Kelp contains a lot of iodine, about 1000g of kelp contains about 5g of iodine, for the human thyroid, iodine is the main ingredient of thyroxine, which determines the degree of health of the thyroid gland, the human body, if the long term in the lack of iodine state, it will cause a variety of thyroid diseases, such as hyperthyroidism, thyroid tumors and so on.

Kelp is an alkaline food, into the gastrointestinal tract can be very good regulation of the acid-base balance, and it is also rich in a lot of plant fibers, can effectively increase gastric power, to help the body better metabolism, so as to regulate the metabolic function, to avoid the accumulation of toxins, so that the body is free of toxicity in a light.

Chinese medicine believes that kelp is cold, salty, into the body, kelp active substances can be digestive tract, stomach wall particles, bacteria and other harmful substances adsorption, for friends suffering from chronic respiratory diseases can play a role in anti-inflammatory swelling, expectorant water, etc. So, there are friends with chronic bronchitis, chronic inflammatory diseases, you can eat more kelp to alleviate the condition of oh.

For women, kelp can give excellent protection to female organs such as ovaries, it contains nutrients that can effectively promote the luteinization of ovarian follicles, which helps the body to regulate hormone secretion, to avoid the occurrence of endocrine disorders, healthy endocrine, can avoid most gynecological diseases, and kelp can also help to prevent and alleviate the role of breast hyperplasia.

In addition to protecting women's inner, kelp can also beautify women's outer, this is because kelp is rich in a variety of minerals, can regulate the skin's water-oil balance, so as to brighten the skin, smoothing the fine lines of the cosmetic effect, but also for the friends of the acne skin, kelp can also play the role of the role of the acne marks, it can be said to be a very good beauty of the holy grail.

Kelp contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, these unsaturated fatty acids into the human body can help clean up the cholesterol attached to the walls of the blood vessels, so as to achieve the role of reducing cholesterol, blood pressure, effective prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, so the "three high" people must consume a lot of kelp.

I believe that many friends have found that the surface of the kelp is often attached to a layer of white powder, this powder is called mannitol, mannitol is a very conducive to human health substances, it can reduce swelling and diuretic, to help eliminate swelling and inflammation, suitable for easy to swelling people to eat.

Kelp taboos

Kelp iodine content is very high, although iodine as the human body's necessities is particularly important, but excessive intake of the same threat to health, so do not take kelp as a staple food, and kelp also contains kun elements, this element of overdose can also be caused by poisoning.

Kelp is usually soaked in water before consumption, these can be decomposed Kun elements, but if the soaking time is too long, the inorganic salts of kelp, mannitol and other water-soluble nutrients dissolved, so that the nutritive value of the kelp will be reduced by a lot, so the kelp can be slightly soaked before consumption.

Although iodine is the most important component of the thyroid gland, but hyperthyroidism, is the need to limit the intake of iodine, so suffer from hyperthyroidism-related diseases, friends, be sure to reduce the intake of kelp, to avoid iodine overload.

The above is only personal experience, please follow the doctor's instructions.