied in the laboratory in batch
cultures at different temperatures, light fluxes,
orthophosphate and nitrate concentrations and with
different nitrogen sources for growth."
"The highest light flux studied did not limit the
growth or decrease the level of the toxin in the
cells of _Aphanizomenon_."
Quoting from _Journal_of_Applied_Bacteriology_,
"Cyanobacteria Secondary Metabolites--the Cyanotoxins",
1992, volume 72, pages 448 and 449:
"The production of neurotoxin by _Aphanizomenon_
_flos-aquae_ was first demonstrated by Sawyer _et_al._
(1968). These neurotoxins were later shown to be
saxitoxin (STX) and neosaxitoxin (NEOSTX) (LD50 i.p.
mouse equals about 10 micrograms/kilogram), the two
primary toxins of red tide paralytic shellfish
poisoning (PSP)."
"Acute hepatotoxicosis involving the hepatotoxins
(liver toxins) is the most commonly encountered
toxicosis involving cyanobacteria. These toxins are
produced by strains of species within the genera
_Microcystis_, _Anabaena_, _Nodularia_, _Oscillatoria_
and _Nostoc_. In addition, chemically undefined
hepatotoxins are being studied in _Cylindrospermopsis_,
_Aphanizomenon_, _Gloeotrichia_ and _Coelosphaerium_.
Clinical signs of hepatotoxicosis have been observed
in field poisonings involving cattle, sheep, horses,
pigs, ducks and other wild and domestic animals.
Most laboratory studies have involved the use of
mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits and pigs.
Collectively, the signs of poisoning in these animals
include weakness, anorexia, pallor of mucous membranes,
vomiting, cold extremities, and diarrheoa."
IntraCell
>Anyway, the latest "miracle" is this Super Blue Green Algae
>from the bottom of lake Klamath somehwere in Oregon,
>(The World's Richest Natural Environment").
From the BOTTOM of lake Klamath???!!!!!
Pete Beyer
Besides the stuff from Mark and others:
I just heard a tape that's used to market the stuff-- full of
exaggertion and lies followed by testimony and how they, and you too
can get rich.
tsk, tsk, etc Pete