Consumer Health Alert: Is The Medical World Ignoring Nature's Green Magic, Chlorophyll?
Online, September 3, 2013 (Newswire.com) - According to pioneer in integrative medicine and Sun Chlorella medical advisor, Michael E. Rosenbaum, MD, chlorophyll has numerous health benefits. And while mostly forgotten over the last 70 years, the wonders of this 'green magic' are slowly but surely reemerging.
The science: Deep within every photosynthesizing plant cell on this planet is the green pigment, chlorophyll. It's used by plants to harness the sun's power, split water molecules and recombine them with carbon dioxide to create stored energy in the form of carbohydrates. Humans depend chlorophyll for the very food we eat as well as life-giving oxygen.
According to Rosenbaum, "Food and oxygen may not be all that we have chlorophyll to thank for, chlorophyll is very similar in structure to the pigment that allows our blood to transport oxygen, heme. Both heme and chlorophyll contain a specific chemical structure called a porphyrin ring. In the center of chlorophyll's porphyrin ring is a magnesium atom. In the middle of the heme's ring is iron."
Rosenbaum adds, "The similarity between chlorophyll and heme doesn't mean that you can just switch them out for each other and make new blood cells. But long-overlooked preliminary research and some more recent case study reports indicate chlorophyll-rich foods and chlorophyll extracts may help increase red blood cell count significantly."
Rosenbaum continues, "Chlorophyll has other benefits. In 2005, a group of German researchers published a study in the journal Carcinogenesis, showing that chlorophyll supplementation seemed to be good for the colon. According to the researchers, it seemed that chlorophyll may block the absorption of its look-alike molecule, heme, in the colon, helping to keep the colon walls smooth and healthy."
Rosenbaum concludes, "I urge my patients to make good use of chlorophyll in their diet. It's like an "internal shower" helping to clean the bowels. This green magic - found in a higher concentration in chlorella than any other plant - gives your body the "concentrated power of sunlight!"
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About Michael E. Rosenbaum, MD
Dr. Rosenbaum is a 30-year veteran and widely recognized pioneer in the field of nutritional medicine, alternative healthcare and medical acupuncture. As one of America's most respected experts in natural health and healing, Dr. Rosenbaum has been a frequent lecturer to professional medical groups and has participated in numerous television and radio talk shows. He is also an esteemed member of the Sun Chlorella Advisory Board, which helps guide the medical innovation behind Sun Chlorella products.
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