30 Days of Healing Food – Day 16
Seaweed is important for stress too! Did you know that all those vitamins and minerals in seaweed play important roles in reducing and helping you overcome stress? It’s true! And if you want to keep your adrenal glands healthy then eat seaweed daily, it will help you relax and fell better in general.
Seaweed is very important for getting rid of inflammation and especially chronic inflammation and the production of homocysteine which creates inflammation, cardiovascular disease, strokes, arthritis, and other debilitating diseases, and seaweed lowers blood pressure by being chocked full of magnesium. And seaweed can help with hot flashes, depression, and even help with sleep better.
Seaweed is also a very good diuretic and helps with insulin resistance thus helping those suffering from diabetes. Seaweed prevents muscles cramps and also prevents platelet aggregation or clots thus helping to prevent heart attacks. Plus seaweed is also a good antiviral agent too… thus helping to prevent colds, flues… and there is also hope for herpes with compounds found in seaweed.
Agar is a gel like agent made from seaweed used in all kinds of foods and it also works to sooth the GI tract. Agar can also be a good laxative if taken in large amounts adding bulk to your diet and improving your bowel movements.
If you want to cut back on salt use dried seaweed instead… crumble it up or grind it up and add it to your food, and seaweed helps lower your blood pressure too! And did you know that seaweed has soluble fiber in it just like oatmeal, and because of that it can also lower your cholesterol especially your LDL or bad cholesterol… and blood sugar too.
