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 The Benefits and Taboos of Eating Kelp
  • The Benefits and Taboos of Eating Kelp
  • It is known to all that the nutritional value of kelp is rather high. Kelp plays an important role in maintaining the physical health of the human body in our daily life. Generally speaking, it has many benefits for the human body. These benefits will be explained concretely as follows. 

    Kelp contains abundant , , potassium, calcium, unsaturated fatty acid, dietary fibers, , mannite and so on. Iodine and iodide can effectively deal with iodine-deficient goiter for people. They can also stimulate the pituitary body so as to decrease the level of estrogen inside the female body to recover the normal functions of ovary and reduce the risks of getting proliferation of mammary gland for women. Ammonia, potassium and calcium can decrease the absorption of cholesterol and reduce the blood pressure. Unsaturated fatty acid and dietary fibers can remove the cholesterol from the wall of blood vessels, improve the stomach and intestines and accelerate the discharge of cholesterol. Unsaturated fatty acid can also decrease the density of blood and alleviate vascular sclerosis. Thus, cardiovascular disease can be effectively prevented. Selenium plays an important role in preventing the formation of cancer for the human body. Mannite can not only decrease the blood pressure, but also improve the urination and eliminate the inflammation. All the nutrients mentioned above can work together to improve the human immunity to various diseases. In addition, the adequate intake of kelp can also calcium, supplement protect the hair, beautify the skin, reduce the weight and defer aging for people.

    Kelp can be cooked in various ways. For example, it can be collocated with uncooked wheat, edible tree fungus, sugar or bean curd in our daily life. Take the soup of kelp and edible tree fungus as an example. It is rather beneficial for the patients with tumor and cardiovascular disease to drink the soup. Kelp can gradually eliminate the tumor, and edible tree fungus can promote blood circulation by removing blood stasis. During the process of eating kelp, three taboos should be paid attention to by people. First, after eating the food, people can not drink tea containing tannic acid or eat acidic fruits immediately, or the absorption of iron inside the human body can be affected. Second, the patients with hyperthyroidism should not eat kelp, or the illness can be worsened. Third, pregnant women should not eat kelp excessively, as the iodine can enter the fetal body through blood circulation to affect the normal functions of thyroid gland.


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