Is Spirulina maxima high in salt, sugar, fat or calories ?
Some people on restricted sodium diets avoid seaweed foods because of the high content of sodium. However, Spirulina avoids the sodium problems of macro-algae that grow in the sea, such as Kelp or Nori. The sodium content in Spirulina is only .206 mg of sodium per 500 mg tablets. Generally hypertension patients are restricted to 2000 mg or less of sodium per day. Thus the small amounts of sodium in Spirulina poses no danger to persons on a salt restricted diet.
