Spirulina - How do you take it?

[billionairekid]

How are you taking spirulina? I tried mixing it with warm water and it was almost unbearable. I did some searching and couldn't find much information.

[Weena]

Originally Posted by billionairekid

How are you taking spirulina?

One teaspoon of powdered spirulina mixed in a juice (ex: 2 apples, 1 carrot, 1 teaspoon spirulina)(or: cucumber, lime and spirulina).

[Indiana]

I blend a teaspoon in with blueberries, a banana, a little organic yoghurt, a handful of spinach and a kiwifruit. Delicious!

[ginkgo]

The best way to eat ("take") it is in a delicious healthy chocolate bar. It has all healthy ingredients. Chocolate is loaded with antioxidants. The spirulina and chocolate go together to create a great taste.

Ingredients: Organic medjool dates, organic almond butter, organic quinoa sprout powder, non-gmo soy protein isolate, original GREENS+® powder (non-gmo soy lecithin, organic Hawaiian spirulina, organic apple fiber, barley grass powder, wheat grass powder, Japanese chlorella, hydroponic soy sprouts, organic brown rice bran, sprouted barley malt, alfalfa grass powder, dairy-free probiotics, royal jelly, Montana bee pollen, acerola berry juice, natural vitamin E, licorice root powder, milk thistle extract, echinacea root extract, Siberian Eleuthero root extract, astragalus root extract, licorice root extract, organic red beet juice, dunaliella salina algae, organic Nova Scotia Dulse, organic ginkgo biloba leaf extract, organic Japanese green tea extract, grape seed and skin extract, organic Swedish bilberry extract), organic rice crisps, wildflower honey, mixed tocopherols (natural vitamin E). Chocolate Coating Ingredients: Cocoa butter, barley malt sweetened chocolate, cocoa bean extract.

Amazon.com: greens plus bar chocolate

You can also get different greens drinks. The abvove is like a greens drink chocolate bar.

[stanmrak]

I've been experimenting with different ways to eat more spirulina; I won't eat something if it doesn't taste good to me. Spirulina (and chlorella) are so beneficial, I'd get them into my diet any way I could. You could easily make a case for them to be the world's most-nutritious whole foods.

I recommend a green smoothie using spirulina and chlorella in sweetened almond milk with a very ripe, frozen banana and a bit of coconut oil. Vanilla-flavored hemp protein powder makes it taste even better.

Another recipe I concocted is a pesto-like paste that I use as a dip or spread. I start with olive oil, raw almonds or other nut, basil and cilantro. Blend these together in a VitaMix to get a thick liquid, then add things like ginger, horseradish, garlic, whatever, then spirulina powder to thicken it.

For the lazy person who hates the taste of greens, I recommend superfood powders by the Amazing Grass company. They make green powders that have spirulina in them (although they're primarily field grasses), but they come in flavors like chocolate and berry. All you do is blend them into a glass of almond milk. Once you try one, you can't believe that there's any greens in them at all!

Check out my reviews on Green Superfood Powders

[danas]

i love the taste! so yummy.
I just add it to my salad. along with olive oil and lemon and maybe some garlic.
Any salad- all green leaves, or just any raw vegetable.
it colors everything green. I love it!

[pollycupcake]

Blending it in with other foods SOMETIMES works, but not always so be careful how much you put in and what other foods you put it in with.

Another option is to by it in capsule form and swallow it with a large glass of water so you don't taste anything.

[Dimond]

Ways to consume spirulina & other green powders you don't enjoy:
mix with orange juice and take as a shot.
add to a smoothie that had a lot of fruit.
mix with avocado to create a dip with other ingredients similar to guacamole.
blend into a savory soups such as with cucumber or celery, spices, avocado or oil.

I prefer chlorella because it takes better therefore it's easier to use. Though I know spirulina has its own benefits.

[stanmrak]

Originally Posted by Dimond

I prefer chlorella because it takes better therefore it's easier to use. Though I know spirulina has its own benefits.

I much prefer the taste of spirulina; I'm amazed that anyone would prefer the taste of chlorella, although I do eat both daily. Chlorella is a bit more dense than spirulina so you can take less, but they do have their own unique benefits as well.

[Weena]

Has anyone tried it in a soup? Yesterday it kinda ruined the taste of my delicious juice (melons and strawberry spoiled by the fishy taste...)?

[billionairekid]

Thank you for all the suggestions. I tried making a smoothie today with blueberries and a banana and it tasted pretty good.

I have another question: has anyone gotten sick from taking spirulina? Both days I've taken spirulina I've been violently ill. The first time I had stomach sickness that all but left me paralyzed and the second time I actually vomitted. These symptoms occurred a few hours after taking spirulina.