Kelp is a spore plant, and the small packets on kelp are the spores of kelp, which reproduce through spores and are edible.

1, kelp is a kind of large marine brown algae that grows in low-temperature seawater and is an edible seaweed. It is divided into blades, stalks and fixers, and the fixers are pseudo-root-like. The blade is composed of epidermis, cortex and medullary tissues, and there are sporangia in the lower part of the blade. The kelp has a mucus cavity that secretes slippery substances. The tree-like branches of the fixation apparatus are used to attach to rocks on the seabed and grow in the sea where the water temperature is low.

2, kelp chemical composition are: sugar, protein, fat, crude fiber, calcium, iron, manganese, zinc, boron, iodine, selenium, potassium, vitamins. Kelp protein amino acids in a complete range, the proportion is appropriate, especially the body's eight essential amino acids, the content is very close to the ideal protein essential amino acid content model.

3, kelp is not only a nutrient-rich marine food vegetables, at the same time it is rich in fucoidan, mannitol, iodine, polysaccharides and other ingredients, but also medicine and health care, seaweed chemicals and agricultural fertilizers and other important raw materials for the industry.

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Kelp health value

1, anti-radiation. Kelp can prevent the absorption of radiogenic element strontium, preventing bone cancer and leukemia. In addition, sodium fucoidan has a lead-excluding effect in the body. Lead into the body will cause serious harm to the nervous system and hematopoietic system, and often eat kelp will play a role in the discharge of lead?

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2, prevention and treatment of goiter. Human body lack of iodine will suffer from goiter, young children lack of iodine brain and sex organs can not fully develop, short body, mental retardation, that is, suffering from the so-called "cretinism". Kelp is very rich in iodine, kelp consumption on the prevention and treatment of goiter has a very good effect, can promote intellectual development .

3, slimming effect. Kelp contains a chemical that prevents the body from absorbing fat, which is good for weight loss. Researchers at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne found that kelp contains phytochemicals that can effectively inhibit the body's digestion and absorption of fat. When an alginate level rises fourfold, the body's ability to fight fat absorption increases by 75 percent.

4. Skin care and hair care. Kelp contains a variety of vitamins, especially carotene, which can be converted into vitamins. Vitamins help form glycoproteins, maintain the normal function of the skin, prevent infections and skin diseases, so that the skin remains smooth and delicate, toughness enhanced. Kelp also has a large number of sulfur-containing proteins and other nutrients, hair is very beneficial .

5, lower blood pressure, blood fat and blood sugar. Kelp contains dietary fiber potassium alginate, can regulate the sodium-potassium balance, reduce the body's absorption of sodium, thus playing a role in lowering blood pressure. In our country's folklore, there is the practice of consuming steamed kelp to lower blood pressure. Kelp can lower blood lipids because the colloidal fiber has a role in reducing plasma cholesterol.

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