The Wonders of Seaweed

June 29, 2010

in Detox foods and nutrition,Tips to detox naturally

Sea vegetables, known as seaweed, are a wonderful source of essential nutrients.  Water is omnipresent on the planet and the seas constitute our best reserve for essential minerals. Vegetables coming from it is definitely the easiest way to have access to them.  There’re nearly 2 thousands different varieties of seaweed.  The most popular are varech, nori, arame, wakame, spirulina and dulse, each one containing dozens of essential nutrients like iodine, zinc, cobalt, nickel, manganese, iron, magnesium.  No other source could supply so many minerals in a natural form.

The health benefits of seaweed

  • Promote digestion
  • Stabilize blood sugar
  • Help prevent essential nutrients imbalance
  • Support our brain function
  • Help prevent fertility problems
  • Help prevent anemia
  • Support hormone producing glands
  • Contributes to toxin elimination
  • Protects against free radicals
  • Contains vitamins, minerals and essential enzymes
  • Supports immune system

How to take seaweed

The ideal quantity varies from one person to another.  Should you choose to take seaweed in a supplement form, be sure to read the recommendation on the label.  It’s better to start slow and to increase the dose to the one recommended over time. This will minimize the potential detoxification reactions.  It’s best to take seaweed just before a meal or, even better, while eating.  After three months, you should start feeling a new energy and increased mental clarity.

Are you familiar with seaweed? What’s your favorite? How do you take it?

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  • http://lafillenaturelle.wordpress.com Aletheia

    I LOOOOOOOVE SEAWEEED!!!!!!

    What’s amazing is that JUST yesterday I was dreaming of making myself a gorgeous wakame salad!!! :-)

    I didn’t know there were so many varieties (ie over 2000!) — in the grocery stores there only seem to be 4 or 5, with the most popular being dulse, wakame, arame and nori… What happened to the other thousand?? I long to see them on our shelves!!

    xo Aletheia

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