Managing anemia and immunological dysfunctions that commonly characterize aging is a clinical challenge. Similarly, providing nutritional approaches through functional foods to counteract these phenomena is a research priority. The data obtained from our open-label uncontrolled study suggest that Spirulina could prove beneficial for both conditions. Anemia is responsible for a large number of hospitalizations and the cause of enormous healthcare costs.
Aging is physiologically associated with a variable decline in several changes of the hematopoietic system, including anemia and immunosenescence. The latter is coined as the aging of the immune system and is characterized by a reduced activity against infections. Both innate and acquired arms of the immune system including immune specific cells, cell signaling, cytokine production and cell surface marker expression are affected, clinically relevant with enormous healthcare costs
