important of algae

Recent reseach has confirmed that marine algae (seaweed) can be a valuable supplement to the human diet. In the unpolluted sea environment algae are able to absorb brace elements, minerals, salts and other nutrients. Many of the same nutrients are often lacking in people´s daily diet because of insufficient variation in our choice of food. In modern commerce vegetables, fruit and meat products may have these nutrients depleted by inappropriate cultivation or handling practises. Marine algae in addition to providing important natural fibres can supplement deficiencies in our diet e.g. of calcium, selenium, silicon, vitamins, and the anti-oxidant Q10 and Omega3. However, these are not the only benefits. Recent health studies and environmental reports in the UK and Sweden have raised new concern about occurrence in food products as well as the environment of metals such as lead, mercury, cadmium and even radioactive strontium and their effects on the body. Scientists have known for a long time that alginates which are the main component of algmix have an amazing ability to assist the elimination of harmful heavy metals from the body. Swedish clinical research has shown that the sugars contained in the algae have a beneficial effect on the diurnal glucose index curve and also that algal extracts lower cholesterol levels in the blood.