Seaweed Can Lose Weight

Seaweed has many benefits, one of which can reduce calorie intake. A study from Sheffield Hallam University shows if breakfast with a sandwich seaweed as well as running on a treadmill for 1.5 hours. Seaweed is rich in minerals and natural nutrients. The study uses native sea grass, not with extracts of seaweed.

Seaweed has a function as a salt substitute. This is because seaweed has too salty flavor. Similarly, the bread served also contains no salt at all, because it has been replaced by seaweed.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 which is much more than plants on land.

79 healthy men who were obese were involved in the study. Participants who ate seaweed sandwiches feel full faster, so the calorie intake is reduced 179 calories per day. The amount is commensurate with the number 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 someone is in a weight loss program.

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

Seaweed is not only able to reduce 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 has tried to wear seaweed instead of salt to be added to the pasta. Besides bread, seaweed can also be used with meats such as sausages.