(NaturalNews) One of the most powerful cleansing and detoxifying
"superfoods" known to man, chlorella is a fascinating single-celled
algae variety that offers a plethora of unique benefits for human health
and nutrition. And one such benefit, as illustrated in a 2008 study
published in the Journal of Medicinal Food, is its ability to expel toxic cadmium from the body and prevent it from poisoning the liver and other vital organs.
Researchers from South Korea's Hanyang University
learned this after testing the effects of chlorella on groups of
Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to cadmium (Cd). The team divided 40 rats
into four groups, three of which were exposed to 10 parts per million
(ppm) of cadmium. The first of the three groups was given no chlorella
(Cd-0C), while the second and third were given five percent chlorella
(Cd-5C) and 10 percent chlorella (Cd-10C), respectively. The fourth
group was assigned as a control.
After evaluating the health of
the rats after eight weeks -- all rats had unmitigated access to water
during this time -- the team observed that the Cd-0C group, which was
given no chlorella, had the lowest overall body and liver weight, a
clear indicator of poor health. This same group of untreated rats was
also observed to have significantly higher hepatic concentrations, or
concentrations of poison in the liver.
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