Phytoplankton - Super food?

[DIONYSUS]

saw a mate i havent seen in a while last night.. gave me some of this weird shit, told me its photosynthesized plankton, super food apparently. Says it makes you feel amazing. im a little skepticle, it looks like green charcoal and tastes like absolute filth. Just wondering if anybody else had heard of it?

Super Phytoplankton - Natures Perfect Food? | Aviva.ca (http://www.aviva.ca/article.asp?articleid=22)

[SweetAss]

"helps restore the body's natural acid/alkaline balance"

Could definately do with some of that!!!!

[DIONYSUS]

"helps restore the body's natural acid/alkaline balance"

Could definately do with some of that!!!!

apparently its got every mineral on the planet or some shit. not sure if that link i posted is to the type of plankton ive got, it looks like a lump of green charcoal, well strange. Not tried it yet, think i may save it till after the weekend when i really need it.

You got sacked yet?

[SweetAss]

apparently its got every mineral on the planet or some shit. not sure if that link i posted is to the type of plankton ive got, it looks like a lump of green charcoal, well strange. Not tried it yet, think i may save it till after the weekend when i really need it.

You got sacked yet?

Yak yak!!!.... yeh you should save it...... may be usefull sunday/monday!!

[Holeydel]

As a super food I suspect it's going to be super expensive - like manuka honey

[DIONYSUS]

As a super food I suspect it's going to be super expensive - like manuka honey

£1 a gram, pretty cheap i reckon.

[DaftFader]

iirc Phytoplankton naturaly orrcurs in seas and oceans and is pretty much the bottom of the food chain .. it's what other minute organisms feed on and even big ones like ray fish ect. ... it is the soul diet of ray fish therefor must be packed with nutriants in order to keep the rays alive and healthy .. if it's good for the fish ..can't see why it's not gonna be good for you :wink:

[Holeydel]

If you eat a ray fish which earlier ate the plancton then I guess you'd be eating a super super food

[DIONYSUS]

apparently you could just eat that plankton and nothin else and survive, cant imagine it'd be very nice tho :yakk:

[p0ly]

woooo super food!!!

[elretardo87]

If its green and tastes like off fanny then its probably Spirulina.

It's good for you but fuckin disgusting.

[DaftFader]

If its green and tastes like off fanny then its probably Spirulina.

It's good for you but fuckin disgusting.
yum sounds lush :weee:

alltho your description is only gonna help men, lesbians and very flexable women understand what it tastes like

[elretardo87]

alltho your description is only gonna help men, lesbians and very flexable women understand what it tastes like

I duno I've met some straight women who would recognise the smell after a party.

[Tank Girl]

yum sounds lush :weee:

alltho your description is only gonna help men, lesbians and very flexable women understand what it tastes like

I duno I've met some straight women who would recognise the smell after a party.
:laugh_at::laugh_at:

[DIONYSUS]

If its green and tastes like off fanny then its probably Spirulina.

It's good for you but fuckin disgusting.

nah i asked him if it was spirolina and he said no, supposedly better for you than spirolina. this stuff tastes proper wrong, like your eating the sludge at the bottom of a fish tank. It looks like a big lump of dark green charcoal, all the spirolina ive seen was just in a powder. forgot i had it actually, definatly gonna eat the lot when i get home, feeling pretty rank after the weekend.

[photographthesun]

nah i asked him if it was spirolina and he said no, supposedly better for you than spirolina. this stuff tastes proper wrong, like your eating the sludge at the bottom of a fish tank. It looks like a big lump of dark green charcoal, all the spirolina ive seen was just in a powder. forgot i had it actually, definatly gonna eat the lot when i get home, feeling pretty rank after the weekend.

dont do it mate, it sounds horrible!

[DIONYSUS]

dont do it mate, it sounds horrible!

if it tastes that horrible its gotta be good for you tho.

[p0ly]

its probaly pretty damn good for ya, but i doubt ull be eating it much

[Holeydel]

You could always try smoking it...

[dougmelv]

saw a mate i havent seen in a while last night.. gave me some of this weird shit, told me its photosynthesized plankton, super food apparently. Says it makes you feel amazing. im a little skepticle, it looks like green charcoal and tastes like absolute filth. Just wondering if anybody else had heard of it?

Super Phytoplankton - Natures Perfect Food? | Aviva.ca (http://www.aviva.ca/article.asp?articleid=22)


For a cheaper alternative try Aquarian Goldfish Flakes. They are extremely nutricious and taste a bit like fishy knob.
35% protien
vitamin A D3 E
3% fibre
13% ash
various oils

http://www.mypetdirect.co.uk/mypet/prod_279921-Aquarian-Goldfish-Food-50gm.html

[joshd96320]

pass.

[DIONYSUS]

For a cheaper alternative try Aquarian Goldfish Flakes. They are extremely nutricious and taste a bit like fishy knob.
35% protien
vitamin A D3 E
3% fibre
13% ash
various oils

Aquarian Goldfish Food 50gm (http://www.mypetdirect.co.uk/mypet/prod_279921-Aquarian-Goldfish-Food-50gm.html)

think ill stick to my plankton. If its good enough for whales then its good enough for me.














ive still not eaten any yet tho... :yakk:

[dougmelv]

I've been eating the fish food for six weeks now and apart from an orange tounge, fishy breath and smelly burps, i've not noticed any adverse side effects. Infact i feel realy healthy. don't knock it till you've tried it. sometimes you've just got to get over your intitial feelings and dive in. i did and i've not looked back since!
you can get round the initial dry mouth reaction by mixing it with organic goats milk (the flavours actually compliment each other) or mixing it with vegimite where you hardly taste it at all. enjoy!

[p0ly]

I've been eating the fish food for six weeks now and apart from an orange tounge, fishy breath and smelly burps, i've not noticed any adverse side effects. Infact i feel realy healthy. don't knock it till you've tried it. sometimes you've just got to get over your intitial feelings and dive in. i did and i've not looked back since!
you can get round the initial dry mouth reaction by mixing it with organic goats milk (the flavours actually compliment each other) or mixing it with vegimite where you hardly taste it at all. enjoy!

oioi fishy!!!!!!

[DIONYSUS]

I've been eating the fish food for six weeks now and apart from an orange tounge, fishy breath and smelly burps, i've not noticed any adverse side effects. Infact i feel realy healthy. don't knock it till you've tried it. sometimes you've just got to get over your intitial feelings and dive in. i did and i've not looked back since!
you can get round the initial dry mouth reaction by mixing it with organic goats milk (the flavours actually compliment each other) or mixing it with vegimite where you hardly taste it at all. enjoy!

how much of it have you been eating?

[dougmelv]

started off with just a pinch now and then. then i got to quite like the taste and i was eating it by the teaspoon. feeling how healthy it was making me feel i started looking for better ways to eat it like mixing it with other foods. now i'd say i get through about one 50g tub a week. that works out at about 5 table spoons each day. i get 50g for £3.50 which is 50p a day which is quite reasonable considering the health benifits i am getting.
I've been doing some online research into whats in the stuff and its a mixture of fish and shrimp meal (high in protien and omega oils) soya bean meal (proven health benifits) and spirulina (which has a host of vitamins, minerals and fatty acids as well as all 8 essential amino acids). so it really is a cheap alternative to fancy expensive health suppliments and i would recomend it to anyone!

[p0ly]

started off with just a pinch now and then. then i got to quite like the taste and i was eating it by the teaspoon. feeling how healthy it was making me feel i started looking for better ways to eat it like mixing it with other foods. now i'd say i get through about one 50g tub a week. that works out at about 5 table spoons each day. i get 50g for £3.50 which is 50p a day which is quite reasonable considering the health benifits i am getting.
I've been doing some online research into whats in the stuff and its a mixture of fish and shrimp meal (high in protien and omega oils) soya bean meal (proven health benifits) and spirulina (which has a host of vitamins, minerals and fatty acids as well as all 8 essential amino acids). so it really is a cheap alternative to fancy expensive health suppliments and i would recomend it to anyone!

i might buy some!! i always used to like fish food as a kid hhaahaha seriously

[Holeydel]

Hey Dougmelv - where can I buy some and what foods shall I begin to mix it with?

[DIONYSUS]

started off with just a pinch now and then. then i got to quite like the taste and i was eating it by the teaspoon. feeling how healthy it was making me feel i started looking for better ways to eat it like mixing it with other foods. now i'd say i get through about one 50g tub a week. that works out at about 5 table spoons each day. i get 50g for £3.50 which is 50p a day which is quite reasonable considering the health benifits i am getting.
I've been doing some online research into whats in the stuff and its a mixture of fish and shrimp meal (high in protien and omega oils) soya bean meal (proven health benifits) and spirulina (which has a host of vitamins, minerals and fatty acids as well as all 8 essential amino acids). so it really is a cheap alternative to fancy expensive health suppliments and i would recomend it to anyone!

fair play i might have to give that a go as well, 5 tablespoons is quite a lot of fish food to eat tho! reckon i might turn into a fish if i ate that much... I know its not easy to say, but what would you say the health benefits are?

[dougmelv]

holding my breath for longer under water and swimming faster :wink:

[dougmelv]

lol!

[DJCliffy]

Quite a high protein count! Might be useful for weight lifting, have me a look at that! :)

[dougmelv]

seriously guys, i'm a vegetarian. i don't want anyone making them selves sick by trying fish food on account of my having a laugh. that said the stuff i found on wiki and on the back of the tub, about nutrition, was true. It probably is a superfood.

i might buy some!! i always used to like fish food as a kid hhaahaha seriously

funny you should say this i've twice caught one of my kids with his hand in the tub and suspicious flakes and a guilty look all over his face.
he said 'it tastes gooood'!. now we keep it out of his reach.

As far as protien is concearned, nutritional yeast (which looks remakably similar) is a better bet. you can get it in health shops. it is a superfood.

Marigold Engevita Nutritional Yeast Flakes 125g by Marigold from GoodnessDirect (http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/579698_Marigold_Engevita_Nutritional_Yeast_Flakes_ _125g.html)

DJCliffy, although it is 45% protien, dont get excited by this cause it is next to impossible to eat that much but it is an excellent addition to a health diet and stuffed full of B vits. If its new protien sources you want try these
1) quinoa a south american grain with 13% protien full essential ammino acid comlex and good carbs. rated by World health oranisation as same protien quality as milk. readily available in health food shops. boil it and use it like rice.
2) amaranth as above although difficult to prepare. tiny grain size of poppy seed. can be popped like popp corn and mixed with breakfast cereal.
3) mung dhal. not to be confused with mung beans which are green. this looks yellow and course. this is the stuff that puts hairs on the chests of sikhs (and they are hairy mofos) Its a pulse with 33% rather than the standard 22% dry weight protien that lentils have. make spicy dahl with it. use fresh yogurt to cool it down and serve it on quinoa and theirs a protien bomb.
4) chick pea floor (gram flour). a flour with 22% protien. make pancakes with it. 5 minute job. i got a recipie if you want.
5) soya nuts - taste dry and hard to eat but easy protien.

and by the way, anyone who belived my fish food thread is mental :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at: :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::you_crazy

[p0ly]

fish food is still tasty tho!! =)

[photographthesun]

seriously guys, i'm a vegetarian. i don't want anyone making them selves sick by trying fish food on account of my having a laugh. that said the stuff i found on wiki and on the back of the tub, about nutrition, was true. It probably is a superfood.

telling lies is bad! :laugh_at:

[DJCliffy]

DJCliffy, although it is 45% protien, dont get excited by this cause it is next to impossible to eat that much but it is an excellent addition to a health diet and stuffed full of B vits. If its new protien sources you want try these
1) quinoa a south american grain with 13% protien full essential ammino acid comlex and good carbs. rated by World health oranisation as same protien quality as milk. readily available in health food shops. boil it and use it like rice.
2) amaranth as above although difficult to prepare. tiny grain size of poppy seed. can be popped like popp corn and mixed with breakfast cereal.
3) mung dhal. not to be confused with mung beans which are green. this looks yellow and course. this is the stuff that puts hairs on the chests of sikhs (and they are hairy mofos) Its a pulse with 33% rather than the standard 22% dry weight protien that lentils have. make spicy dahl with it. use fresh yogurt to cool it down and serve it on quinoa and theirs a protien bomb.
4) chick pea floor (gram flour). a flour with 22% protien. make pancakes with it. 5 minute job. i got a recipie if you want.
5) soya nuts - taste dry and hard to eat but easy protien.

and by the way, anyone who belived my fish food thread is mental :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at: :laugh_at::laugh_at::laugh_at::you_crazy

Nice one cheers for the info fella! :love:

[General Lighting]

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3) mung dhal. not to be confused with mung beans which are green. this looks yellow and course. this is the stuff that puts hairs on the chests of sikhs

sounds like something my Nan would say :laugh_at:

mung dhal is a split and hulled mung bean - a very versatile bean popular across the whole of Asia...

Mung bean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mung_dal)

I would think the best place for Cliffy to find any of this would be any decent Asian supermarket (the proper ones where you get a corner shop what is actually like the tardis with loads more space inside..), and takes stock from TRS (T R Suterwalla and Sons, Southall).

it is possible to make dhal from whole mung beans as well

Quick Indian Cooking Whole Mung (Moong) Dhal (http://www.quickindiancooking.com/2006/12/22/whole-mung-moong-dhal/)

better than eating plankton - IMO better off leaving that in the sea for the fishies