Irene wrote:
> And don't forget spirulina, a blue-green algae that has lots of
> naturally occuring B-12.

This issue has been addressed various times on this list
previously, and the evidence does not appear good for
viable sources of B-12 from algae (except, perhaps from
bird feces that land on spirulina in the drying mats)
- in fact, to the contrary, the apparent B-12 analogs
found in algae may interfere with regular absorption of
viable B-12. Check the archives for postings on algae and
B-12, if interested.

There are other apparent issues with blue-green alage, in
particular, from Cell Tech and Klammuth Lake. Check out
the following articles that the author has granted
permission to republish here (but are sort of long, so
I have put on a www server):

http://dmayne.home.mindspring.com/algae/algae1.txt
http://dmayne.home.mindspring.com/algae/algae2.txt
http://dmayne.home.mindspring.com/algae/algae3.txt
http://dmayne.home.mindspring.com/algae/algae4.txt


Regards,

David
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