Secret Weapon Against Obesity?
Is Seaweed the Secret Weapon?
Researchers at the Newcastle University have uncovered that alginate, a kelp fiber, is credited with reducing the body fat intake by greater than 75 percent!
Simply adding this natural fiber to the foods that we eat on a daily basis (especially those carb items like breads and pancakes) may be the ticket to expediting weight-loss. You mean we get to eat our way thin?! That sounds appetizing.
Can this really, truly be the miracle solution to combat the bulge? Dr. Iain Brownlee who co-led the team at the University believes it can be and initial taste tests have been encouraging as well.
In 2006, chemists in Japan discovered that brown seaweed contained a called fucoxanthin which could aid in obesity. But even that discovery pales in comparison to the recent findings by the team at Newcastle.
I have often believed that most of what originates in the sea or ocean is healthier in the long run. Fresh fish, sea salts and now it seems - seaweed is the answer. Kelp is also beneficial for skin care and has been attributed with promising results as an anti-aging lotion.
Am I ready to embrace my Original Alginate Bran/Kelp Muffins in the morning? Maybe, if it meant a fast track to shedding those few extra pounds.
Will we see this ingredient making its way to the states as a means to battle obesity in America? For the right entrepreneur, this could open new market possibilities. Betty Crocker may even use this announcement to promote a Seaweed bakeoff to highlight the best kelp recipes.
The possibilities are endless and all I could think of was, with all of the promotion against obesity in America, why didn't we think of this ourselves?
Source:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060915204728.htm
Published by Michele Starkey
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39 Comments
Post a CommentHmmmmmmmmm, I might be able to down a bit of that stuff.
Interesting, but probably not for me.
Fantastic article! "Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates. Also my grandmother, one of the first woman pharmacists in Iowa, and an old-time nutrition advocate. I think you can get green kelp sheets for rolling sushi at Asian stores and health food stores. Powdered kelp, too, and in capsules.
like spirulina and blue-green algae.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
- Kent
very interesting!!!
gee that is interesting where do I find it.
Sounds like it might be worth a try for those with a problem.
SEaweed bakeoff? Hmmm - interesting.
Seaweed was more popular where I grew up in Florida. Don't know if that's still true today. Good report. :)