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   Allergies and Intolerances
Seagreens® are a useful source of nutrients in many special diets. Most of the dietary nutrients to be avoided because of allergy, intolerance, health condition or as in vegetarianism, the rejection of certain types of foods, can be obtained from the seaweed without the problems arising from those nutrients’ normal food source.
Seagreens® are approved by many food and health societies including the British Vegan Society and the British Coeliac Society. There are no known allergenic substances in Seagreens® and since their introduction in 1998 not a single case of intolerance or biological rejection has been reported, unlike green ‘superfood’ formulations which often combine vegetables, seeds, fruits, berries, cereals, grasses and sometimes algć, and may contain one or more ingredients unsuitable in a special diet. Wheat and barley grass, soya, alfalfa and avocado are just a few such ingredients to which intolerance is not uncommon.
Meat and Dairy AlternativesThe full amino acid content of meat protein, and the entire B vitamin group also obtained from meat or dairy products, are present in Seagreens®, including fully bioavailable B12. The B12 found in wild wrack seaweed is the predominant cobalamide and an absorbable source for mammals (91).
This is in contrast to the B12 in the freshwater algć spirulina, which is an inactive, unavailable corrinoid or pseudovitamin. Seagreens® are also an ideal vegetable source of iron (575µg per gram), vitamin E with all its isomers, normally found only in seed oils like wheatgerm (230µg/g), calcium (20mg/g), magnesium (7000µg/g), and many other nutrients. But it is likely that the relationship between the nutrients, rather than the amounts which are present, may be of greatest value to the body.
Thyroid and Hormonal DisordersThe ‘brown’ seaweeds generally are a rich source of iodine, but the endocrine system also needs the simultaneous presence of a comprehensive balance of nutrients for its equilibrium. Seagreens® Food Capsules and Seagreens® Food Granules contain approximately 220µg iodine per 500mg , and Seagreens® Iodine+ Capsules approximately 350µg per 500mg.
In both cases the iodine is naturally chelated, attached to protein ions. None will interfere with thyroxin or suppressant drugs like Carbimazole or radiotherapy and in both hypoand hyper- thyroidism, provide a sound nutritional basis for hormone regulation. (See also below under Thyroid).
Salt Reduction and ReplacementFor those seeking to reduce or eliminate dietary salt, Seagreens® Culinary Ingredient, and Seagreens® Salad & Condiment products provide healthy alternatives in which sodium (35mg/g) is balanced by potassium 25mg/g), calcium (20mg/g) magnesium (7mg/g) and all the mineral salts in proportions akin to their ideal ratio in plasma and cells!
And that is only half the story: in 1986 scientists found that when stroke-prone rats were overfed salt, only those fed wild wrack seaweed powder avoided strokes - the seaweed proved to be an antidote to excess sodium consumption (27)! In stark contrast, so-called ‘low sodium salts’ like Solo, Lo-Salt, Ruthmol and others have often merely replaced excessive sodium with excessive potassium or other salts. All are highly processed and none are pure whole foods. (See Salt Replacement).
Detoxification and Weight ControlDetoxification with Seagreens® is best understood as a broad and continuous process rather than the often harsh but fashionable regimes advocated by lifestyle and media pundits. The benefits of a ‘clean’ system accrue over six months or longer and appear to deliver their peak at 18 months to two years, when there is no reason why they should not be sustained indefinitely.
Similarly, Seagreens® appear to achieve weight regulation rather than merely weight loss, helping the body to return to and maintain its natural homeostasis or equilibrium. (See Detoxification, and Weight Regulation).
Pregnancy, Lactation and RecuperationSeagreens® Food Capsules and Seagreens® Food Granules are particularly suitable for use during pregnancy, and in recuperation after childbirth and throughout lactation, because their nutritional profile is well balanced across their unique mixture of different seaweed varieties (Fucus, Pelvetia, and Ascophyllum).
The Seagreens® Food Capsules became a staple for the author of The Organic Baby Book. Her first child - still flourishing - received the contents of a single capsule in infant feed from about 6 months (106)!
Also prior to conception, parents-to-be might have something to gain, since although unflattering the comparison may be, well documented improvements in milk quality and yield and the fertility of livestock have long been known to farmers! (See Pregnancy).
See also Pregnancy
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