In Japan, many people call chlorella as edible jade, and compare chlorella with precious emeralds, showing that chlorella has extremely high value. Before explaining the characteristics of chlorophyll, let's look at a comparison of the chlorophyll content of various plants.

Chlorophyll content per 100 grams of dried plants:

Chlorella (also known as green algae) 4.5 grams

• Spirulina (also known as cyanobacteria) 0.83g
• Nettle 0.6-0.8 g
• Grain and grass 0.7g
• 0.7g spinach
• Chestnut 0.9~1.0g
• Cauliflower 0.8~1.2g
• Alfalfa 0.2~0.4g

Plants can withstand high temperatures with the help of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is equivalent to an antenna. It can absorb part of the blue and red light elements in sunlight as energy for photosynthesis; the unabsorbed part of sunlight (green light elements) will be reflected to show its green life.

After medical research, the health effects of chlorophyll are impressive:

• Detox and support gastrointestinal function
• Antimutagen, protect genetic information from damage
• Anti-anemia
• Reduce smell (tone, body odor)
• Stimulate and promote digestion
• To relieve pain
• Regulate blood pressure and strengthen heart
• Recover and heal wounds
• Antioxidativ, protect the vascular wall
• Antibacterial
• It has the effect of restraining the growth of stones in the body

Chlorophyll is a natural medicine. The content of chlorophyll in Chlorella is 5 times that of Spirulina, which is the highest species in nature. In 1913, the molecular structure of chlorophyll was identified: its molecular structure is very similar to the molecular structure of hemoglobin (the main component of red blood cells) in the human body. Except for the central ion, it is exactly the same. Chlorophyll is known as a "cleaner" that discharges harmful substances in the intestines, kidneys, lungs, and blood, and has a strong role in adsorbing toxins. Chlorophyll and folic acid can maintain the concentration of calcium in cells and bones, so that middle-aged and elderly people will not cause osteoporosis and tooth loss due to the rapid loss of calcium, and can repair damaged gum tissue. For children who do not want to eat vegetables and the elderly who have difficulty in eating vegetables, chlorella is a good supplement for chlorophyll and folic acid.

Folic acid is an additional nutrient that the human body needs to maintain health, and it plays an important role in nucleic acid and protein synthesis. When the human body is deficient in folic acid, the synthesis of nucleic acid in red blood cells is blocked, resulting in megaloblastic anemia. Folic acid is theoretically a vector for DNA synthesis. In the process of embryonic development, insufficient folate will affect the synthesis of fetal DNA, thereby affecting the development of fetal tissues and organs, leading to many preconceptions, including anencephaly, spina bifida, cleft lip and palate, etc.

In the health and nutrition of pregnant women, the supplement of folic acid is very important, and the supplement of folic acid must be increased before pregnancy and during the period. Professor Li Zhu, director of the Institute of Reproductive Health of Peking University, said that from the known data, due to the lack of folate in women of childbearing age, my country has become the country with the highest incidence of infant neural tube defects in the world, with 100,000 cases per year, compared with only 3,000 in the United States. example. Therefore, Director Li pointed out: If measures to supplement folic acid can be promoted, we predict that the incidence of congenital diseases can be reduced by about 400,000 per year, and the death of infants can be reduced by 30%. It is best to start taking folic acid 3 months before pregnancy, because it takes a while for the body's folic acid level to improve. Supplementing folic acid during the whole pregnancy can solve the problems of perinatal fetal death, low birth weight, and neonatal hemolysis. The World Health Organization also recommends that "each woman of childbearing age should be supplemented with 400 micrograms of folic acid per day."

As early as 1999 in the United States, relevant functional departments have required all flour manufacturers to add folic acid and use compulsory means to supplement folic acid for the whole people. The effect is very obvious. Not only has the rate of neonatal neural tube defects reduced by 30%, but also some related childhood diseases and adult diseases such as anemia, bowel cancer, and cardiovascular diseases have also been reduced. According to other data, in 2002 compared with 1991, the prevalence of hypertension among residents aged 18 and over in my country increased by 31%, and the number of patients increased by more than 70 million to 160 million. Taking chlorella to supplement the natural folic acid is beneficial to the country and the people, because the folic acid content in every 100 grams of chlorella is as high as 1.2 mg.