We also have one of the largest academic plastic surgery departments in the United States and operate one of the regions top centers for restorative medicine
Several studies/trials have reported a beneficial effect of weight loss on additional cardiovascular disease risk factors, including blood pressure, diabetes, and plasma lipid levels as well as a reduction in cardiovascular events
( Spirulina platensis increases macrophage phagocytic activity in terms of the average number of sheep red blood cells (SRBC) per phagocytic macrophage (range = 2.2 to 3.6 versus 1.8 to 2.5 in the basal group) and the overall phagocytic percentage (range = 28 to 39% versus 24 to 25% in the basal group)
It has had very good weight loss, around 27% of total body mass, but the drop-out rate in the trial is 20% due to side effects, he says
Underwood, C.R., Garibay, P., Knudsen, L.B., Hastrup, S., Peters, G.H., Rudolph, R., Reedtz-Runge, S