Man Thinks Plankton
Stopped His Rare Cancer

By Valerie Wilson

Tom Harper never dreamed his research around phytoplankton
would lead him to a remedy for his cancer.

The owner of Cedar, B.C.- based Unique Seafarms was simply looking for a way to extract phytoplankton from the ocean and then recreate its bloom in tanks. Not only was Harper successful in his
research - he believes it may also be responsible for halting the spread of a rare form of lung cancer that was both inoperable
and incurable. In July 2004, doctors gave Harper nine months to
live. Today, he is alive and well. Tiffany Haarsma, Harper's
daughter, says the process her Dad developed begins with the
extraction of a small amount of seawater from the Georgia Strait
through a pipeline that sinks about 80-feet below the water's surface.

Using the seawater and Harper's unique extraction technique, the bloom process is recreated in tanks. Haarsma said the company can now grow up to 45-tonnes of bloom a day. Harper at first was feeding the phytoplankton - microalgae made up of 200 single cells, exclusively to shellfish.

One day, while standing among the tanks at his business and contemplating everything that had taken place, Harper took notice of how well his clams were growing since eating phytoplankton. That prompted Harper to stick his fingers in the tank, having decided to have a taste himself. "He literally just started eating it," Haarsma said. "I thought he was crazy for what he was doing. I was actually a little bit worried about it. I said to him, "You can't stick your fingers in the algae and eat it." His response, "I'm dying anyway so what have I got to lose."

Since eating the algae Harper says the cancerous tumors in his lungs have stopped growing and are now benign, something Harper said has even puzzled his doctors. "They did 11 sites for biopsy and every one of them is clear." Harper was also an insulin-dependent diabetic. Since taking the algae he no longer needs insulin. He is still off the insulin and there is no sign of cancer anywhere in his body," Haarsma said. "It is what saved him. We really believe that. We have no medical proof but we really believe it." Haarsma herself has an over-active thyroid and could not control her weight.

She too began taking the algae and in four months, went from a size 12 to a size eight. "My thyroid is functioning beautifully," she
said, adding when she first started taking the algae she didn't do
it to lose weight, but rather as a preventative measure.

At the time Harper began eating the algae, he was very ill. In fact,
Haarsma said she had already began making funeral and burial
arrangements for her father. "Now when I see him I still get all
choked up," she said. "He's still here!"

The focus of Unique Seafarms has shifted from producing shellfish
feed to meeting human demand for the algae. The algae product, named UMAC CORE, is now available in health food stores in capsule
and liquid form, and is the only one available for human consumption.

Haarsma explained UMAC-CORE is a whole-food that is not missing any cofactors. "Supplements are missing cofactors," she said. "Nothing has been extracted from this product. It is whole and complete."

Haarsma said she has been contacted by many users of UMAC CORE who have told her it has greatly improved health conditions ranging from psoriasis, to sleeping disorders, to Attention Deficit Disorder, to dandruff, to boosting energy levels.
"People's energy levels are going up, especially among the elderly," she said.

For more information about UMAC CORE and testimonials from some of those who use the product daily, visit the company's
website at www.umaccore.com.

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