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Li vi ng Food - SPI RULI NA 2012

Slrullnu ls u nuturul mlcroulgue thut grows nuturully ln sulty und ulkullne lukes ln selected hotter luces ln the world.
1he romlnent sltes belng Luke Chud, Nlgerlu, Luke 1excoco - Mexlco und Lonur Luke, lndlu.
1he slnglecelled blulshgreen wuter ulgu ls belleved to be the !"#$% !'#( '! )*+,% *"!- ', -+#%. +,/ !'#(-/ + )+#% '!
(+,0$ -+#*1 /"-%. 8ut lts rlslng oulurlty ln the lust coule of decudes cun be truced to u lrench unthroologlst who
found, eurller thls century, thut u lunkton from Luke Chud ln North Afrlcu wus behlnd the remurkubly good heulth of
the lunembl trlbe llvlng on the lukeslde. Ee took lt buck home to study lts comosltlon. vhut wus !"#$%! to the
lunembls cume to be known us slrullnu, the word derlved from the ulgue's slrully twlsted fllumentllke structure.







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Slrullnu ls very hlgh ln roteln, very low ln culorles und cholesterol, und hlgh ln enzymes, mlneruls (lron, culclum,
sodlum und mugneslum), und henollc uclds, whlch huve untloxldunt roertles.1he buslc blochemlcul comosltlon of
slrullnu cun be summurlzed us follows:
o 8#'%-",9 Slrullnu contulns unusuully hlgh umounts of roteln, between :: +,/ ;< )-#5-,% by dry welght,
deendlng uon the source. =% "$ + 5'()*-%- )#'%-",, contulnlng ull essentlul umlno uclds, though wlth reduced
umounts of methlonlne, cystlne, und lyslne, us comured to stundurd rotelns such us thut from meut, eggs, or
mllk, lt ls, however, suerlor to ull stundurd lunt roteln, such us thut from legumes.
o >$$-,%"+* !+%%1 +5"/$9 Slrullnu hus u hlgh umount of )'*17,$+%7#+%-/ !+%%1 +5"/$ (PUlAs), .-z.c ercent of -6
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o ?"%+(",$9 Slrullnu contulns vltumln 8 (thlumlne), 8z (rlbofluvln), 8 (nlcotlnumlde), 86 (yrldoxlne), 8
(follc ucld), 8z (cyunocobulumln), vltumln C, vltumln L und vltumln L.
o @",-#+*$9 Slrullnu ls u rlch source of otusslum, und ulso contulns culclum, chromlum, coer, lron,
mugneslum, mungunese, hoshorus, selenlum, sodlum und zlnc.
o 8.'%'$1,%.-%"5 )"A(-,%$9 Slrullnu contulns muny lgments lncludlng chlorohyll u, und betucurotene.




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Slrullnu ls u wholesome food sulement, rlchest source of roteln (ubout 6c by dry welght), vltumlns, umlno uclds,
betu curotene, llnolenlc ucld, mlneruls und other nutrlents. Slrullnu ls clulmed us non toxlc, nutrltlous food wlth
correctlve roertles ugulnst vlrul uttucks, unemlu, cuncer, hetotoxlclty, curdlovusculur dlseuses, hyerglycemlu,
hyerlledemlu, lmmunodeflclency, lnflummutory rocesses und llke.
lt contulns CD %"(-$ ('#- 5+*5"7( %.+, ("*E und u good suly of nlucln und hoshorus. lt hus been roved thut kg
of Slrullnu ls equlvulent to ,ccclg of ussorted vegetubles. lt hus got slx tlmes more roteln thun eggs und zc tlmes
more thun mllk. lt ls u rlchest source of lron und betu curotene, us well us of vltumln 8z und hus ull the essentlul
umlno uclds besldes necessury enzymes und mlneruls.

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Counteructlng toxlns ln the body
Strengthenlng the lmmune system
Eel ln urlfylng the llver
lncreuslng mentul ulertness
Lowerlng blood cholesterol und excess trlglycerldes
Eel ln flghtlng vlrul lnfectlons
1reutlng rudlutlon slckness
Lnhunclng ublllty to generute new blood cells
lmrovlng blood sugur roblems
Strengthenlng the nervous system
Removlng toxlc metuls such us leud und mercury from the body
lmrove heullng of wounds

New reseurch shows thut slrullnu lmroves exerclse erformunce
New reseurch ubllshed ln the 'ournul of the Amerlcun College of Sorts Medlclne now shows thut slrullnu muy be
the erfect nutrlent for uthletes und vulldutes lts osltlve effects on energy und endurunce.
1hls cllnlcul study comured treudmlll endurunce of subjects tuklng slrullnu versus lucebo und found u slgnlflcunt
lmrovement ufter only four weeks of sulementutlon ut u dose of 6 grums er duy.
Probubly the most lnterestlng flndlng wus the lncreuse ln exerclse erformunce ufter slrullnu sulementutlon.
Leslte the fuct thut the mechunlsm behlnd thls effect ls dlfflcult to ldentlfy, the most luuslble exlunutlon ls the
substuntlully lncreused rute of fut oxldutlon (.8) ln the slrullnusulemented lndlvlduuls.


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Untll now slrullnu roductlon ln lndlu wus done wlth chemlculs llke fertlllsers und metulllc sults to mlmlc nuturul
condltlons found ln the lukes. Now LlL Purry through lts subsldlury, Purry Neutruceutlculs hus loneered CRCANlC feed
for the cultlvutlon tunks, muklng them one of the flnest nuturul und orgunlc slrullnu sullers ln the world. 1he lunt ls
locuted ut Conulyur, Pudukkottul dlstrlct, 1umll Nudu where the weuther ls hot, dry und uwuy from uny lndustrlul uctlvlty.
lor muny yeurs, reseurch wus currled out ut the AMM Muruguu Chettlur Reseurch Centre, (MCRC) Chennul ( founded
by the Muruguu Crou, the urent comuny of LlL Purry) under the leudershl of Lr C.v. Seshudurl on growlng
slrullnu ln ots by rurul women und the effects of feedlng slrullnu to school chlldren. Refer to: www.
urrynutruceutlculs.com und detulled reorts cun be downlouded ut: htt:jjwww.umm
mcrc.orgjPubllcutlonsjMonogruhs.html.

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lt ls uvulluble ln ccmg cusules und tublets. 8egln wlth cusule j tublet ln the mornlng und ufter duys, lncreuse to
cusule j tublet twlce u duy (mornlng und ut bedtlme). lncreuse to cusules j tublets (z z) ufter unother week.