Dr. Gabriel Cousens, MD: Dr. Gabriel Cousens is a holistic physician and co-director of the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center He is the author of Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet, Sevenfold Peace, and Conscious Eating.

The mysterious power of Spirulina has fascinated me since 1976. At that time, I used to buy it in 100-pound barrels to sell to my clients and to many hundreds of people who were staying in India, I could literally tell, after a three-month stay in India, if a person was taking Spirulina as a supplement. People taking it looked considerably more radiant and healthy than those who were not. After a year, those on Spirulina didn't seem to have suffered any particular deficiencies and remained strong, whereas many who were not taking it had an emaciated, weakened quality about them and would more frequently get sick. Myself, my wife, and our two children took it regularly for one year and no one suffered any serious illness and we rarely had any health problems.

Today, at our vegetarian Tree of life Rejuvenation center in Patagonia, Arizona, we may be the first spa and retreat center to use Spirulina as part of our prescribed health diet. I find it has life force generating power, immune-protective and building qualities, and general healing powers for many degenerative diseases. Sunlight is an essential nutrient for our well-being. I will be sharing the theoretical basis for these results as well as my clinical finding of the uses of Spirulina.

In my book, Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet, I discuss the significance of vortical energy, live foods, and light in the rejuvenation and alchemical transformation of the human organism. These are some of the essentials in understanding the vital force of Spirulina. When we begin to think of ourselves as spiritualized human photocells, the significance of Spirulina in the diet becomes more obvious.