Kelp Health Benefits.

The Health Benefits of Eating Seaweed & Kelp

There are numerous benefits obtained from eating seaweed. The Asian cultures have known about it for centuries, the origin of eating seaweed jelly dates back 1200 years.

The benefits of eating kelp seaweed jelly, as a whole-green fiber, does not compare with other ways of cooking and eating seaweed. The problem with the research is that every other form of seaweed, such as dried, toasted, sugared, powdered, or pill form, is studied, but not much research is available as a jelly.

Some of the benefits of kelp seaweed include boosting the immune system. Some say seaweed can help in protecting against thyroid cancer and other cancers. It decreases high blood sugar and cholesterol levels, as well as detoxify the body from heavy metals, radioactive elements, free radicals, and toxins. You be the judge.

It helps in weight loss by improving the function of the gastrointestinal tract, by adding kelp fiber to your diet. The high iodine content balances the thyroid function and improves the structure of hair, nails, and helps them to grow.

Kelp seaweed contains calcium, sodium, magnesium, and phosphorus, iron, zinc and trace minerals. It is a complete protein because it contains all the essential amino acids. It also contains more of the vitamins A, B1, B2, B5, B12, and C, folic acid, and niacin than land vegetables and fresh fruit, plus significant amounts of Vitamin K, E, and D, plus a '0' Glycemic Load

Nutritional Charts: Composition Of Edible Kelp

Kelp is considered to be a healthy food, particularly a good source of many micro-nutrients essential for human health. Kelp carbohydrates are essentially all fibre because our system cannot digest these molecules.

APPROXIMATE CONCENTATIONS OF SOME COMPONENTS OF KELP AND, FOR COMPARISON, CABBAGE (values are % of dry weight).