Blue Green Algae and Vibrant Health
Algae History
Blue Green Algae and Vibrant Health
Klamath Lake, Oregon is an
environment that is one of the richest biomass producers
of fresh water blue green algae on the planet.
| What is BG Algae? | For centuries, people from coastal areas have been eating algae as a major part of their diets. Most well known are the many ocean algae, commonly called "seaweed" or "sea vegetables" customarily eaten by coastal peoples of the areas. In parts of Africa and Central America, freshwater algae also formed an important part of many culinary customs. For generations, the Kanembu natives of the Lake Chad region in Africa have customarily harvested and eaten blue-green algae, using a sun drying method similar to that used by the Aztec civilizations to remove Spirulina from Lake Texcoco. The algae is gathered from the lake in porous cloth bags and allowed to drain. It is then formed into large flat cakes on the sand and dried in the sun. As the blue-green algae gels, it is smoothed by hand and marked off into squares. When most of the water has evaporated or seeped into the sand, the squares are pulled up, dried further on mats and cut into brittle cakes. The Kanembu then eat the algae, which is called dihe, after it is cooked in a sauce of tomatoes, chili peppers and various spices; the algae sauce is then poured over millet. Unfortunately, much of the chlorophyll and other factors are lost by the hot sun, sand drying and cooking. Kanembu children who are fed algae show no signs of the malnutrition that is common among tribes without this wonderful food. Seaweeds have been used in modern food processing and as a natural food staple for many decades; yet it has been only since the 1970s that the extraordinary health and dietary value of freshwater algae has been "rediscovered", first with Chlorella (a green microalgae) in the early 1970s and with Spirulina (a blue-green microalgae) in the later 1970s. Regrettably, by the time we had stumbled upon this most ancient miracle, all of the feasible natural sources for harvesting freshwater algae were either too polluted or too ravaged by drought to serve any purpose. Thus, freshwater algae consumption on any major scale required man-made cultivation. Then, in the early 1980s, Aphanizomenon flos-aquae was discovered growing wild in Klamath Lake, Oregon and the rest is history. It is in an environment that is one of the richest biomass producers on the planet. Note: This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. |
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