I've been thinking about my diet alot lately, my appetite has dropped significantly and i've found myself, feeling quite depressed, snacking on pizzas, crisps, fatty foods like burgers.

Yeah, people gravitate towards the high fat when they're depressed or feeling bleak.  I'm not sure why we're wired to do this, but since you mentioned it, one suggestion would be to substitute quality fatty foods for the junk.  For instance.....instead of ice cream or something, (not that you mentioned ice cream, I'm just using that as a typical comfort food example) eat a bowl of fruit mixed with coconut milk maybe.  Coconut milk is very high in fat and takes care of fat cravings, but it's healthier than say a tub of ice cream or a bag of crisps.  And it's very tasty!   Even if the crisps (potato chips for the Americans) are cooked in one of the healthy oils they're still not as healthy only because they're not a natural food.  Coconut milk is raw and natural and therefore can be more easily digested by the body than a bag of potato slices cooked in oil.  There's controversy about whether coconut milk and oil are dangerous due to their saturated fat content, but I've seen both pro and con literature on it, and I'm thinking it still has to be better than say a big greasy bacon cheeseburger, (as tasty as that is!) or a tub of ice cream or something.

Avocados are another very high fat natural food.  A good thing to work into one's diet.   

I don't know, I haven't researched that myself.  Maybe somebody else here knows and can offer input?

I'm not sure about the idea of any one supplement being used in large quantities to try to take the place of other foods even if it has been labeled a "super food."  I think balance is the key.  Eat in a balanced way and fill in the cracks with the super food supplements.  I think our bodies can benefit from a lot of raw veggies and fruits, as they have those infamous "anti-oxidants," fiber, and their energy giving life force, good fiber containing carbs like brown rice, (not white, but brown, which has fiber and nutritional qualities that the stripped, bleached white rice lacks) and moderate quantities of clean meat.  And lots of water.  But that's just me!

Thanks for the tip.....

I also happen to have a bag of silica freshness packets that i bought from a retailer on e-Bay for like two dollars or something for 50, and I always put a packet in my supplement jars when I make stuff for myself, or if I buy a bottle of something that doesn't have one.

I know this is somewhat ghetto, but I make my own freshness packs using Damp-rid (desiccant) and coffee filters.  I cut the filters into squares or whatnot, fill with a few grains or teaspoon of the desiccant (depending on the size of the jar I'm using for storage), fold over, then secure with a tiny bit of tape.  I'm sure I'd be better served just buying the darned silica packs, but it's a good trick if you ever find yourself without them.

Anyway, another thing i've been wondering is rather than taking spirulina as a suplement could it be a major part of ones diet, seeing as it's a superfood, it would have greater nutritional value than ordinary foods, like fruit, vegetables, grains, seeds etc..

I've been thinking about my diet alot lately, my appetite has dropped significantly and i've found myself, feeling quite depressed, snacking on pizzas, crisps, fatty foods like burgers.

Today i'm feeling very out of myself, i had a bad dream last night, i can't remeber much of what it was about, but it very definitely a reflection of the confused energies in my body and mind, so today while my mind is blank and i feel illfocused, i know there's probably alot brewing in my subconscious.

So i'm hoping that a dramatic change in diet and an increase in physical actvivty as well as spiritual activivty(meditation and energy balencing work), will bring me out of this depressed confused state.

I'll probably start a thread addressing the perfect spiritual diet, but in this thread, i'd like to ask, can one just make spiriulina a big part of ones diet, or as it's quite expensive atleast a good addition, says about 200 grams of spirulina a day, making 3 kgs a month?

Would more spiriulina over other foods and fruits be good?

Thanks,

Miles.

I meant it in a jokingly, ofhand and unserious fashion,

I know.  But it was a mistaken assumption, and me being me will always pipe up and correct somebody when they mistake where I'm coming from, or why I'm doing what I do.  Nothing wrong with it....in fact more people should do it, this way everybody would be on the same page and understand each other a little better. 

No.  If you hadn't asked directly in this thread, then it wouldn't have occurred to me to post the info that I posted.  You asked............so I answered.   If somebody brings something up first without being asked then yes, it's obviously stemming from wanting to express it, otherwise they wouldn't have said anything.   But answering when asked is about obligation, and responding to another's need for info that they've requested.  But it doesn't necessarily mean that the person being asked had an actual "want" to express it.  I'm sure we've all experience those times where we've been asked questions that we're too tired or annoyed to answer, but we do anyway, with an internal **sigh** (Not saying that was my mindset here in this thread, it wasn't...but it has been in other threads!  haha)  But see, there's the difference.

Spirulina...bringing philosophical conversation to the masses. 

In fact to give you an idea - I had to go and research/double check all the numbers I cited in my post to you, including researching the silica packages I'd purchased on eBay.  I didn't know any of it off the top of my head, and had spirulina and chlorella bottles next to me at the computer to check the figures and a window open with my personal eBay account to look up my purchasing history.  If there was some sort of "want to express it" or a "lack of satisfaction with the amount one has already expressed," then for me, it would have been burning up my brain and I would have known all the details off the top of my head, because that's how it works for me. Also I would have resurrected this thread since I started it to begin with and just gone ahead and posted all that info if I felt a need to say more about it all.  In reality, until you asked directly, I hasn't really thought too much about it and it certainly didn't cross my mind to post it.   So, just because somebody gives thorough answers doesn't mean they're lacking in outlets to express themselves or have some lack of satisfaction going on.  It just means they give thorough answers.  (or that they talk too much...)

Anyway, that should clear things up.

Miles wrote:

Lol Lyra, sounds like you've put quite abit of energy into this herb business and was lacking a place to express it, good info though, spirulina probably is best and unless i can find a cheaper uk source of chlorella, i'ts what i'll probably stick with

Thanks Lyra,

Miles.

Hanh?  I do have my own website you know.  I'm certainly not "lacking" a place to express things.  I mentioned what I mentioned because you asked.  Nothing more.    If I had a need to express herbal stuff and was wanting for an outlet, as you've mistakenly interpreted, I'd go to my website and do it.

I meant it in a jokingly, ofhand and unserious fashion, so even if i mistook what was going on in your subconscious, it would pass over without bringing offence, never mind, i'd be interested in your website, what is it? If it in your sig and i missed it i'll check it out.

Branching this out however, isn't anything we say stemming from a want to express it, thus, currently a lack of satifaction with the amount one hs already expressed?
what i've said and to be honest, it was
I understand how you've interpreteda poor demonstration of social skills, i have this nagging habit of to various degrees, making a joking insinutation about a person made in jest, that can be taken the wrong way, or the right way as that's subjective, but not the way it was intended, rereading this, i see how it can be interpreted, by the way i've structured the statement with a tone other than what was intended.

Take it  easy Lyra(not saying that your not taking it easy, this is a british expression like saying, go in peace, which obviously doesn;t suggest one is not already peaceful) lol, so take it easy lyra, peace, thanks,

Miles.

Lol Lyra, sounds like you've put quite abit of energy into this herb business and was lacking a place to express it, good info though, spirulina probably is best and unless i can find a cheaper uk source of chlorella, i'ts what i'll probably stick with

Thanks Lyra,

Miles.

Hanh?  I do have my own website you know.  I'm certainly not "lacking" a place to express things.  I mentioned what I mentioned because you asked.  Nothing more.    If I had a need to express herbal stuff and was wanting for an outlet, as you've mistakenly interpreted, I'd go to my website and do it.

Thanks Lyra,

Miles.

How does chlorella stack up against spirulina?

Chlorella seems alot more expensive than spiriulina from the sources i've found about 5 times more expensive, so would i be better off with just spirulina, i think i can afford about 1kg a week.

How much is one supposed to take though?

For me I noticed that I didn't get the energy boost with chlorella the way I do with spirulina, so for that reason I take the chlorella at night, since it won't amp me up, and the spirulina during the day when I need the energy.  But maybe it all depends on the person, as well as the brands of chlorella vs. spirulina they're taking, I don't know.

Last night I just put together a batch of capsules of chlorella for myself (I buy the powders for spirulina and chlorella and the separate veggie capsules and put it all together myself).  I found that this seems to be a cheaper way to do it than to buy the pre-made capsules of S or C.    For instance, at our local Whole Foods they charge almost $30 a bottle for a 2 month's supply of high grade spirulina capsules.  (Most directions on the bottles will tell you to take about 5 caps, or 3 gm/1 tablespoon equivalent of spirulina, and the bottles will contain about 300 caps.)   However, I can buy a 1 pound container of high grade organic Hawaiian spirulina powder at i-herb.com for $20 and make many more months worth for myself.

For Chlorella I buy Jarrow Formuulas Yaeyama Chlorella through i-herb.com.  A 100 gram bottle of loose powder cost about $8.  It seems to be a bit more pricey when you buy the pre-made caps at health stores though, like maybe twice the cost, but I can't remember offhand.  I'll have to check next time I'm out and about.   And prices will vary of course for brands, with some being higher grade, and thus higher cost, than others.   As far as how much to take:  My bottle of loose powder says to take 1/2 teaspoon's worth (that would probably translate to two 00-size veggie caps I'm guessing) and that there are 50 servings per container. 

[i-herb's one good place to get supplements for cheaper btw, although they're limited in what brands they carry.  They won't have the full spectrum that a good health store will have.  But everything has its pros and cons I guess.  ]

And when doing it yourself, veggie capsules themselves can be pricey if not purchased correctly.  Again, at Whole Foods a bag of 100 veggie caps costs over $8.  But recently I just bought a bag of 750 veggie capsules through i-herb that were actually better quality than the ones offered at WH (they don't crack and break when manipulated) for only $12.    So, 7.5 x the amount of caps for only $4 more.  Much better deal economically.     

I also happen to have a bag of silica freshness packets that i bought from a retailer on e-Bay for like two dollars or something for 50, and I always put a packet in my supplement jars when I make stuff for myself, or if I buy a bottle of something that doesn't have one.   What I noticed with Earthrise brand spirulina for instance is that they charge several dollars more per jar for the jars that contain these freshness packs!!!!!!   I am not even kidding.  I was cross comparing two bottles of Earthrise spirulina at WH, both the same size, same quantity of caps, but one had a yellow label and one had a blue, and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what the difference was between bottles, why one was $4 more a bottle than the other.  In buying one of each at different times, I later realized that the only difference  seemed to be that one had a silica packet and the other didn't. !  (It noted that on the bottle too.)  So, that was a little weird.   Who needs that kind of rip off malarky.  !   I just bought 50 of these little packs on e-Bay for $2.  Let's do the math here! 

Anyway, that's the info. I can provide, maybe somebody else has additional insight.

Chlorella seems alot more expensive than spiriulina from the sources i've found about 5 times more expensive, so would i be better off with just spirulina, i think i can afford about 1kg a week.

How much is one supposed to take though?

http://www.powerorganics.com/index.htm

Power 3 is a combination of blue green algae, spirulina and chlorella, or you can get capsules of just the blue green algae.

There is a great smoothie recipe on the website which I've been enjoying for a few weeks, it is called the Five Element smoothie:

1 banana + other smoothie fruits
1 lemon, peeled and white pithy core taken out, but seeds included
pinch of cayenne (up to 1/8th tsp)
1tsp of Himalayan salt crystal brine
1tbsp flax seed oil

blend with pure water and drink immediately (the flax oil is sensitive), and take two to four capsules of blue green algae along with it. I also have been adding hemp protein powder and maca to this. Good stuff!

Tim

http://www.spirulinasource.com/earthfoodch6a.html

Just a thought on why it would or could make some people ill.  There have been many cases of contaminated batches being seized by the FDA.  But again, this would likely be from irresponsible producers, harvesters or marketers etc.

Yeah, it was rough. The key is that my food choices were used as a vector of attack! I'm the type of person who is open to all types
of foods. Spirulina sounds good, and I'm sure it IS good for many, but if a kernel of corn can be used to kill a someone, I bet, as

Lyra wrote: [it can be used by some practitioners as...

Ta da!

I know who did it, too, she was basically a stranger to me. She was a checkout person at a grocery store who gave me the evil eye.
Over the years I've studied certain Asian shamanic practices, some of which are keyed in to types of meditation and martial arts. I've
a great admiration for many aspects of Asian cultures. This was an Asian woman who did this to me, in a kind of art of negative
attraction, using a combination of programming microorganisms to be death darts, and disabling my discernment in choosing the
drink! Though for a split second something told me not to drink it ( I could sort of "see" something was wrong with it), I thought,
"No, I'm being silly. It's just a smoothie."

Ironically, the illness set in as I was watching a movie wherein Native Americans were shooting some dumb-acting cowboys with
arrows. Believe me, I didn't, and wouldn't , describe the worst of this. But from the evil eye this woman gave me, and info from
dreams and trance/my own kind of "seeing channeling", I'm certain she did  this. I remember wondering at the time..."Hey, why
is this young woman giving me dirty looks?" and checking to see if I had forgotten to wear deodorant or something...but NO.
She had it out for me...I think it was just that so many gringos have no clue, and when she "saw" that I "see", she had to smack
me down, just in case....or, more likely, she was a malevolent character with advanced skills who enjoys making people deathly ill!
At any rate, after that I took the Asian shamanism much more seriously, and I learned that if my intuition speaks, I need to listen to
it every single time. With my poking and prodding in this and other "hidden" subjects, it's really mandatory, because some people,
like this young woman, can spot you instantly and they don't hesitate to try to destroy you.:(

There are all sorts of people in this world, besides "not-people"! You never know when a janitor, check out girl, street sweeper,
is going to turn out to be a very advanced occult practitioner, or something else.

Algae is being used!

Spirulina is not tolerable to my system except in some dried forms. I have no food allergies except scallops, which I like the taste of,

but which make me ill, and spirulina. Twice I have gotten chilled smoothie drinks with fruit and spirulina, and both times I have gotten

violently ill. The last time (and that was the last time I'll ever take it), I was so ill I thought I was going to die, I had violent spasms

wracking my body even after having expelled every last bit of food.  Since I also practice shamanically, I sensed that I was sent

psychic darts to cause me to make a poor choice of drink for me, and thus kill me by my own freewill. That second time, I thought,

well, I'll give spirulina a chance again...and I become more sick than I've ever been. I have never been that sick in my life. I had to

get a healer to pray for me to fend off the death darts. If I hadn't, I would have died....feel pretty certain of that.

So that's my lovely spirulina experience. Everyone's system is different. I'm not warning people away from spirulina, but I certainly

don't think it's safe in every form for every person. Perhaps freshness is a factor. If the chilled sprirulina is not absolutely fresh,

it becomes an expecially potent form of food poisoning. I don't know, but it's something to consider.

Spirulina...the microalgae of life or death!