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The Uses of Seaweed as Fish Feed

The Uses of Seaweed as Fish Feed

In fish farming, wet feed usually consist of meat waste and fish waste mixed with dry additives containing extra nutrients, all formed together in a doughy mass. When thrown into the fish ponds or cages it must hold together and not disintegrate or dissolve in the water. A binder is needed, sometimes a technical grade of alginate is used. It has also been used to bind formulated feeds for shrimp and abalone. Continue Reading
Using Fucoidan for Liver Disease

Using Fucoidan for Liver Disease

Complete Healing of a Liver Disease that nothing could cure. I gain health thanks to Fucoidan. [Company employee, male, 45 years old] Continue Reading
10 Benefits of using Spirulina

10 Benefits of using Spirulina

While you may have only seen Spirulia as an ingredient in your green superfood beverages, energy bars and natural supplements, its benefits are so amazing that taken on a daily basis they could restore and revitalize your health! To date, there are nearly 1,200 peer-reviewed scientific articles evaluating its health benefits. Here we would like to mention top 10 of them. Continue Reading
The Nutritional Values and Uses of Brown, Green and Red Seaweed

The Nutritional Values and Uses of Brown, Green and Red Seaweed

You can differentiate between the seaweed species by their color- red, brown or green. The brown seaweed is widely used because it contains the best gelling properties to bind the other ingredients. Continue Reading
The uses of Seaweed in cosmetics and personal care

The uses of Seaweed in cosmetics and personal care

“Extract of seaweed” is often found on the list of ingredients on cosmetic packages, particularly in face, hand and body creams or lotions. This usually refers to the use of alginate or carrageenan in the product, and their uses in cosmetics. More information on the use of these two hydrocolloids, as well as agar, can be found in the reference suggested below for further reading. Continue Reading
Algae in medicine

Algae in medicine

From historical times seaweeds have been employed for medical purposes, but it has been difficult to prove that any effect is, in fact, due to substances in the algae. Reference has already been made to the uses of carrageenan, agar and alginates for medicinal purposes. First mention of such uses is probably that in the Chinese herbal “Pen Tsae Kan Mu” (sixteenth century) where certain algae are listed as a cure for goiter. Continue Reading
Potent Anticancer Actions of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids of Fish Oil

Potent Anticancer Actions of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids of Fish Oil

Fish oil has not historically been a subject of study, and it is only because of the increasing recognition of its importance to human nutrition and health that it has become a topic of interest. The earliest studies on the health benefits of marine fish oil were conducted by Dyerberg and Bang who discovered that the deepwater fish, which contains omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ѠPFAs), was responsible for the low incidence of heart disease among Eskimo populations. Continue Reading
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