Sea vegetables
Super foods from our origin---Ocean
For centuries around the world, especially in Asia, sea vegetables
have been harvested and consumed as a very important part of
everyday food.
Macrobiotic diet suggests that you include this nutrient rich food to
your daily diet, about 5 % of the whole meal.
One of the most nutritious foods on earth.
Compared to land soil, the ocean is still relatively healthy in terms
of growing environment.
So eating a small amount of sea vegetables is a good supplement
to your plant based diet, as well as to enhance your health and
wellness.
Nutritionally, sea vegetables contain...
Vitamin A, Bs (even B12),C,E, and variety of minerals in relatively
large amount, compared to other food.
e.g.
kelp(kombu)
150 times more iodine, 8 times more magnesium than land
vegetables
dulce
30 times more potassium than banana
nori
great source of vitamin A, twice the protein of some meat –and no
saturated fat!
Hijiki 14 times more calcium than whole milk
Wakame calcium, potassium, iodine, chlorophyll, Beta-carotene.
High in minerals
As they grow sea vegetables convert inorganic minerals into
organic minerals, combined with amino acid, which is the ideal way
to get the minerals to protect and nourish...
heart
hair
skin
nails
blood
muscles
bones
Trace minerals
Sea vegetables also contain trace minerals such as copper, cobalt,
chromium, fluorine, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, zinc etc..
which is important to maintain normal metabolic system in the body.
Keep blood alkalized
Working directly on blood, sea vegetables alkalize overly acidic
blood.(more about alkaline and acid balance, click here)
Other important benefits includes
Helps sodium/potassium balance in the body
Helps eliminate excess fat and mucus from the body
Helps eliminate heavy metals
*Kombu and wakame transform toxic metals in the intestines into
harmless salts that are easily eliminated
Helps eliminate radiation (thanks to iodine found in them)
*1964 study at McGill university in Montreal showed the ability of
sea vegetables to remove radioactive strontium 90 from the body.
Fights tumor growth
Reduces colon cancer risk (folate found in them)
Lowers blood pressure, prevent arteriosclerosis
Prevents Stroke and Heart diseases (high in potassium)
Helps reverse skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema
also, because of their high iodine content, sea vegetables prevent
goiter, and nourish hair and skin, as well as overall sympathetic
nervous system.
Asides from nutritional benefit, adding sea vegetables to bean
dishes, soup or dessert (use kanten) will make your meal even
more flavorful and colorful : )
Super foods from our origin---Ocean
For centuries around the world, especially in Asia, sea vegetables
have been harvested and consumed as a very important part of
everyday food.
Macrobiotic diet suggests that you include this nutrient rich food to
your daily diet, about 5 % of the whole meal.
One of the most nutritious foods on earth.
Compared to land soil, the ocean is still relatively healthy in terms
of growing environment.
So eating a small amount of sea vegetables is a good supplement
to your plant based diet, as well as to enhance your health and
wellness.
Nutritionally, sea vegetables contain...
Vitamin A, Bs (even B12),C,E, and variety of minerals in relatively
large amount, compared to other food.
e.g.
kelp(kombu)
150 times more iodine, 8 times more magnesium than land
vegetables
dulce
30 times more potassium than banana
nori
great source of vitamin A, twice the protein of some meat –and no
saturated fat!
Hijiki 14 times more calcium than whole milk
Wakame calcium, potassium, iodine, chlorophyll, Beta-carotene.
High in minerals
As they grow sea vegetables convert inorganic minerals into
organic minerals, combined with amino acid, which is the ideal way
to get the minerals to protect and nourish...
heart
hair
skin
nails
blood
muscles
bones
Trace minerals
Sea vegetables also contain trace minerals such as copper, cobalt,
chromium, fluorine, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, zinc etc..
which is important to maintain normal metabolic system in the body.
Keep blood alkalized
Working directly on blood, sea vegetables alkalize overly acidic
blood.(more about alkaline and acid balance, click here)
Other important benefits includes
Helps sodium/potassium balance in the body
Helps eliminate excess fat and mucus from the body
Helps eliminate heavy metals
*Kombu and wakame transform toxic metals in the intestines into
harmless salts that are easily eliminated
Helps eliminate radiation (thanks to iodine found in them)
*1964 study at McGill university in Montreal showed the ability of
sea vegetables to remove radioactive strontium 90 from the body.
Fights tumor growth
Reduces colon cancer risk (folate found in them)
Lowers blood pressure, prevent arteriosclerosis
Prevents Stroke and Heart diseases (high in potassium)
Helps reverse skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema
also, because of their high iodine content, sea vegetables prevent
goiter, and nourish hair and skin, as well as overall sympathetic
nervous system.
Asides from nutritional benefit, adding sea vegetables to bean
dishes, soup or dessert (use kanten) will make your meal even
more flavorful and colorful : )
Seaweed ,Season & Organs
Spring/Liver Wakame
Summer/Heart Nori
(Indian Summer/Spleen) Arame
Fall/Lung Hijiki
Winter/Kidneys Kombu
Spring/Liver Wakame
Summer/Heart Nori
(Indian Summer/Spleen) Arame
Fall/Lung Hijiki
Winter/Kidneys Kombu
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