Often times, I find myself remembering what it was like for me before I conscientiously decided to add dark green foods into my diet. I have been sprouting since the late ’70’s. Sprouted alfalfa, red clover & radish along with sunflower greens & buckwheat lettuce supplied me with plenty of minerals, or so I thought. I consumed fresh kale, chard & spinach, trusting that my nutritional needs were being met. Then, a friend introduced me to blue-green algae in 1995. I could feel it in my body. I swore that I had better clarity in my thinking, better focus. And I admit, my thinking can be all over the place. But, there is something different when I have the algae as part of my daily routine. Found growing wild in only one lake in Klamath Falls, Oregon, that beautiful, blue green substance seems to possess everything that we are made of, but, in the trace amounts in which we need it. And it is very easily assimilated into our body. The original owner of the first company that supplied me algae, told us that the algae contained a molecule of “hope”. I really loved the idea. And actually isn’t hope what we have right before we take action?
My love affair with the algae has been on again, off again. I don’t know why I run out sometimes and forget to reorder. Eventually, the thought leads me to the computer to replenish. A couple of days later, it’s here and I feel energized, and more alive all over again. Then I wonder, is it that I get used to feeling good and actually forget that the algae was what filled in all the nooks & crannies of nutrition in the first place? So I slack off, and then at some point remember, ahhhhh yes, it was the algae…
