| When was the last time you had seaweed in | | | | Moss (which saved thousands of people from |
| your diet? Actually when was the last time | | | | starvation during the potato famine of 19th |
| you thought of seaweed as a food? Don't | | | | century Ireland), Kelp, Kombu, Laver, Nori, |
| worry, seaweed usually isn't the first thing | | | | Sloke, and Wakame. Put them together and you |
| that pops into peoples heads when they think | | | | have a low calorie sea-vegetable salad! |
| about cooking dinner or even as a healthy | | | | Seaweed can also be used in seasonings, |
| part of a diet. It's also not something you | | | | soups, teas, and assorted food recipes. |
| can just go out and find on every shelf in | | | | Using the name seaweed would not be the |
| every grocery store either. It may be the | | | | correct term for a plant with such a high |
| opposite. Finding seaweed is tough to do | | | | value. The more appropriate terms would be |
| since it is so scarce. And because it is so | | | | sea plants, sea vegetables, marine flora, or |
| hard to find it's no wonder our kitchen | | | | ocean. There have even been studies done by |
| cupboards are missing this ingredient. Plus | | | | scientists studying the medicinal properties |
| there aren't many cookbooks crawling with | | | | in ocean herbs. Limu Maui is an exotic name, |
| recipes made of seaweed. Unless you eat | | | | which translated means brown seaweed. Brown |
| sushi, seaweed may sound extremely strange | | | | seaweed contains a mineral named fucodian |
| being used as a key ingredient. You would | | | | that Japanese researches are claiming to be |
| find it shocking to know that according to | | | | comparable to a mothers' milk when it comes |
| statistics the people who live in Japan are | | | | to the human immune system. PubMed is a |
| healthier and actually live longer than the | | | | service of the National Library of Medicine |
| people in the United States. Seaweed is a | | | | and the National Institutes of Health and is |
| staple food of the island country of Japan. | | | | a good place to look-up studies on fucodian, |
| This is the key factor in their health and | | | | laminarin (also an immune-booster found in |
| their long-levity. Seaweed contains higher | | | | brown seaweed), or anything else. It is |
| contents of fiber than vegetables, more | | | | available at either pubmed.gov or pubmed.org |
| protein than meat, and more calcium than | | | | on the world wide web. If you are the kind |
| milk. Seaweed is actually a good ingredient | | | | of person who does not enjoy vegetables then |
| to put into everyone's diet. If people in | | | | sea herbs are not right for you and you don't |
| the United States would replace the fat of | | | | have to eat them. You can still take a |
| fast food burgers with the fiber of seaweed | | | | supplement that come in tablets, capsules, or |
| our health would improve tremendously. It can | | | | liquid extracts form. When done this way you |
| be simply done by putting a little seaweed | | | | also receive smaller algae forms of seaweed |
| extract into the burgers and the burgers | | | | like chlorella or spirulina. Plus |
| wouldn't even taste that different. The food | | | | beta-carotene, vitamin C, potassium, calcium, |
| the we eat now a days is over-processed and | | | | magnesium, iron, and iodine are some others |
| grown in depleted soil. However, if you add | | | | things you would be adding in by taking these |
| seaweed to your diet this would not be true. | | | | supplements. Again, studies on these can be |
| Due to the ocean floor is rich in nutrient | | | | found at PubMed. Seaweed is a wholesome food |
| material and seaweed is a concentrated source | | | | that adds variety to your diet and is good |
| of minerals. If you want to ensure you are | | | | for your health. |
| receiving the necessary quantities and | | | | |
| varieties of minerals and vitamins then | | | | Would you be interested in learning how New |
| adding seaweed to your diet is recommended | | | | York Times best selling author Kevin Trudeau |
| and proven to help. There are many types of | | | | lost over 50 pounds in just 60 days? You'll |
| seaweed. You can find them in health food | | | | get information about his newest book "The |
| stores as well as stores that sell Asian | | | | Weight Loss Cure" at weightlossisnatural. |
| food. Look for Agar, Dulse, Hijiki, Irish | | | | |