Brown seaweed research, the Limu Moi seweed, aids in weight loss with fucoidan!

Brown Seaweed Research Indicates that Fucoidan from seaweed targets abdominal fat, and fights cancer cells! Brown seaweed of which limu moi seaweed is one of many, is used traditionally in the Pacific region and research studies have shown weight loss as the fucoidan in seaweed is shown targeting abdominal fat.

New studies ( brown seaweed research ) conducted at Hokkaido University on brown seaweed have found that a compound in wakame known as fucoxanthin or focoidan, can help burn fatty tissue.

In Japan, this seaweed and wakame, is often used in soup, particularly miso soup, and salads.

Nature supplies us with some wonderful foods that we can incorporate into our recipe books to gain greater health benefits!

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Antiobesity effect /Pubmed

Effects on prostate cancer/Pubmed

Effects on colon cancer/Pubmed

In Japan this seaweed is often found in Tofu salad, usually a simple side dish and consisting of Tofu, wakame and sometimes with a salad vegetable like cucumber. They are typically dressed with Japanese ingredients including soya sauce and vinegar/rice vinegar.

This seaweed and Wakame, is a rich source of EPA, an ù-3 essential fatty acid. At over 400 mg/100 cal, it has one of the higher nutrient:calorie ratios, and among the very highest for a vegetarian source.

Whenever a nutrient is in its whole food matrix, the body utilizes it at much greater proficiency because all the other associated nutrients required for use in the body are present.

In Western society we have found from the research that including seaweed in our diets can give us health benefits in many different areas! If we are looking for a weight loss cure, we can start by supplying our body with all the nutrients we need to function properly; if we find this difficult to achieve, we can find a nutritional supplement that uses whole foods, to give us the most health benefits possible from the synergy in natural foods.

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Chemists in Japan have found that this seaweed is a flavoring used in many Asian soups and salads, contains a compound that appears in animal studies to promote weight loss by reducing the accumulation of fat. Called fucoxanthin, the compound achieved a 5 percent to 10 percent weight reduction in test animals.

From the brown seaweed research it was found that the compound targets abdominal fat in particular, and may help achieve overall weight loss.

Fucoxanthin or fucoidan, is a brownish pigment that gives this seaweed its characteristic color.

The pigment also appeared in animal studies to stimulate the liver to produce a compound called DHA, a type of omega-3 fatty acid. No adverse side effects from fucoxanthin were reported in the mice and rats used in the study.

Brown Seaweed research finds pigment targets abdominal fat/Physorg.com