Introduction

The use of seaweed or algae for weight loss, slimming or to reduce weight is a century-old homeopathic remedy. Used for: to increase/balance thyroid hormone activity, reduction of your appetite/craving for foods. Slow conversion of fats and carbohydrates into body fat.

History:

The practice of using a diet in order to loose weight is not new. For the last thousands of years, physicians and patients regulated their food carefully, in order to prevent diseases. For most people however obesity was at that time not an important problem.

The Victorians - ‘Anti-fat’ supplement:

The seminal work on medical botany - ‘Medicinal Plants’ by Bentley and Trimen – there is this note on the use of seaweeds as a slimming agent:

The chief interest [in Fucus vesiculosus] relates ... to its reputed value as a remedy for obesity. From experiments of Dr. Godefroy on his own person, using doses of 4½ grains [approx. 0.3g] taken three times daily at the beginning of each meal, he lost about 5¼ lbs in weight; and that beyond its effect on the urine, which was rendered more abundant, more coloured and more odorous than usual, he observed no physiological effect. Please note that what was a trade name (Anti Fat) in 1880, became a general colloquial term by the 1920s.

In a correspondence between Prof. W. Wright Smith (of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ) and J. Rutherford Hill (of The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain), from 1924, there is a further mention of the anti fat properties of seaweed: “An extract of Fucus under the name of Fucusin has a reputation as a remedy for obesity. Fucusin is sometimes called the active principle but what its precise chemical constitution is I do not know. It is alleged that it stimulates the thyroid gland and in this way acts as what they call an ‘anti fat.’ Here you see for the first time that the connection between certain forms of obesity and sub-clinical iodine deficiencies related. (Hypothyroidism)

In 1999, the introduction of a new pill on the British alternative health market claiming to use the property of Fucus vesiculosus in combating ‘cellulite’. Now we know even more, the macro algae or seaweed as kelp and fucus effectively stimulates the metabolism and helps with the break down fatty tissue leading to a fast and safe way of weight loss. Other benefits are that the combination of natural minerals and trace elements within the seaweed also helps to control the appetite, elimination of toxins, assists in the fight against water retention.

Used for: increasing/balance thyroid hormone activity. By many seen as a healthy way to beat the menopause weight with no side effects and many added benefits. Important source of bio minerals, trace elements, vitamins, essential amino acids and fiber.

Seaweed is considered as safe. FDA, Classification as Grass. (Generally Recognised As Safe).

Regular exercise and a Diet that make sense are the other important factors. Things like whole food, vegetables, fruit, clean water and fiber. (A diet should make common sense.) We sell coarsely milled kelp and fucus world wide. Not as a medicine but as a food supplement. We mill it for easy use and to store.

You can use it to replace salt for example. It is packed in a re-closable plastic bag. Use it to fill a shaker/ sprinkler.

Size: Weight 3-6 oz or 1 LB. package.

Recommended use between 1 and 2 grams/day for an adult. One pound (450 gram) will last about one year for one person. Estimated cost /day/person average US $ 0.0045/day

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