SEAWEED, ALGAE

Section: Nutritional Supplements

"Increase your intake of fruits and vegetables" is one of the few health mantras agreed upon by most health authorities. Despite this undisputed advice, many Americans still fall far short of consuming even the baseline recommendation of five servings of fruits and vegetables daily. Also. as of late, we have heard that "good fats" are essential to good health; yet, for many Americans, much of their fat intake comes from the "bad" fats, such as the saturated and trans-fat varieties.

This article presents information on the nutritional aspects of seaweeds in terms of fiber, mineral content, fats and lipids, vitamin contents, and components that have a confirmed and investigat...

A variety of marine benthic algae belonging to the Chlorophyta, Phaeophyta, and Rhodophyta were collected from different coastal areas of Karachi (Pakistan), and several biological tests were con...

The article presents a list of outer coast seaweeds. Alaria or winged kelp is an olive-brown seaweed kelp that is found in the lower tidal zone on moderate to very rocky shores which can grow fro...

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