SEAWEED
Some Health Properties of Seaweed
"Seaweed is the most powerful food on earth. It contains in a concentrated form all of the vitamins & minerals vital to human health, with unique compound that fight disease, boost immunity, cleanse the body of toxins, & keep skin soft & youthful.
More than 90 nutrients have been found in marine plants, & seawater is rich in oxygen, with concentrations of other elements such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, & chlorine that are similar to those found in our own blood."
"Until recently the oceans have been overlooked as a source of pharmaceuticals"..however medical research is now exploring this neglected source of health & healing.
"Seaweed contains 13 vitamins, 20 amino acids, & 60 trace elements - including the essential elements sodium & iodine
The Japanese, for whom seaweed constitutes as much as 10-15% of their diet, rarely suffer from thyroid disease or breast or prostate cancer. Japan has1/7th the number of cancer patients than the USA does, & Okinawan seniors experience 20% the heart disease & 30% the dementia that American seniors experience.
Minerals
Seaweeds, especially the kelps, are the most highly mineralized plants on earth." These highly nutritious plants grow in a completely natural & 100% organic environment - the ocean.
"Arame, hijiki, & wake contain at least 10 times the calcium of milk, sea lettuce has 25 times the iron of beef. Seaweed contains the minerals calcium, chromium, copper, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium, selenium, silicon, sulfur, vanadium, & zinc; as well as the vitally essential sodium & iodine.
Sodium is the foundation of all life - salt is the body's transportation system for electrical energy..all its glands [pineal, pituitary, hypothalamus, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas, & repoductive] use it to communicate with one another & to maintain optimum health & balance. Sodium is also necessary for nerve & muscle function….indeed sodium is at the foundation of all life - humans can survive without food for 40 days, oxygen for 4 minutes, but not for one second without sodium!
Iodine - the boy needs iodine for metabolic health, as well as a balanced nervous system. Its properties are anticancer, antibacterial, antiviral, & antiparasitic. Japanese have an estimated daily intake of 13.8 milligrams of iodine - some 100 times more than is the norm in the USA. Iodine intake has fallen more than 50% in the US over the last three decades, & during this period rates of certain diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, breast & thyroid cancers have risen. Iodine has been detected in every organ of the human body. Women appear to require iodine more than men. Flouride & bromide, similar in structure to iodine, competitively inhibit iodine absorption in your body, & are present in water & food supplies…some medications can disable your thyroid's function." The percentage of American's with thyroid dysfunction may be as high as 25%."
Vitamins
"Seaweeds contain the vitamins A,B1,B2,B3,B6,B12,C,D,E,&K in significant amounts" Eskimos do not live solely on a diet of fat & meat - their other nutritional needs are supplied by the seaweed they eat.
- from "Seaweed - nature's secret to balancing your metabolism, fighting disease, & revitalizing body & soul" by Valerie Gennari Cooksley
More than 90 nutrients have been found in marine plants, & seawater is rich in oxygen, with concentrations of other elements such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, & chlorine that are similar to those found in our own blood."
"Until recently the oceans have been overlooked as a source of pharmaceuticals"..however medical research is now exploring this neglected source of health & healing.
"Seaweed contains 13 vitamins, 20 amino acids, & 60 trace elements - including the essential elements sodium & iodine
The Japanese, for whom seaweed constitutes as much as 10-15% of their diet, rarely suffer from thyroid disease or breast or prostate cancer. Japan has1/7th the number of cancer patients than the USA does, & Okinawan seniors experience 20% the heart disease & 30% the dementia that American seniors experience.
Minerals
Seaweeds, especially the kelps, are the most highly mineralized plants on earth." These highly nutritious plants grow in a completely natural & 100% organic environment - the ocean.
"Arame, hijiki, & wake contain at least 10 times the calcium of milk, sea lettuce has 25 times the iron of beef. Seaweed contains the minerals calcium, chromium, copper, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium, selenium, silicon, sulfur, vanadium, & zinc; as well as the vitally essential sodium & iodine.
Sodium is the foundation of all life - salt is the body's transportation system for electrical energy..all its glands [pineal, pituitary, hypothalamus, thyroid, adrenals, pancreas, & repoductive] use it to communicate with one another & to maintain optimum health & balance. Sodium is also necessary for nerve & muscle function….indeed sodium is at the foundation of all life - humans can survive without food for 40 days, oxygen for 4 minutes, but not for one second without sodium!
Iodine - the boy needs iodine for metabolic health, as well as a balanced nervous system. Its properties are anticancer, antibacterial, antiviral, & antiparasitic. Japanese have an estimated daily intake of 13.8 milligrams of iodine - some 100 times more than is the norm in the USA. Iodine intake has fallen more than 50% in the US over the last three decades, & during this period rates of certain diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, breast & thyroid cancers have risen. Iodine has been detected in every organ of the human body. Women appear to require iodine more than men. Flouride & bromide, similar in structure to iodine, competitively inhibit iodine absorption in your body, & are present in water & food supplies…some medications can disable your thyroid's function." The percentage of American's with thyroid dysfunction may be as high as 25%."
Vitamins
"Seaweeds contain the vitamins A,B1,B2,B3,B6,B12,C,D,E,&K in significant amounts" Eskimos do not live solely on a diet of fat & meat - their other nutritional needs are supplied by the seaweed they eat.
- from "Seaweed - nature's secret to balancing your metabolism, fighting disease, & revitalizing body & soul" by Valerie Gennari Cooksley