Seaweed Can Lose Weight

Seaweed has many benefits, one of which can lower your calorie intake. A study from Sheffield Hallam University showed if a full breakfast sandwich with a slice of seaweed as well as running on a treadmill for 1.5 hours. Seaweed is rich in minerals and natural nutrients. The study uses native seaweed, not with seaweed extract.



Seaweed has a function as a salt substitute. This is because seaweed has a taste too salty. Similarly, the bread served also contains no salt at all, because it has been replaced by seaweed. This is also the same as eating regular bread. But the salty taste generated by mineral seaweed. According to Dr. Craig Rose of Seaweed Foundation, seaweed has a mineral content that is far more than the existing plants in the mainland.


79 healthy men who were obese were involved in the study. Participants who ate sandwiches seaweed feel full faster, so they reduced their calorie intake of 179 calories per day. The amount commensurate with the amount of calories burned if we run / walk on the treadmill for 1.5 hours. With only reduce 100 calories, it is more than enough when one is in a weight loss program.

The process of seaweed in this study is harvested, dried and milled at a local now tests, Hebrides, outside of Scotland. None of the study participants were able to distinguish between ordinary bread with a bread that has been added sliced ​​seaweed. Indeed it's the same, but the sodium content of seaweed is lower.

Seaweed is not only capable of reducing salt intake, but also can make the stomach feel full and not easily hungry. Currently 12 participants were asked to eat a bowl of 400 grams of pasta and tomato sauce for lunch, some of them feel full after eating two bowls.

Previous research had tried to wear seaweed instead of salt to be added to the pasta. In addition to bread, seaweed can also be used with meat such as sausages.

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