Marine Phytoplankton for Asthma
In recent times, some scientists have established that marine phytoplankton may be sufficient on its own to counteract the worst effects of asthma.
Because phytoplankton is widely considered to be the source of all life on Earth – according to NASA, it produces 90% of the oxygen we breathe – and because phytoplankton have been populating the oceans for over 300 million years, it’s perhaps not surprising that the environment in which phytoplankton live is a stunningly close match or the makeup of human cells.
Consequently, scientists are now working on the theory that phytoplankton could offer a solution to many of the most intractable medical problems mankind has ever had to deal with, perhaps being able to provide a complete natural cure for a wide range of conditions that includes asthma.
The suggestion is that a teaspoon of phytoplankton material every day could be enough to cure existing diseases and ward off future medical catastrophes.
The only problem is, phytoplankton is relatively difficult to extract from its surrounding environment – perhaps not too surprising when you consider that plankton are almost invisible even under the most powerful microscope – so if you can find phytoplankton to buy, it is likely to be prohibitively expensive. Nevertheless, with the very real prospect that we might be able to ‘farm’ phytoplankton in the reasonably near future, there is a genuine possibility that a totally natural ‘cure’ for asthma is not all that far away.
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