Top 10 Benefits of Sea Veggies & Seasnax Giveaway –
Top 10 Benefits of Sea Veggies & Seasnax Giveaway
Are you wondering what the Top 10 Benefits of Sea Veggies (& SeaSnax Giveaway)? Sea vegetables sometimes called seaweeds include kelp, nori, wakame which are amongst the most popular types but there are many more varieties. Sea veggies have been used in Asian cooking for thousands of years and medicinally in china for centuries. While sea vegetables provide a wide range of minerals which make a great addition to most diets, westerners seem to only eat them with loads of rice and raw fish (sushi). There are so many easy ways to incorporate sea veggies into your daily routine, one is to use kelp flakes instead of table salt. Hopefully you’ve switched to a natural salt in which case adding flakes would be a great addition.
One of the reason seaweed is so nutritious is the same reason dry fruit is so high in sugar. Once the water is removed, the nutrients are in concentrated form. The standard conversion brings 6 cups of fresh seaweed down to 3 ½ ounces in dehydrated form. I think it’s time to once again act upon ancestral wisdom and incorporate sea vegetables into our diets.
Here are the Top 10 Benefits of Sea Veggies
1. Hormone Regulating Effects
It has been found that seaweeds have a favorable effect on estrogen and phytoestrogen metabolism in healthy postmenopausal women. This is of great benefit to women, especially for those at risk for estrogen sensitive cancers such as breast and uterine cancers.
2. Rich in Bio-available Minerals
Sea vegetables have a unique mineral content offering the broadest range of minerals found in any food. They contain virtually all the minerals found in the ocean which coincidentally can also be found in human blood. You will find calcium, copper, iodine (more than any other food source), magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, phosphorus, potassium, selenium, vanadium and zinc. Some of these minerals are what give sea weed its salty taste.
3. High Concentration of Iron
Sea vegetables are likely to contain ½ milligram to 35 milligrams of iron. The higher end spectrum is outstanding. The iron contents together with measurable amounts of Vitamin C acts to increase the bioavailability of plant iron. Sea veggies are a great addition to the diet of those with a tendency to become anemic.
4. High Vitamin Content
Ounce for ounce sea veggies are higher in vitamin count than any other food group. Vitamins A, C, E, B1, B2, B6 and B12 (can you say proteins?) and a substance called ergesterol which converts Vitamin D in the body.
5. Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Viral and much more
Sulfated Polysaccharides are a unique compound of starch like molecules. Also known as Fucoidans, they are anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anticoagulant, antithrombotic and antiviral. Sulfated polysaccharides and their antiviral properties have been studied in relationship to the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1 and 2) this compound blocks and binds the receptor sites that herpes attaches to helping prevent replication of the virus. Amazing right?
6. Cardiovascular Health Benefits
Magnesium and folic acid are found in a variety of seaweeds in significant quantities. These nutrients reduce high blood pressure and the risk of heart attack or cardiovascular disease. Japan has an extremely low rate of heart disease, some suggest that the connection is their regular consumption of sea vegetables.
Here are a benefits that are less studied but still relevant:
7. Fiber: sea vegetable are a good source of soluble fiber which promotes good digestion and regulates blood sugar by slowing down the digestion process.
8. Detox Help: Sea vegetable have been known to aid in detoxification of radioactive elements, heavy metals and free radicals
9. Iodine: A rich source of iodine, sea vegetables can play an important role in a functioning healthy thyroid
10. More bang for each bite: For those of you still (unnecessarily) concerned with calorie content, sea veggies are low in calories and high in nutrients, making it an ideal item to add to one’s diet.
In summary, sea vegetables are nature’s vitamin/mineral supplement in a bio available form. It has everything we need and since it’s in its natural package…it has everything it needs to help our body assimilate the nutrients, this is key. You can buy supplements at the vitamin supply store but in most cases the nutrients have been isolated and not ideal for absorption. In order to minimize your exposure to potential heavy metals make sure you only buy sea vegetables from areas that are unpolluted.
SOURCES:
http://whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=135
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22054963
http://naturalsociety.com/health-benefits-of-sea-vegetables/
http://www.foodhealthinnovation.com/media/6690/sea_vegetables_february_2013.pdf
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