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Algotene is the world's first natural dietary supplement made from pure Dunaliella salina, an edible algae rich in nutrients. It is a rich natural source of carotenoids and daily nutrients.
Taken daily, Algotene provides many of the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients required to help support good health, maintain vitality and a healthy immune system, maintain healthy skin and eyes, reduce the risk of premature ageing and chronic diseases.
About Dunaliella salina?
Dunaliella salina is a single-celled green algae that lives in coastal waters, brine rock pools and salt water lakes. Dunaliella is adapted to life in highly concentrated salt water – it is one of the most salt tolerant life forms known.
Natural is Best.
Dunaliella contains a rich mixture of natural dietary carotenoids including extremely high quantities of antioxidant beta-carotene, a deep orange-red pigment also found in carrots and apricots. Dunaliella salina also contains a spectrum of other health and vitality boosting phytonutrients including proteins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and chlorophyll.
Pure Organically Farmed Algae.
Dunaliella salina microalgae is farmed in a remote part of Western Australia near Karratha. The algae are grown in clean Australian ocean waters collected from natural tidal catchment ponds, and use pure sunlight as an energy source. No herbicides or pesticides are used. The algae are harvested and dried mechanically without the use of chemicals or solvents. Certified organically grown.
Ancient Healthcare.
Algae is a nutrient-dense natural food and medicine that has been used safely for thousands of years by the Aztecs, some African and Asian peoples and South Pacific islanders. Examples of popular edible algae promoting good health used around the world include Spirulina and Chlorella. Dunaliella salina, however, offers a number of distinctive benefits over these other algae. Today the nutritional and health benefits of algae are being rediscovered.
Benefits of Dunaliella salina vs. Spirulina and Chlorella
Dunaliella salina is arguably the most nutrient dense food source known. On a gram per gram basis, Dunaliella salina can contain more than twice the chlorophyll of Spirulina, 8 times the mineral content and over 6,000 times the antioxidant content.
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Dunaliella salina |
Spirulina and Chlorella |
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Soft wall microalgae |
Fibrous or hard wall microalgae |
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Easy breakdown maximizing nutrient
absorption |
Difficult breakdown limiting nutrient
absorption |
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Grown in a nutrient rich marine (brine)
environment |
Grown in a nutrient poor freshwater
environment |
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Mineral rich |
Contains much lower levels of minerals |
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Carotenoid rich |
Contains much lower levels of carotenoids |
A Spectrum of Daily Nutrients.
Dunaliella salina is one of nature’s richest sources of natural beta-carotene and contains many of the carotenoids commonly found in fruit and vegetables. It is rich in essential minerals, vitamins, proteins, amino acids, essential fatty acids, carbohydrates, chlorophyll and other important nutrients. Dunaliella salina contains a mixture of natural carotenoids including beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin and cryptoxanthin. Carotenoids are pigments responsible for the red, orange, yellow and green colors of fruit and vegetables. Research shows that carotenoids have antioxidant and immune boosting activities. They may help to protect against free radical cell damage responsible for premature ageing, cataracts, cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases.
Dunaliella salina is also nature’s richest known source of dietary beta-carotene. Natural beta-carotene is a powerful antioxidant and also provides provitamin A that is converted to retinol (vitamin A) in the body as required. Research suggests that a natural, dietary beta-carotene is safe to take and is a more potent of antioxidant that the synthetic form found in many multivitamin formulations.
Beta-carotene (and vitamin A) have also been shown to stimulate the immune system’s natural defenses and its response to infection. Together with beta-carotene, Dunaliella salina also contains chlorophyll, a powerful cleansing agent that is believed to help increase the body’s elimination of harmful toxins and essential fatty acids, beta-carotene and amino acids that are basic building materials for healthy cells, eyes, skin and connective tissue.
Energy & Vitality
Dunaliella salina contains the proteins, amino acids, carbohydrates and essential fats our bodies use for energy. Dunaliella salina also contains many vitamins, including vitamin E, cobalamin (vitamin B12) and minerals, such as magnesium that are necessary cofactors in cellular energy production. Magnesium in particular is vital for healthy cellular metabolism, energy production, nerve and muscle function.
Natural vs. Synthetic
Synthetic beta-carotene contains only all-trans beta-carotene isomers. 9-cis isomers are far more efficient antioxidants than all-trans isomers. Natural beta-carotene is a more potent antioxidant because it contains both all-trans and 9-cis beta-carotene isomers.
Special Note: This extract is for educational purposes only. This article is not meant to reflect any therapeutic benefits of any products that may appear on this page.
The InterClinical Laboratories product range includes:
• Algotene
• Acai Premium Fresh
• MeMax Plus
• Reparen
• Parazyne
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