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Sea kelp (seaweed) contains more
than 60 essential vitamins, minerals and
trace elements and is increasingly being
recognised as an important natural source
of vital nutritional requirements. Recent
attention on the diets of cultures with
a history of health and longevity has also
emphasised the role of sea kelp. The Japanese
in particular have attracted much attention
in this respect, with sea kelp traditionally
accounting for as much as 25% of their diet.
Sea kelp is now also gaining popularity
in Australia and the western world as a
unique natural tonic and an excellent source
of » iodine |
Sea kelp is actually the
richest known source
of natural (organic) iodine, which
is vital for the
prevention and treatment of iodine
deficiencies.
Iodine is also important to the function
of the
thyroid gland, and is a key component
of thyroid
hormones, which are required for normal
development and metabolism. Sea kelp
thus
offers potential advantages to people
looking to
find and maintain a healthy body weight
as
regulating metabolism can play an
important
role in this goal (» more on
kelp and iodine). |
| Sea
kelp also contains magnesium, calcium,
iron, copper, potassium, zinc and natural
sea salt. It has the highest natural concentration
of calcium of any food (10 times more than
milk) and is an excellent alternative to
salt. It is also high in fibre and has protein,
vitamins A, B, C and E, and beta-carotene
- an antioxidant that researchers believe
may play a role in cancer prevention. |
| The sea
kelp nutrient profile, which can
be between 10 - 20 times greater than that
of land vegetables, is influenced by the
environment in which it grows. With over-farming,
foods from our depleted soils are increasingly
lacking in the minerals and trace elements
vital for health, while pollution and chemical
insecticide and herbicides are also creating
unwanted additives. |
| However, sea kelp offers a more complete
nutritional option as it draws
its goodness directly from the ocean (and
with no unwanted additives if harvested
from unpolluted waters). Sea water contains
an abundance of all the minerals needed
for the perfect functioning of the human
body. However, its minerals are in a crude
inorganic state which cannot be assimilated
into the bloodstream and utilised by the
body to build and maintain health. Before
such materials can be used by the body,
the vital elements in sea water must be
incorporated in some organic life. |
• Sea kelp feeds
directly on the minerals
and trace elements of sea water, and has
the unique ability to concentrate these
in
its leaves and stems in almost the exact
proportions they should be in healthy
human blood. This ability has led to sea
kelp emerging as an important source of
vital elements no longer present in many
foods, such as » iodine |
Some of
the medical issues that sea kelp
can help with include headaches,
stress, constipation, ulcers, indigestion
and kidney, liver or respiratory malfunctions.
It can also help with weight control and
even irritability, depression and lack of
energy.
Sea kelp has a long history of medicinal
use stemming back to the ancient Greeks
who used it to treat intestinal disorders
and counteract goitre. Later kelp increasingly
found its way into homoeopathy and herbalism
where it was first used as a remedy for
obesity, goitre, poor digestion, flatulence
and obstinate constipation. It has since
also demonstrated remedial and normalizing
effects on the sensory nerves, arteries,
pylorus, colon, liver, gall bladder, pancreas,
bile duct, kidneys, prostate gland, uterus,
testicles and ovaries.
Today, as new 'miracle' foods and diets
continually emerge on the health market,
many people are increasingly turning away
from fads and back to tried and true products
like sea kelp. |
» Golden Kelp
Meal has played an important
role
in the emergence of sea kelp in Australia
for
over 40 years. Today it continues to grow
in
popularity as a uniquely natural (hand
harvested, processed and packaged) and pure
source of sea kelp from the pristine Pacific
Ocean off the far South Coast of NSW
(» more details
& order form). |
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