Why You Should Eat More Seaweed
If you’re a sushi-fan, you’ve probably eaten your fair share of seaweed for its taste. But the good news for us savvy eaters, is that this food is packed with goodness, so you can chomp away without a shred of guilt.
Here are some health benefits of seaweed.
Reasons To Eat Seaweed
Products in the sea aren’t riddled with hormones and tranquilisers like many of the food stocked in supermarkets. Vegetables are as healthy as the soil they’re grown in, and we all know that the ground is tampered with to mass produce food.
Seaweed however, is exposed to minerals in the seas including: calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, iodine, manganese and chromium. Many times, it’s healthier than munching on vegetables.
The food also contains high amounts of vitamin C – even more than an orange. If you find that you catch a cold easily, you’ll see a huge improvement in your wellbeing after consuming more seaweed because of its antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties.
Anything which is good for your heart health is worth trying. Research has found that seaweed can lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of a stroke. Many experts even believe that sea vegetables – such as seaweed – are more valuable to heart health than soil grown ones.
If you’ve ever seen people being slathered in brown liquid to reduce cellulite and remove toxins from their body, it’s seaweed that’s the main ingredients. Hop to a spa, rather than making your own mixture, as it needs to come from a reputable source.
As seaweed is packed with vitamins and minerals, it’s the perfect substitute to ibuprofens for a hangover or cold and flu medicines you’re feeling ill. Drinks containing seaweed clear the body of its toxins and filter out the badness from the goodness.
Some types of seaweed foods include:
- Sea lettuce (used in salads and vegetable mixes but can also be spotted in ice cream)
- Ulva
- Spongeweed
- Kelp (found in salads)
- Wrack
- Bladderwrack
- Wakame (high in Omega 3)
- Kombu (often used in soup)
- Fucus
- Dulse
- Nori
- Laver
- Irish Moss
- Carrageen Moss
Why not expand your meal times and start concentrating on eating healthy? Seaweed is great for everyone and can be used as an extra flavouring or addition to vegetables, soups, drinks or salads.
An aficionado of this sea vegetable? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
