He aha ka Spirulina, kēia mea ola kupaianaha i kapa ʻia ʻo "King of Alkaline Foods"?
Aia ʻo Spirulina i ka māhele o nā prokaryotes haʻahaʻa, kahi mea ola liʻiliʻi e ulu nui ana i nā loko alkaline ma nā wahi wela. ʻO kona liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me kona ʻano ʻokoʻa, ʻo kona kino cylindrical i ʻōwili ʻia i nā spiral maʻamau, e like me ka pūnāwai maʻalahi o ka uaki. He ʻano maoli kēia algae i nā loko alkaline ma nā ʻāina wela e like me Mexico a me Chad ma ʻApelika Waena, a ua hoʻopau ʻia e nā kamaʻāina kūloko no nā hanauna.
Aia ma kahi o 35 mau ʻano ʻano Spirulina. Hiki ke ulu ka Spirulina i loko o ka wai maʻemaʻe a me ka wai paʻakai, a ʻo nā mea kanu maʻamau ʻo Spirulina platensis a me Spirulina maxima. ʻO kēia mau mea, ʻo Spirulina platensis ka mea maʻamau i mahi ʻia. I kēia manawa, ke hana ʻia nei ka mahiʻai nui- ma ka ʻāina a ma ka honua. ʻO ka mea nui ka Spirulina platensis, Spirulina maxima, a me Spirulina indica.
