Laminaria

Laminaria (laminaria) – a sort of algas which many types are suitable for consumption. The laminaria grows in a sea coastal zone, on the course of currents, with formation of so-called "belts of laminarias" which are characterized by the heavy growth of seaweed.

Advantage of a laminaria

On counters of shops the laminaria is delivered in the crude, preserved or frozen look. It is often possible to meet also a dried laminaria. Acquiring any of above-mentioned options of a laminaria, it is possible to receive with guarantee a product useful, rich with microelements and vitamins.

The laminaria is famous for the high content of iodine which is a part of organic compounds of an alga. The organic form of iodine is better acquired by an organism that allows to recommend a laminaria for prevention and treatment of a local craw. Except iodine, the laminaria contains potassium, cobalt, magnesium, sodium, chlorine, sulfur and bromine. The laminaria is rich with ascorbic acid, group B vitamins, RR and E vitamins.

The laminaria also found the application in gynecology and cosmetology. So, sticks from a laminaria use for stimulation of disclosure of a neck of uterus in labor.

The laminaria serves for preparation of independent dishes, and also acts also as additional ingredient. The laminaria can be added to various salads, soups, to use when frying meat and vegetables.

Despite obvious advantage, the laminaria is to the taste not to all people. In this case it is possible to use a dried laminaria which can be added to dishes in small amounts. Taste of a dish considerably will not change, and the organism will receive all necessary useful substances.

Dry laminaria actually the same laminaria which is dried on site collecting and pack up in packagings. She can long be stored and does not take a lot of place. At the same time it can always be filled in with warm water and to receive the product identical to a fresh alga.

Laminaria for weight loss

The laminaria at its use in food is suitable for weight loss as well as possible. Its caloric content makes only 7-15 kcal on 100 grams of fresh seaweed. The effect of a laminaria for weight loss is caused by the fact that the laminaria, filling a stomach, causes sense of fulness though power efficiency of meal is very small. One more way of use of a laminaria for weight loss is soaking of a dried laminaria cold water. The wetted laminaria is left to infuse for days, filtered and accept 2-3 tablespoons at emergence of feeling of hunger. According to reviews the laminaria helps not to think of food within the next 2-3 hours.

Wrappings with a laminaria allow to fight against extensions, the drooped skin and cellulitis effectively. The fatty layer becomes less due to activation of exchange processes in cells and fabrics.

At an integrated approach of use of a laminaria for weight loss (wrappings and intake) there are exclusively positive reviews of a laminaria as about means of fight against excess weight and the cosmetic defects connected with obesity.

Harm of a laminaria

At all the useful qualities the laminaria can be and is harmful. Seaweed of a laminaria have property to absorb in itself toxic substances if they are in the environment in which the laminaria grows. Considering the fact that the wild-growing laminaria is practically not applied now to the cosmetic purposes and in the food industry, widely it is not necessary to speak about this risk factor.

The laminaria is not recommended to be eaten at a thyrotoxicosis at which excess synthesis of hormones is observed by a thyroid gland as the iodine which is a part of a laminaria can aggravate the course of a disease.

Occasionally cases of individual intolerance of a laminaria which it is also necessary to remember meet, using it inside for the first time. Especially carefully children should enter a laminaria into a diet.