| Women need calcium for good bone health. The | | | | of course iodine because they grow in sea water. |
| successful "got milk?" ad convinces us that calcium is | | | | Moreover, the Mother Nature has balanced all those |
| only in milk. You may think that they have to drink | | | | minerals inside seaweeds in a natural way for the |
| cow's milk in order to keep bone health. | | | | human body to digest them easily, unlike mineral |
| For years, I wondered how Asian women do not | | | | supplements from pills which the body absorbs poorly. |
| consume milk, yet they have better bone health than | | | | Also, seaweeds are known to aid the healthy growth |
| Western women. Besides more physical daily working, | | | | of nails, hair, bones and teeth, and ensure proper |
| I think sea vegetables are another secret health food | | | | metabolism. |
| of Asian women. The mainstream nutritionists have | | | | How to eat seaweeds? |
| found soybeans are a healthy food from Eastern. | | | | Seaweeds are very cheap and you can find them in |
| Now I introduce seaweeds. | | | | local Asian grocery stores. If you get dry seaweeds, |
| Although calcium is found in many foods, you have | | | | soak them in cold water for about 30 minutes, cut |
| been brainwashed to believe it is only in milk. In fact, | | | | them to small pieces, and mix them with your salads. If |
| broccoli has about the same amount of calcium as | | | | you do not like the taste of raw seaweeds in salads, |
| milk, so do beets. Surprisingly, sea vegetables, such as | | | | put them in chicken soup, which will cover raw |
| kelp and hiziki, contain about 5 times more calcium than | | | | seaweed flavors. Also, you can find some seaweed |
| milk. Moreover, all seaweeds are rich in iron, | | | | snacks too. Eat seaweeds on a weekly base. |
| phosphorus, potassium, manganese, sodium, zinc and | | | | |