Catharine Arnston
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And this is particularly for, we got into the triathlete community because they are out there for a long time. So lots of them were pooping in their pants because of the stomach distress they were getting from all those gels and bars and drinks and stuff. never happens with spirulina or chlorella because A, there's zero carbs, zero sugar, zero caffeine.
The spirulina is absorbed instantly, gets into your bloodstream almost instantly if you chew it and minutes if you swallow it. And we'll talk about the benefits of spirulina for the focus and the endurance and And then after the triathlete community, then we got picked up by all the Olympic athletes, Winter Olympics, Summer Olympics. We had so many Olympic teams using our products.
I sent two of my team over to the Winter Olympics in Russia in Sochi many years ago. And we had invitations. We were in the winter, the U.S. Olympic Village, the Canadian Olympic Village. So athletes have been using spirulina and chlorella. And I'll tell you, chlorella does in a minute for athletes for centuries. In China, you can't be on the team if you don't take spirulina. It is incredible.
It is the best pre-workout. And chlorella, I'll tell you now, is great as a post-workout because it pulls out all toxins, including lactic acid. So your recovery is much faster. So anyways, that's sort of the backdrop of why athletes should be using this. Now, on the protein question, when you eat animal protein, and I do, you know, I'm not a vegan.
I just select my protein very carefully, grass-fed beef and organic free-range eggs. But animal protein is all bound up, and your body can't absorb it that way. And so it has to break it down into amino acids. before it can be absorbed. And animal protein can take up to three days for that to occur. Then you have what's called peptides, which collagen is an example of that.
They're clusters of aminos. So they get absorbed a little faster. But algae, the aminos are already in individual aminos. So again, nothing for your body to break down, whether it's spirulina or chlorella. But spirulina gets absorbed faster because there is no cellulose wall to slow it down. So very... bioavailable protein.
Now, in terms of, and by the way, it has 18 of the 20 aminos, including the nine your body can't make. So it is a complete protein. By the way, if there's any carnivores listening, there's no lectins or oxalates. A lot of people go carnivore because they've had autoimmune issues, and a lot of it may have come from eating kale and spinach, which are very high in lectins and oxalates.
Zero in algae because it came from the ocean, it's not a land plant. So very bioavailable, all the aminos that you need to build and restore muscle. By the way, a protein is needed for everything, even in the DNA. There's what's called folded proteins. It's necessary for everything. Athletes, you also want protein. We know you want high protein, but you may not be aware that
when we talk about mitochondria, the third one to fourth highest concentration of mitochondria is in your muscles. And you're going to find out that spirulina has nutrients in it that protect your mitochondria.
So not only is a protein important for building your muscle, the spirulina and other nutrients like this antioxidant called superoxidismutase is important to protect your mitochondria that are in the fourth highest concentration in your muscles. So it will prolong your career as an athlete, whether you're a professional or not, or unprofessional. So a bioavailable instant access for the protein.
Now, in terms of how you measure the protein, I'll give you a little bit more backstory. Generally, a fist amount of chicken, let's say, is about 50 grams of protein, which is a nice portion.
Your body needs factors and cofactors to break down the protein so it can absorb the aminos. And most of us do not have all those factors and cofactors. And maybe athletes are a little different, but your average person doesn't. And it may take three days to get through all that process. So very often...
50 grams of protein only turns into 5 grams of aminos because sometimes you only absorb 10% as aminos because it's a very inefficient manner in which it's absorbed. But 30 tablets of spirulina, which is what we sell, spirulina and chlorella, 30 tablets have 5 grams of protein and 5 grams of aminos because you absorb all of it instantly. It's bioavailable.
So having five grams of protein, which is 30 tablets, is similar to having 30 grams of animal protein. Okay. And most people, in terms of quantity, your average person who just wants to fill nutritional gaps, and we'll talk about the different algae, the spirulina and the chlorella, because they do completely different things. But I call spirulina a And it's an energizing algae.
We'll get into that in a minute. I call it your nutritional insurance because it has everything that your body needs, high protein, 40 vitamins and minerals. And then we'll talk about chlorella, which is a wellness algae, detoxing wellness algae. And I call it your health insurance. So spirulina is your nutritional insurance. Chlorella. is your health insurance.
So if you just want sort of to plug nutritional holes, let's face it, we're not getting the nutrition that we need. And I'll explain what happens when that occurs. 10 tablets a day would be sufficient. And then 10 chlorella would give you the chlorophyll and build your immune system.
But for athletes, for performance, and for therapeutic purposes, 30 tablets is really a better number, particularly if you're competitive and you want If you're doing races, if you're an MMH fighter or wrestler, we also know that you have to meet certain weight categories. And there's one calorie per tablet. So you get all that protein, one calorie, very efficient nutrition. And...
What I tell people is even though you're getting energy from spirulina, it is not a stimulant. Stimulants are like caffeine, chemicals, or sugar. And you get a burst. It's like putting paper on a fire. You get a burst and then you have a crash.
Not with spirulina. It's like putting a log on the fire. You get steady energy. And the irony is if you took 10 tablets or 30 and you're just lounging around on your sofa, you might not really even notice it. You will notice that you're more alert. And that you're not hungry, but you won't make, there's no big, there's no drama with spirulina. None. There's no drama with algae ever.
It's sort of like me. I'm a no drama person. So, because what happens is this improves, and we'll talk about this in a minute, the ability of your mitochondria to produce ATP, which is cellular energy. And you can't store ATP, just like your body can't store vitamin C. You can't store ATP.
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