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[Guest guest]

Hello Kelvin,

Chlorophyll, though not water soluble, is easily digested. It's

structure is basically a pigment, similar to heme, which is bound to

proteins. It is cellulose that is not digestible. Unfortunately

chlorophyll is often contained within a cellulose plant cell wall.

If that cell wall is mechanically breached, as in juicing, then the

chlorophyll is available for digestion.

Mike

Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 10:04:15 PM, you wrote:

K> interesting... that's identified as a food additive... i guess it has to be

K> altered so that the body CAN assimilate it.

K> hmmm... too bad that goes against one of my criteria for general health

K> protocol....

K> Kelvin

K> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Bret Peirce

K> <patientadvocate2@...>wrote:

>>

>>

>> Pure chlorophyll yes.

>>

>> The kind we take is called chlorophyllin

>>

K>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mike!

excellent.  I originally ASSUMED the chlorophyll was only accessible

if cellulose was broken down... BUT i began to doubt when i wondered

at what level the cellulose needed to be broken down in order for us

to access that nutrient.  talk about lazy, huh?   I suppose some

basic due diligence (dd) would have helped me answer my own questions!

 it's too easy to take face value what is discussed casually in a

forum.  As my friend Joe C. has warned... we have to be careful not to

accept as fact or gospel that what is written in a mix of opinion and

loose facts/data in this forum.  I'd hate for someone to follow my

suggestions without doing their own dd - for lack of my guarantee of

results or effectiveness!

at any rate, it's good to know that...

>>

If that cell wall is mechanically breached, as in juicing, then the

chlorophyll is available for digestion.

<<

i blend daily...so i'm getting my daily chlorophyll!

interesting finds:

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http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/135/8/1995

Natural Chlorophyll but Not Chlorophyllin Prevents Heme-Induced

Cytotoxic and Hyperproliferative Effects in Rat Colon1,2

Johan de Vogel*,,**,  S. M. L. Jonker-Termont*,,Martijn B.

Katan*,** and Roelof van der Meer*,,3

* Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences (WCFS), Nutrition and Health

Programme, 6700 AN, Wageningen, The Netherlands;  NIZO food research,

6710 BA, Ede, The Netherlands; and ** Wageningen University, 6703 HD,

Wageningen, The Netherlands

3To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:

Roelof.van.der.meer@....

Diets high in red meat and low in green vegetables are associated with

an increased risk of colon cancer. In rats, dietary heme, mimicking

red meat, increases colonic cytotoxicity and proliferation of the

colonocytes, whereas addition of chlorophyll from green vegetables

inhibits these heme-induced effects. Chlorophyllin is a water-soluble

hydrolysis product of chlorophyll that inhibits the toxicity of many

planar aromatic compounds. The present study investigated whether

chlorophyllins could inhibit the heme-induced luminal cytotoxicity and

colonic hyperproliferation as natural chlorophyll does. Rats were fed

a purified control diet, the control diet supplemented with heme, or a

heme diet with 1.2 mmol/kg diet of chlorophyllin, copper

chlorophyllin, or natural chlorophyll for 14 d (n = 8/group). The

cytotoxicity of fecal water was determined with an erythrocyte

bioassay and colonic epithelial cell proliferation was quantified in

vivo by [methyl-3H]thymidine incorporation into newly synthesized DNA.

Exfoliation of colonocytes was measured as the amount ofrat DNA in

feces using quantitative PCR analysis. Heme caused a >50-fold increase

in the cytotoxicity of the fecal water, a nearly 100% increase in

proliferation, and almost total inhibition of exfoliation of the

colonocytes. Furthermore, the additionof heme increased TBARS in fecal

water. Chlorophyll, but not the chlorophyllins, completely prevented

these heme-inducedeffects. In conclusion, inhibition of the

heme-induced colonic cytotoxicity and epithelial cell turnover is

specific for naturalchlorophyll and cannot be mimicked by

water-soluble chlorophyllins.

**

more..

source:

http://www.aacrmeetingabstracts.org/cgi/content/abstract/2006/1/923-a

Natural chlorophyll inhibits dibenzo[a,l]pyrene-induced liver and

stomach carcinogenesis in rainbow trout

**

anyway... did some further reading, but couldn't find an exact

quote/source that confirms chlorophyll can be taken directly from

veggies. then again, articles that i did read suggested that they

could be just by mere statement that they can be had from dark

greens... spinach seems to be highest in chlorophyll (glad i include

those in my daily smoothies! ). anyway, not that I should doubt

your expertise... just thot i'd follow what i preach (and do my own dd

on the statement about how chlorophyll can be absorbed/assimilated by

the body)!

thanks again!

Kelvin

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Mike Golden <goldenmike@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hello Kelvin,

>

> Chlorophyll, though not water soluble, is easily digested. It's

> structure is basically a pigment, similar to heme, which is bound to

> proteins. It is cellulose that is not digestible. Unfortunately

> chlorophyll is often contained within a cellulose plant cell wall.

> If that cell wall is mechanically breached, as in juicing, then the

> chlorophyll is available for digestion.

>

> Mike

>

> Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 10:04:15 PM, you wrote:

>

> K> interesting... that's identified as a food additive... i guess it has to be

> K> altered so that the body CAN assimilate it.

>

> K> hmmm... too bad that goes against one of my criteria for general health

> K> protocol....

> K> Kelvin

>

> K> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Bret Peirce

> K> <patientadvocate2@...>wrote:

>

> >>

> >>

> >> Pure chlorophyll yes.

> >>

> >> The kind we take is called chlorophyllin

> >>

>

> K>