Seaweed has both nutritional and medicinal value, study says

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Seaweed has been shown to be a very nutritious food source, but there has been research into its medicinal properties, as well. Seaweed has traditionally been used to cure a variety of maladies in Ireland and Scotland, and Japan's low rate of breast cancer may be traced to the fact that the Japanese eat a great deal of seaweed. In fact, seaweed has killed cancer cells in lab experiments, though research is still ongoing.

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