The effect of kelp

Kelp, which is a type of brown algae, grows on a rock at the bottom and is shaped like a sea-like band. It contains a lot of iodine and can be used to extract iodine and potassium. As a rich seafood, of course, the benefits to the human body are not just two things!

The following Xiao Bian will introduce the effect of kelp for everyone.

1. Prevention of goiter It is well known that kelp contains iodine and iodide, which has the effect of preventing iodine deficiency goiter.

2. The hypotensive kelp, potassium, and calcium reduce the body's absorption of cholesterol and lower blood pressure.

3. The hypoglycemic seaweed contains 60% of fucoidan which is an excellent dietary fiber. When diabetics eat it, they can delay gastric emptying and food passage through the small intestine, so that even in the case of reduced insulin secretion, blood glucose levels It will not rise, so as to achieve the purpose of treating diabetes.

5. Improving immunity Seaweed can improve the body's humoral immunity and promote cellular immunity.

6. The lipid-lowering seaweed contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids and dietary fiber, which can remove the cholesterol attached to the blood vessel walls, regulate the stomach, and promote the excretion of cholesterol. The laminaria contained in kelp has the effect of eliminating blood lipids, which can greatly reduce the blood cholesterol level.

7. The sodium alginate contained in the anti-cancer kelp has strong binding capacity to carcinogenic bismuth and cadmium, and they are excreted from the body. The kelp can also selectively kill or inhibit the bacteria that can generate carcinogens in the intestinal tract. The contained fiber can also promote the excretion of bile acid and cholesterol. Secondly, the extract of kelp has a direct inhibitory effect on various cancer cells.

8. Prevention of Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Diseases The kelp contains a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acid EPA, which can reduce the viscosity of the blood and reduce the hardening of the blood vessels. The kelp starch sulphate is usually a sugar substance and can also have a hypolipidemic effect, preventing cardiovascular disease. Disease is good.

9. Eliminating mammary hyperplasia A large amount of iodine in seaweed can stimulate the pituitary gland, reducing estrogen levels in women, restoring the normal function of the ovary, correcting endocrine disorders, and eliminating hidden dangers of breast hyperplasia.

10. Diuretic, swelling of the kelp is often attached to a layer of white cream-like mannitol, it is a valuable medicinal substance. It has been scientifically proven that mannitol has the effects of lowering blood pressure, diuresis, and swelling.

11. The calcium supplemented kelp is rich in calcium and provides calcium to the body.

12. Beauty kelp juice can be used for beauty and beauty, and it can be used to moisturize the skin and make the skin refreshing, smooth and beautiful.

13. The iodine in the kelp is extremely rich. It is the main raw material for synthesis of thyroxine in the body, and the luster of the hair is formed due to the action of thyroid hormone in the body. "Hair quality" and the contained horny components are extracted from sulfur-containing proteins, which are important substances that make hair shine. In addition to iodine, calcium, and sulfur, kelp also contains iron, sodium, Magnesium, potassium, cobalt, phosphorus, mannitol and vitamins B1, B2, C, etc. These nutrients are of great benefit to hairdressing.

14. Anti-aging seaweed is rich in selenium, which can effectively eliminate free radicals, and free radicals are the culprit of human aging, so kelp can delay aging.

15. Weight loss Kelp contains a lot of dietary fiber, can increase the satiety of obese people, and kelp fat content is very low, low calories, is the gospel of obesity.