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Difference between Fresh and Dry Spirulina

Any science to offer on the difference

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Soheyl Soheyl Canada • Posts: 3
1 11 Jun 2016
I love Fresh Spirulina.  Can anyone share any science or link about Fresh versus Dry Spirulina.
I read in this blog that Fresh is more effective.  Someone said:

"Dried, powdered spirulina (and any other super seaweed concentrate/chlorophyll) contains about 15% of the original levels of nutrients, and they are far less effectively absorbed.

(We did a chemical analysis of fresh vs. dried spirulina as part of a research project last year, but you can find plenty of published studies on the topic.)"  

What shall I do to get access to that Research Project?
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robert99 robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360
2 11 Jun 2016
One study (there's probably more about the web) is at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1878029615000432

PDF version of full report at http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1878029615000432/1-s2.0-S1878029615000432-main.pdf?_tid=84d74b0e-2f5b-11e6-ac74-00000aab0f26&acdnat=1465598259_038fda525c84724d7f9f866015291aae

Conclusion (which most people would have guessed)
• Fresh sample of Spirulina platensis shows better results in bioactive compounds quantitatively and qualitatively compared to that of dried sample, and
• Drying process at 40-50oC does not give any significant different on nutritional quality of dried sample of Spirulina platensis compared to fresh samples.
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Soheyl Soheyl Canada • Posts: 3
3 14 Jun 2016
Thank you  for your response. I found the following articles. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27240586
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4202652
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4586843
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