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It is known to be rich in iodine. [9] In the Philippines, C. lentillifera is usually known as latô or arosep. After being washed in clean water, it is usually eaten raw as a salad (ensaladang lato), mixed with chopped raw shallots and fresh tomatoes, and dressed with a blend of fish sauce or bagoong (fish paste) and vinegar.
Arame is high in calcium, iodine, iron, magnesium, and vitamin A as well as being a dietary source of many other minerals. [1] It also is harvested for alginate , fertilizer and iodide. [ 3 ] It contains the storage polysaccharide laminarin and the tripeptide eisenin , a peptide with immunological activity.
A freshwater aquatic food web. The blue arrows show a complete food chain (algae → daphnia → gizzard shad → largemouth bass → great blue heron). A food web is the natural interconnection of food chains and a graphical representation of what-eats-what in an ecological community.
In 1867 the word "hijiki" first appeared in an English-language publication: A Japanese and English Dictionary by James C. Hepburn. Starting in the 1960s, the word "hijiki" started to be used widely in the United States, [citation needed] and the product (imported in dried form from Japan) became widely available at natural food stores and Asian-American grocery stores, due to the influence of ...
The pelagic food web, showing the central involvement of marine microorganisms in how the ocean imports nutrients from and then exports them back to the atmosphere and ocean floor. A marine food web is a food web of marine life. At the base of the ocean food web are single-celled algae and other plant-like organisms known as phytoplankton.
Kelp polysaccharides are used in skin care as gelling ingredients and because of the benefits provided by fucoidan. [ citation needed ] Kombu (昆布 in Japanese, and 海带 in Chinese, Saccharina japonica and others), several Pacific species of kelp, is a very important ingredient in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cuisines.
Natural food sources of iodine include seafood which contains fish, seaweeds, kelp, shellfish and other foods which contain dairy products, eggs, meats, vegetables, so long as the animals ate iodine richly, and the plants are grown on iodine-rich soil. [114] [115] Iodised salt is fortified with potassium iodate, a salt of iodine, potassium, oxygen.
Kombu contains extremely high levels of iodine. While this element is essential for normal growth and development, the levels in kombu can cause overdoses; it has been blamed for thyroid problems after drinking large amounts of soy milk in which kombu was an additive. [19] It is also a source of dietary fiber.