Notes on seaweed

Seaweed has an incredibly high mineral content—20x the amount of land vegetables! It's an excellent source of iodine (great for thyroid health), calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, amino acids and potassium. Seaweed contains vitamin C, which makes the iron therein more easily absorbed. It's full of B vitamins which are great for hair, skin, nails and eyes.  

A powerful property of seaweed is removing radiation residue from the body. Next time you have an x-ray, treat yourself to a bowl of miso soup with wakame or a seaweed salad after.  

Seaweed also contains powerful plant compounds called ligans, which help prevent cancer, and it’s known for improving metabolism and aiding in weight loss. Because of its high mineral concentration, a little goes a long way. I try to eat a tablespoon a day or at least sprinkle dulse or kelp flakes on my food when I can.

I purchase my sea vegetables from Eden Foods.

Info above from Whole Food Cooking Every Day, Encyclopedia of Healing Foods and Food and Healing.

Quick Marinated Arame

from Amy Chaplin's Whole Food Cooking Every Day

Ingredients
1  1/2 cups dried arame
4 cups boiling filtered water
1 Tbsp toasted sesame oil
1 Tbsp tamari
1 Tbsp brown rice vinegar
1 Tbsp mirin
2 Tbsp raw unhulled sesame seeds, toasted
Thinly sliced scallions to serve

Preparation

1. Place the arame in a medium bowl, cover with the boiling water, and allow to soak for 20 minutes. 

2. Drain the arame, while saving the soaking liquid for your house plants or your bath (the water is full of minerals). 

3. Place the drained arame in a medium bowl and add the sesame oil, tamari, vinegar, mirin and sesame seeds. 

4. Sprinkle scallions when serving. 

Keeps in the fridge for a week.