Laminaria

Seaweed – it is “seaweed”, “kelp” – is highly effective in treating certain diseases due to the balanced nature of the qualitative and quantitative composition of biologically active substances. The use of seaweed as the outside and inside will help to ensure normal functioning of the body, get rid of diseases. The basis of this miracle product – available to the body to form amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acid, alginate, vitamins (A, C, D, B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, E, K, PP), macro-and micronutrients (K, Na , Ca, Mg, I, S, Si, etc.), bioactive natural compounds. The combination of all the medicinal properties of kelp provides a high therapeutic and preventive effects both in internal and external use algae.

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At the end of the last century, Stanford was first discovered in the composition of some marine plants alginic acid. A few years later it found Krefting and called the algal acid, assuming that first opened it’s valuable stuff.

Many of the medicinal properties of seaweed explained it this polysaccharide. The content of alginic acid in algae ranges from 11 to 60 percent. According to its function alginic acid is similar to pectin contained in the berries, fruits and vegetables. Alginic acid also has a remarkable ability to absorb water, weighing almost 300 times greater than their own.

Food from algae on the content and qualitative composition of proteins and carbohydrates significantly inferior food products made from terrestrial plants, but they have valuable properties that did not have vegetable edible raw land of origin. These properties include:

    * The ability to absorb large amounts of water and increase in volume at the same time;
    * Content specific to the marine vegetation of the colloidal polymers (agar, alginic acid, and others), and mannitol;
    * Higher than in terrestrial plants, the contents of various macro-and micronutrients.

In this regard, the algae in the diet should not be viewed as a source to cover the energy cost of the organism, but as a dietary ingredient.

The content of macro-and micronutrients in the dry matter of sea kale
ELEMENTS OF THE CONTENT,%
Chlorine 9,8-14,7
Magnesium 1,0-2,1
Phosphorus 0,31-0,55
Iron 0,09-0,19
Strontium 0,002-0,02
Zinc 0,0018-0,0027
Rubidium (0,6-1,0) x10-4
Nickel 0,2-8,3 x10-5
Radium (1,0-56,0) x10-11
Potassium 6,4-7,8
Sulfur 0,7-1,9
Calcium 0,2-0,29
Bromine 0,034-0,13
Manganese 0,0006-0,0015
Aluminium 0,0058-0,0062
Cobalt 1,5 x10-4
Molybdenum (1,6-9,6) x10-5
Iodine 0,16-0,8
Sodium 3,6-3,8
Si 0,46-0,65
Arsenic 0,0007-0,005
Bor 0,003-0,04
Vanadium 0.0016
Titan (5,4-6,0) x10-4
Cadmium 1,4 x10-5

Algae to a greater degree than other creatures of the underwater kingdom, have the ability to extract from seawater and accumulate a lot of elements. Thus, the concentration of magnesium in sea cabbage higher than that of sea water at 9-10 times the sulfur – a 17-fold, bromine – 13 times. One kilogram of kelp contains as much iodine as it is dissolved in 100,000 liters of seawater. On the contents of many chemical elements are far superior algae land plants. Thus, the boron in the algae is 90 times greater than in oats, is 4-5 times higher than in the potato and beet. Amount of iodine in kelp is several thousand times greater than in the terrestrial flora.

Minerals mainly algae (75-85%) are water-soluble salts of potassium and sodium (chlorides, sulfates). In algae contain relatively large amounts of calcium: 100 grams of seaweed – 155 mg. In the dry algae contain an average of 0.43% phosphorus, whereas in the dried potatoes and dried carrots it is almost half.

Spectroscopically, but the above elements, the laminaria were also found copper, antimony, lead, gold, chrome, and some others.

Algae accumulate in large numbers not only the various micro-and macro, but also many vitamins. Laboratory studies show that kelp contains a number of pro-vitamin A, which corresponds to its content in common fruits: apples, plums, cherries, oranges. Content of vitamin B1 kelp is not inferior to the dry yeast. In 100 grams of dried brown algae contain up to 10 micrograms of vitamin B12. Is great interest in algae as a source of vitamin C in food diet. In kelp contains a fairly large amount of this vitamin: 100 grams of dry kelp – from 15 to 240 milligrams, and raw seaweed – 30-47 mg. On the content of this vitamin brown algae are not inferior to orange, pineapple, strawberries, gooseberries, green onions, sorrel.

In addition to the above vitamins are found in algae and other vitamins, particularly vitamins D, K, and PP (nicotinic acid), pantothenic and folic acid.