* Cancer : Approximately 4% of the total dry weight of brown seaweed consists of [[fucoidan]]. Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide, also referred to as an "evaporated oligomineral." It is the fucoidan content in brown seaweed that has been proven to cause certain types of rapidly growing cancer cells to self-destruct, according to the Biomedical Research Laboratories of Takara Shuzo and the Research Institute for Glycotechnology Advancement.
* Weight-Loss : [[fucoxanthin]] works in combination with the mineral iodine that's also present in brown seaweed. When the thyroid is supplied with a sufficient amount of iodine, the endocrine system is rehabilitated and functions more efficiently -- and this increases your body's metabolic speed, thereby enabling your body to burn calories faster and prevent the accumulation of body fat.
* Good source of [[Iodine]].
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