This article introduces the functions of seaweed, the practices of seaweed, and the taking taboos of seaweed.
Seaweed is known as the vegetables in the sea, which is often including kelp, moss strips, Wakame, eucheuma and laver, etc., it is not only delicious but also rich in nutrition, a lot of efficacy. Seaweed contains essential proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, and its nutritional value is much higher than that of terrestrial vegetables. Because they convert Marine inorganic matter into the organic matter during photosynthesis, algae contain compounds not found in terrestrial vegetables.
The nutritional value of Seaweed.
✵1. Seaweed contains a large amount of iodine, which can significantly reduce the cholesterol content in the blood. A regular diet is conducive to maintaining the function of the cardiovascular system, making the blood vessels elastic, to ensure the normal supply of skin nutrients.
✵2. Seaweed anti-hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism): the iodine contained in seaweed can be used to correct the deficiency of thyroid function caused by iron iodine, at the same time can temporarily inhibit the metabolism rate of hyperthyroidism and reduce symptoms, but not lasting, only as preparation before surgery.
✵3. Rich in methionine and cystine in seaweed, it can prevent dry skin, make dry skin shiny, and can improve oil secretion for oily skin.
✵4. Seaweed lowering blood pressure: large doses of seaweed (0.75 g/kg) show an obvious long-term antihypertensive effect on anesthetized dogs, water decoction is stronger in potency than a tincture, sodium alginate large doses can also make the animal blood pressure briefly decreased(medium amount of blood pressure briefly increased).
✵5. Rich in vitamins, seaweed can maintain the healthy growth of epithelial tissues and reduce pigment spots.
✵6. Seaweed prevention of leukemia: alginic acid can be combined with radioactive strontium into insoluble substances out of the body so that strontium will not cause leukemia in the body.
✵7. Seaweed anti-virus, anti-cancer: seaweed extract protein polysaccharides can fight against various viruses, including HIV and cancer-causing RNA viruses.
Seaweed is also used in traditional medicine in southeast Asian countries to reduce fever, cure cough, and treat asthma, hemorrhoids, runny nose, gastrointestinal discomfort, and urinary problems. Chinese people like to eat seaweed, to strengthen the body's anti-cancer, anti-tumor ability, and can effectively improve the symptoms of diabetes and relieve stress.
The common health effects and function of seaweed:
✵1. Seaweed has the effect of lowering blood pressure: kelp and other brown algae contain brown algae acid, experts found that brown algae acid has a more obvious effect on blood pressure. Somebody uses kelp root dry article to treat hypertension, in the 158 people that receive treatment, those 86 people show effect, and the hematic fat of the patient also has dropped, cholesterol drops 58%, glyceric acid triester drops 50.3%. Kelp, seaweed and other seaweed body sugar content are as high as 30% to 57%. It was found that the sugars in the seaweed not only provide energy but also that the polysaccharides contained in the seaweed are unique slime components, which are not found in land vegetables.
Fucus polysaccharide has the activity of heparin, which can effectively prevent the agglutination of red blood cells in animals, and also can prevent the rise of blood pressure caused by excessive blood viscosity, which is one of the better foods for people with hypertension.
✵2. Prevent stroke, cerebral thrombosis, and cerebral hemorrhage, and reduce the mortality and disability rate: food seaweed will greatly reduce the incidence of stroke. There are some essential fatty acids such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid in algae, many of which are eicosapentaenoic acid. Eicosapentaenoic acid is a highly unsaturated fatty acid which can prevent thrombosis. According to analysis, almost all algae contain eicosapentaenoic acid, some accounting for 15% ~ 20% of fatty acids. The sulfate of brown alga starch extracted from the polysaccharide (starch) of the natural alga has the function of lowering cholesterol and inhibiting the accumulation of lipid and cerebrovascular sclerosis.
✵3. Protect the heart: seaweed is rich in selenium besides polysaccharide and fatty acid, which can protect the cardiovascular system. Scientists found that selenium deficiency is one of the causes of cardiovascular disease. They found that people with coronary artery sclerosis and heart attacks had much lower levels of selenium than healthy people and that people living in low-selenium areas were three times more likely to die of heart disease than those living in selenium-rich areas. Scientists in the United States have found that some people of Colorado, has a habit of eating selenium seaweed, has only one-fifth as many deaths from heart disease as Washington.
✵4. Anti-tumor: middle-aged and elderly people who often eat seaweed rarely get cancer. Scientists have confirmed that kelp brown algae off the coast can inhibit tumors. Oriental women nearby sea area have a lower incidence of breast cancer due to their seaweed eating habits. Some people use 10 kinds of edible seaweed to do an anti-tumor experiment, the result shows that 6 kinds of edible seaweed have anti-leukemia effect, and the main component of anti-tumor is brown algae gum. Algae also contain more water-soluble cellulose, cellulose prevention and treatment of constipation effect is obvious, thereby reducing the accumulation of harmful substances in the human body too much. Edible algae are alkaline food, often eat alkaline food, help to improve the modern acidic constitution, strengthen the immune function of people. These can greatly enhance the body's ability to fight cancer.
Seaweed is not only rich in selenium but also contains the function of blocking the metabolism of cancer cells, to effectively inhibit the division and growth of cancer cells, which is one of the better foods to fight cancer and prevent cancer.
These are not the only health benefits of "sea vegetables". They are effective in preventing and treating many of the most common diseases of modern people. Because of its special functions and abundant seaweed resources in China, we might as well put more "Marine vegetables" on our table.
✵5. Effect on blood: it was reported in the early years that seaweed extract has the effect of anti-blood coagulation, similar to heparin and hirudin. It was proved that alginic acid and its sulfate had no anticoagulant effect. However, after treatment, an OSO3H was introduced into the degraded substance (its molecular weight was reduced from 145000 to 10000 ~ 50000), and the anticoagulation effect was about 1/2 of heparin. Alginic acid itself prevents a blood clotting disorder. Calcium alginate is used as a surgical dressing to stop bleeding.
✵6. Lipid-lowering effect: it has been reported that many kinds of seaweed(species unknown) can reduce the cholesterol level in serum or the cholesterol content in viscera of rats(high-fat diet), and the sterol contained in them, especially beta-sitosterol, has the strongest effect. Sodium alginate reduced the effect of serum cholesterol, but not significantly, and inhibited the growth of rats. Alginic acid sulfate has the effect of anti-lipemia, as effective as heparin(that is, blood fat clarifying factor).
Generally speaking, the anti-lipid effect of alginic acid sulfate decreases with the decrease of molecular weight, but if the alginic acid sulfate is further sulfonated, the effect will disappear. The injection of 5~10 mg/kg of this alginate sulfate into rabbits(cholesterol) could not only reduce lipemia but also significantly reduce serum cholesterol level and reduce atherosclerosis. At this time, the weight growth rate of the rabbit was inhibited, and the omentum and retroperitoneum fat were less, while the spleen was enlarged and lipid accumulation was observed. Therefore, the effect of the omentum and retroperitoneum fat on the rabbit might be related to the increased ability of the reticuloendothelial system to swallow lipid granules in addition to the heparin-like effect.
✵7. Blood dilator: sodium Alginon(molecular weight of 20000 ~ 26000) can be used to make plasma substitutes, Alginon is a mixture of 0.4% sodium Alginon, 5% glucose and 0.9% saline; It is reported, its enlarge capacity effect and dextran are similar, do no harm to liver, spleen, kidney, marrow, do not have allergy commonly, can promote hematopoietic function. After disinfection, the product can be kept for several years.
✵8. Effects on pathogens: it has been reported that seaweed and Khumbu flow extract have effects on schistosomiasis; The inhibitory effect of seaweed water extracts on some fungi; Compound containing seaweed (see "kelp")- effect of chemocarcinoma on ascites cancer in mice. Sodium alginate has no antibacterial effect, and such polysaccharides often reduce the activity of antibiotics. It has been reported that the water and alcohol extracts of different species of algae have an antibacterial effect in vitro.
✵9. Antihypertensive effect: seaweed at a larger dose(0.76 g/kg) for.. Dogs and rabbits have an obvious and lasting effect of lowering blood pressure, water decoction is stronger than a tincture. The higher dose of sodium alginate also reduced the blood pressure briefly, while the medium dose increased the blood pressure briefly.
✵10. Other functions: alginic acid is widely used, and its sodium can be used as a stabilizer of vitamin C solution (concentration: 0.03%). In acidic food such as sodium alginate 32 mg % and 0.05 N-citrate, as a stabilizer for better results. The radioactive isotopes Ra226, Ba140, and Sr90 of alkaline earth metals taken orally have protective effects and can promote their excretion from the body. The absorption of Sr85 could be reduced by half by taking 1.5 g sodium alginate orally. Even taking 8 grams does not affect calcium absorption. Alginic acid and other molecules of phenylpropanolamine mixture can be used as an appetite inhibitor, can reduce obesity without causing insomnia. And magnesium silicate, aluminum hydroxide, etc. Into antacid, can reduce the sense of sand or convergence. It can also be used to eliminate the bad smell of the agent. Besides, sodium alginate is widely used in surgical dressings, pharmaceutical industry, food preservation, textile industry, paper industry, photography, and other fields.
This article introduces the functions of seaweed, the practices of seaweed, and the taking taboos of seaweed.
✵1. Seaweed contains a large amount of iodine, which can significantly reduce the cholesterol content in the blood. A regular diet is conducive to maintaining the function of the cardiovascular system, making the blood vessels elastic, to ensure the normal supply of skin nutrients.
✵5. Rich in vitamins, seaweed can maintain the healthy growth of epithelial tissues and reduce pigment spots.
✵1. Seaweed has the effect of lowering blood pressure: kelp and other brown algae contain brown algae acid, experts found that brown algae acid has a more obvious effect on blood pressure. Somebody uses kelp root dry article to treat hypertension, in the 158 people that receive treatment, those 86 people show effect, and the hematic fat of the patient also has dropped, cholesterol drops 58%, glyceric acid triester drops 50.3%. Kelp, seaweed and other seaweed body sugar content are as high as 30% to 57%. It was found that the sugars in the seaweed not only provide energy but also that the polysaccharides contained in the seaweed are unique slime components, which are not found in land vegetables.
✵6. Lipid-lowering effect: it has been reported that many kinds of seaweed(species unknown) can reduce the cholesterol level in serum or the cholesterol content in viscera of rats(high-fat diet), and the sterol contained in them, especially beta-sitosterol, has the strongest effect. Sodium alginate reduced the effect of serum cholesterol, but not significantly, and inhibited the growth of rats. Alginic acid sulfate has the effect of anti-lipemia, as effective as heparin(that is, blood fat clarifying factor).
