Is the cell wall broken in Raw Living Spirulina?

Spirulina is a phospholipid Bi-Layer Membrane, which means it has two cell walls of lipids (omega fatty acids). Both are soft and highly easily digested. They are almost immediately broken open upon contacting stomach acid. With an empty stomach, all the cells should be broken, and the liquid nutrients inside the cell should be released, which will trigger enzymatic action, allowing most of these nutrients to permeate the bloodstream.

A healthy person with a healthy digestive system should have no whole spirulina cells entering the gut.

On the other hand, Chlorella is what your natural doctor might be confused about. Chlorella is a green alga containing two soft and one three-cell wall that is hard like an eggshell. For humans to digest, chlorella must have broken cell walls.

The mechanical process of breaking cells creates heat when the liquid portion of the cells is exposed to the air. These nutrients begin to break down in the presence of oxygen. The great thing about Spirulina is that it is so easily digestible, so we can keep the fragile nutrients inside the cell membrane until we consume them.