Spirulina is a dark green algal plant that grows in lakes. It is very rich in green chlorophyll, which is very important in maintaining healthy blood. Each container can hold up to 180 tablets of spirulina. Spirulina may be the richest known source of Vitamin B-12 outside the animal kingdom, although there might be other plant sources that contain it. For this reason I recommend spirulina in any vegetarian diet for the easy availability of chlorophyll and beta-carotene that is associated with spirulina.
Chlorophyll is essential to the synthesis of hemoglobin in the blood.
Hemoglobin, as you might remember from medical science, contains iron. If there is not sufficient chlorophyll to convert the iron into hemoglobin, poor blood and anemia may result as the iron is wasted and excreted from the body. The human body is capable of converting chlorophyll into hemoglobin also as long as there is enough iron present. Ingesting spirulina is a handy way to get green chlorophyll in your diet if you run out of your store-bought lettuce or have too little time to go shopping. If powder is not available, tablets may be crushed by coffee grinder or teaspoon.