seaweed evolution

Most of the plants on earth came from seaweed, according to evolution. So, if it started from seaweed/algae, it means that the seaweed has all the base material to build almost everything. Seaweed/algae can be used both as a direct food for humans and as vegan gelatin for food and industry, for example basis for petri dishes used to culture cells, such as bacteria and small lavar.

algpannkakan

En näringsriktig algpannkaka som är mättande, nyttigt och gott. Med viktiga ingredienser som spårämnen, vattenlösliga fibrer och antioxidanter.
Du får ditt behov av mineraler- och spårämnen utan att behöva tänka på några tillskott.
Algpannkakan ger dig ett starkt tillskott  av de nyttiga ämnen som du behöver, samtidigt som du får ett skydd mot onyttiga ämnen.
Algpannkakan, den  jättegoda pannkakan som:
Reglerar blodsocker nivån
Sänker kolesterolhalten i blodet
Motverkar blodtryckshöjning
Binder tungmetaller
Är fiberrikt
Innehåller omega-3
Har en naturlig skyddsfaktor och är antibakteriellt

seaweed/metabol to tackle rising tide of obesity

Seaweed/metalbol  could hold the key to tackling obesity after it was found it reduces fat digestion by more than 75 %, new research has shown. Now the team at Newcastle University are adding seaweed fibre to bread to see if they can develop foods that could help lose weight while you eat them. A team of scientists led by Dr. Iain Brownlee and Prof. Jeff Pearson have found that dietary fibre in one of the worlds largest commercially-used seaweed could reduce the amount of fat available for absorption by around 75%. The Newcastle University team found that alginate - a natural fibre found in sea kelp/seaweed - stops the digestion of fat better than most anti-obesity treatments currently available over the counter. Using an artificial gut, they tested the effectiveness of more than 60 different natural fibres by measuring the amount of fat that was digested and absorbed which each treatment. Presenting their findings at the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco, Dr Brownlee said that the next step was to recruit volunteers and study whether the effects they have modelled in the lab can be reproduced in real people, and whether such foods are truly acceptable in a normal diet. "The aim of this study was to put these products to the test and our initial findings are that alginates significantly reduce fat digestion". explains Dr. Brownlee. "This suggests that if we can add the natural fibre to products commonly eaten daily - such as bread, biscuits and yoghurts - up to three  quaters of the fat contained in that meal could simply pass through the body. "We have already added the alginate to bread and initial taste tests have been extremely encouraging. Now the next step to carry out clinical trials to find out how effective they are when eaten as part of normal diet." The research is part of a tree year project being funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It addresses the new regulations set out by the European Food Safety Authority that any health claims made on a food label should be substantiated by scientific evidence. "There are countless claims about miracle cures for weight loss but only a few cases offer any sound scientific evidence to back up these claims", explains Dr. Brownlee. Alginates are already commonly used at a very low level in many foods as thickeners and stabilisers and when added to bread as part of a blind taste test, Dr Brownlee said the alginate bread actually scored higher for texture and richness than a standard white loaf. "Obesity is an ever-going problem and many people find it difficult to stck to diet and exercise plans in order to lose weght," explained Dr. Brownlee. "Alginates not only have great potential for weight management - adding them to food also has the added advantage of boosting overall fibre content."  What is a dietary fibre? Dietary fibre would be scientifically classified as a group of carbohydrates of plant origin that escape digestion by the human gut. "Actually, there is still quite a lot of confusion about fibre", says Dr. Brownlee. "I think most people would describe it as roughage - the bit of your food that keeps you regular and is vital for a healthy gut. "Both of these facts are true but the notion that all fibre is the same and that it simply goes through your system having an effect is wrong."  Fibre is made up of a wide range of different molecules called polysaccharides and although it is not digested by the human gut, it both directly and indirectly affects a number of bodily processes. Dr. Brownlee adds: "These initial findings suggest alginates could offer a very real solution in the battle against obesity".