Dr Ron Roberts
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 Seaweed stimulates the immune system and in the past folk medicine used it to treat respiratory and gastrointestinal problems. seaweed has also been shown to lower cholesterol and blood pressure and to maintain balanced thyroid activity.
Sourced from the sea bed, seaweed has added minerals not usually associated with 'earthly produce.
Japanese cuisine uses seaweed extensively, but Western cooking is not as adventurous. Rather than being served as a vegetable, or in sheets of nori wrapping sushi, we are more likely to encounter seaweed in powdered form or incorporated in prepared foods. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 EAT EXTREME GREENS
There are those who love the taste and texture of seaweed, but I'm not one of them. However, I'm so convinced of the power of algae and seaweed that I now supplement my diet with capsules and tablets of Klamath Lake blue green algae, spirulina, chlorella, and red and brown marine algae, and other green supplements.
But for those who do like their flavor, go for it! Whether you call them seaweed or sea vegetables, these greens (actually, they come in an array of greens as well as red, black, and brown) are wonderfully easy to prepare. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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 After hijiki, wakame is the seaweed highest in calcium, containing more than ten times the calcium in milk. Like kelp, it also has four times the iron in beef. worth knowing
Though tests indicate that seaweeds are abundant in vitamin B12, don't believe it. According to Paul Pitchford, much of what shows up in tests as B12 is actually a B12 "analogue" that is not an effective form of the vitamin. Despite all the other wonderful things they provide, seaweeds are not a viable B12 source.
Sprouts
What's the first thing you think of when you hear the term "health food"? |
Dr Ron Roberts
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| Japanese cuisine uses seaweed extensively, but Western cooking is not as adventurous. Rather than being served as a vegetable, or in sheets of nori wrapping sushi, we are more likely to encounter seaweed in powdered form or incorporated in prepared foods. The type of seaweed called carrageen is much used as a substitute for gelatine and is added to many convenience foods. Kelp is also used in a diverse collection of foods, including ice cream, salad dressings and desserts. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| However, to get the fluorine you have to eat the seaweed raw—even minimal cooking causes the fluorine to be lost. seaweed is also a good source of the cancer-fighting mineral selenium.
Separately, each brings its own particular nutrient composition and health benefits to the table.
ARAME
A Japanese sea vegetable with a mild flavor, arame is dried and cut into thin strands and can be added to soups or served sauteed as a vegetable side dish. It contains between 100 and 500 times the iodine in shellfish, plus iron, vitamin A, and more than ten times the calcium of milk. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 Constituents
Calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, vitamin E, triterpene glycosides (acetin, cimicifugoside), phytoestrogens, isoflavones, isoferulic acid, essential oil, tannins, resin (cimicifugin), salicylates
Energetic Correspondences
• Flavor: bitter, pungent
• Temperature: cool
• Moisture: dry
• Polarity: yang
• Planet: Pluto
• Element: earth
BLADDER WRACK
Botanical Name
Fucus vesiculosus
Family
Fucaceae (Seaweed Family) Etymology
The genus name, Fucus, derives from the Greek phukos, "seaweed. |
Bill Sardi
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 Nutrition & Cancer 4:217-22, 1983]
Women in Japan commonly consume seaweed, known for its iodine content. seaweed is reported to reduce the risk for breast cancer. [Japanese Journal Cancer Research 92: 483-87, 2001]
In one study, thyroid disease incidence was higher in breast cancer patients than in healthy women (58% versus 18%). But other studies do not confirm that abnormal thyroid hormone levels are associated with breast cancer. [Nutrition Cancer 27: 48-52, 1997] It may be that an increased ratio of thyroid hormone over estrogen sets up a growth-promoting effect on breast tumors. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| However, to get the fluorine you have to eat the seaweed raw—even minimal cooking causes the fluorine to be lost. seaweed is also a good source of the cancer-fighting mineral selenium.
Separately, each brings its own particular nutrient composition and health benefits to the table.
ARAME
A Japanese sea vegetable with a mild flavor, arame is dried and cut into thin strands and can be added to soups or served sauteed as a vegetable side dish. It contains between 100 and 500 times the iodine in shellfish, plus iron, vitamin A, and more than ten times the calcium of milk. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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 A case of Hashimoto's thyroiditis with thyroid immunological abnormality manifested after habitual ingestion of seaweed. Acta Endocrinologia; 88:703-712. 1978
Sharp GJ, Samant HS & Vaidya OC. Selected metal levels of commercially valuable seaweeds adjacent to and distant from point sources of contamination in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol; 40:724-730. 1988
Shimaoka M, Ikeda M, lida T et al. Fucoidan: A potent inhibitor of leukocyte rolling, prevents neutrophil influx into phorbol-ester-induced inflammatory sites in rabbits lungs. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 If you're eating seaweed, that's not a problem for your health; in fact seaweed is very good for you and it's now shown to actually prevent and even help treat cancer. But if you take MSG out of seaweed or you synthesize MSG and put it into a highly concentrated form, then it functions as a neurotoxin -- that's why it's called an excitotoxin by Dr. Russell Blaylock, who is perhaps the world's foremost authority on MSG and other excitotoxins such as aspartame.
Similarly, whole grain corn is a healthful, nutritious food. |
Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S.
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| Coastal peoples all over the world have prized seaweed as a source of valuable nutrients—primarily minerals—for millennia. Sea vegetables have long been acknowledged for their ability to impart beauty and health and to prolong life.
As Paul Pitchford points out in Healing with Whole Foods: Traditions in Asian Medicine, the human body is nourished and cleansed by blood that has almost the same composition as seawater. According to ancient Chinese texts, "there is no swelling that is not relieved by seaweed. |
Bill Sardi
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| Cancer Causes Control 11: 121-27, 2000]
The high consumption of iodine-rich seaweed (25 times more than in Western countries) has been associated with the low incidence of benign and cancer breast disease in Japanese women. In animal and human studies, molecular iodine supplementation exerts a suppressive effect on the development and size of both benign and cancerous growths. [Journal Mammary Gland Biology Neoplasia 10: 189-96, 2005]
Researchers hypothesize that the dietary preference for seaweed in Japan may be associated with the low incidence of benign and malignant breast disease. |
| Because of the iodine content of seaweed, some experts think so. The seaweed's wakame and mekabu suppress chemically induced breast cancer in rodents. Researchers in Japan believe mekabu is a potential preventive agent of human breast cancer. [Japanese Journal Cancer Research 92: 483-87, 2001]
D-limonene and breast cancer
Limonene, a natural solvent and degreasing agent found in a variety of plants, is available as a dietary supplement, usually from orange peel oil. Limonene contains molecules called monoterpenes that have detoxification and anticancer properties. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Another thing that is great to add in is seaweed. What's going to happen is we may be cut off from food for a while and we have to have the most nutritious storable food available to us in glass at home. seaweed is a great thing to store at home. If you don't know anything about seaweed, just go into a health food store and start asking questions and get a few things. Just try some different stuff. |
Bill Sardi
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| Seaweed as a popular dietary component in Japan is a rich source of both iodine and selenium. Selenium acts synergistically with iodine. Selenium status may affect both thyroid hormone regulation and iodine availability. [Cancer Causes Control 11: 121-27, 2000]
The high consumption of iodine-rich seaweed (25 times more than in Western countries) has been associated with the low incidence of benign and cancer breast disease in Japanese women. |
Brenda Davis and Tom Barnard
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 EPA is also found in seaweed, with up to 30 percent of the fat in some varieties being EPA. (Seaweed has little DHA.) However, seaweed is so low in fat that you'd need to eat a lot of it to make a significant contribution to your intake. One hefty serving of 100 grams of seaweed provides about 100 mg of EPA.
DHA is also found in microalgae (microscopic sea plants), some of which contain as much as 40 percent DHA by dry weight. While we don't eat microalgae, it is currently being cultivated, extracted, and sold as a DHA supplement with 100 to 300 mg DHA per capsule. |
Paula Begoun and Bryan Barron
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 The jojoba oil is inappropriate for oily areas, but this is an acceptable scrub for normal to slightly dry skin.
© seaweed Clarifying Toner, for Combination/Oily Skin ($10for 6.76 ounces) contains menthol and that additive is made more irritating by the presence of fragrant components such as linalool and citronellol.
© seaweed Clarifying Night Treatment, for Combination/Oily Skin ($16for 1 ounce) is one of the most boring moisturizers in this entire book. Despite enticing claims, this product is primarily water, thickener, and preservative. |
| This cleanser isn't more purifying than any other, so ignore that claim.
© seaweed Pore-Cleansing Facial Exfoliator, for Combination/Oily Skin ($12 for 2.5 ounces) is a cleanser and topical scrub in one that uses olive seed powder as the abrasive agent. The jojoba oil is inappropriate for oily areas, but this is an acceptable scrub for normal to slightly dry skin.
© seaweed Clarifying Toner, for Combination/Oily Skin ($10for 6.76 ounces) contains menthol and that additive is made more irritating by the presence of fragrant components such as linalool and citronellol. |
| Seaweed Clarifying Night Treatment for Combination/Oily Skin, above, but that's not saying much. This is an average water- and silicone-based moisturizer for its intended skin type.
© seaweed Mattifying Moisture Lotion SPF 15, for Combination/Oily Skin ($16for 1.69 ounces) provides an in-part avobenzone sunscreen in a lightweight lotion base suitable for its intended skin type. What's missing are several essential elements necessary to create a great moisturizer, making this an effective, though average, sunscreen. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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| Rather than being served as a vegetable, or in sheets of nori wrapping sushi, we are more likely to encounter seaweed in powdered form or incorporated in prepared foods. The type of seaweed called carrageen is much used as a substitute for gelatine and is added to many convenience foods. Kelp is also used in a diverse collection of foods, including ice cream, salad dressings and desserts.
Supplementing Your Diet
The substances needed by the human body to grow and be healthy are contained in the food we eat, the liquids we drink and the air we breathe. |
Mike Adams
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 Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills
If MSG is found in seaweed, why is it so dangerous to your health?
The demonstrated toxicity of MSG was, at first, difficult to explain. Glutamates are naturally occurring proteins in foods like beets, tomatoes and seaweed, so what was the problem? The problem, it turns out, was that MSG was a highly concentrated chemical form extracted from plants. Nowhere in nature did MSG exist in isolation and in such high concentrations.
It might appear that MSG should not be a problem. After all, it is found naturally in foods such as soybeans, beets, and seaweeds. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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| However, I'm so convinced of the power of algae and seaweed that I now supplement my diet with capsules and tablets of Klamath Lake blue green algae, spirulina, chlorella, and red and brown marine algae, and other green supplements.
But for those who do like their flavor, go for it! Whether you call them seaweed or sea vegetables, these greens (actually, they come in an array of greens as well as red, black, and brown) are wonderfully easy to prepare. Nori, the shiny black sheets used to wrap sushi, can also be used to wrap tuna or chicken salad, sliced avocado, or other "sandwich" fillings. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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| Gelidium Amansii
Agar
DESCRIPTION
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part is the seaweed extract known as Agar.
Flower and Fruit: The perennial seaweed is up to 1 m long. The thallus sprouts from a permanent base every year and is heavily branched. It is cylindrical or flattened, pinnately subdivided and tough. It is brownish white, translucent, and has prickly appendages on the branchings. The fruit is spherical.
Characteristics: Agar is colorless and tasteless and capable of absorbing up to 200 times its volume of water to form a jelly. |
Thomson Healthcare, Inc.
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| Agar
Gelidium amansii description
Medicinal Parts: The medicinal part of the plant is the seaweed's gelatinous extract known as Agar or Agar-Agar.
Flower and Fruit: This perennial seaweed grows up to 1 m long. The thallus sprouts from a permanent base every year and is heavily branched. It is cylindrical or flattened, pinnate-ly subdivided and tough. The brownish-white, translucent thallus has prickly appendages on the branchings. The fruit is spherical.
Characteristics: Agar is colorless and tasteless. It is capable of absorbing up to 200 times its volume of water to form a jelly. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Another thing that is great to add in is seaweed. What's going to happen is we may be cut off from food for a while and we have to have the most nutritious storable food available to us in glass at home. seaweed is a great thing to store at home. If you don't know anything about seaweed, just go into a health food store and start asking questions and get a few things. Just try some different stuff. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 Without iodine-rich soil, sea salt, seafood, or seaweed, most people in these regions couldn't get the iodine they needed for their thyroid glands to function properly.
LUMPS ELSEWHERE ON THE NECK
SIGNIFICANT FACT
More than 40,000 cases of cancers of the head and neck are diagnosed each year in the United States. Heavy drinkers and smokers are at highest risk. And the combination of both these unhealthy habits is synergistic, dramatically increasing the cancer risk.
If a lump appears on the back of your neck, you may not be aware of it until someone points it out to you. |
Dr. Steve Blake
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 Sources: iodized salt, seaweed, fish.
Forms in the body: thyroxine (T4) and the more active form, triiodothyronine (T3).
Summary for Selenium
Main functions: needed for the important antioxidant glutathione peroxidase.
Needed to convert thyroxine to the more active thyroid hormone. RDA: adults, 55 meg.
Toxicity: toxic in large amounts with skin and digestive symptoms. Tolerable upper intake level is 400 meg for adults. Deficiency can reduce antioxidant activity and thyroid function. Sources: Brazil nuts, seafood, whole grains. |
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