What if you vacuum seal the fresh juice in a mason jar (using the food saver jar sealer) – then keep it refrigerated/cold at 32 or fewer degrees – how long could the raw live spirulina last?
I am a Gerson patient trying to figure out the routine for each day
What I’m considering is making three green juices each morning to be consumed at 10a, 2 pm, and 7 pm
If the Spirulina cells are whole (not damaged – gently whisked or stirred into juice), they will hold their vitality and nutrients in the refrigerator much longer than the vegetable juice.
Juicing ruptures plant cells, which is why we have juice. This juice has no preservatives. The nutrients are exposed to air which causes oxidation and nutrient loss as the oxygen is dissolved into the air.
As the study showed a 50% loss of nutrients in green juices 30 minutes after juicing sitting in a jar at room temp.
The Spirulina are like tiny water balloons, so as long as the cells are whole and cold, they will hold their value until the cells break.
When the whole Spirulina cells are submerged into a liquid, depending on the temperature and ph of the liquid, the cells can last longer than just, for example, sitting in the jar in the open air.
Fresh Spirulina has a ph of 10.3 to 10-5, whereas most green juices range between 5 and 6.
Thirty-eight degrees is perfect for preserving the Spirulina for the most extended period.
Freezing accelerates the breakdown of the cells immediately upon freezing as ice crystals are formed that puncture the Raw Living Spirulina cell membranes.
Freezing puts the whole Spirulina cells into a state of suspended animation; however, upon thawing, these nutrients be exposed to air and degrade extremely fast, within minutes.
We highly recommend, if freezing, that the Spirulina be consumed within 5 minutes or less after thawing. Please don’t ever refreeze the Spirulina.
Making the three green juices in the am and adding the Fresh Spirulina to them, stirring gently with a whisk, then sealing them with an air-tight lid and keeping them cold until consuming each day works well.
Remember, the Fresh Spirulina is much more stable than the juices.
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