Kelp, scientific name Laminaria japonica Aresch. Alias ​​Khumbu, Jiang cabbage. A type of brown algae that grows on the rocks on the seabed and is shaped like a belt, containing a lot of iodine, which can be used to extract iodine, potassium, and so on. When traditional Chinese medicine was used as medicine, it was called Kunbu and it was called "the crown of alkaline food."
Nutritional value
Kelp is a vegetable with high nutritional value, containing 8.2 grams of crude protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 57 grams of sugar, 9.8 grams of crude fiber, 12.9 grams of inorganic salts, 2.25 grams of calcium, and 0.15 grams of iron per 100 grams of dried kelp. And carotenoids 0.57 mg, thiamine (vitamin B1) 0.69 mg, riboflavin (vitamin B2) 0.36 mg, niacin 16 mg, can emit 262 kcal calories. Compared with spinach and rapeseed, apart from vitamin C, its crude protein, sugar, calcium and iron content are several times or several times higher.
Kelp is a kind of seaweed with high iodine content, generally containing 3 to 5 iodine, up to 7 to 10 ‰, and the body of iodine in kelp can directly absorb [2]. The iodine and alginic acid obtained from this method are widely used in medicine, food and chemical industry. Iodine is one of the essential elements of the human body. Iodine deficiency can cause thyroid enlargement, and eating more kelp can prevent and treat the disease. It can also prevent arteriosclerosis and reduce the accumulation of cholesterol and fat. Too much kelp can induce iodothyronine. Although iodine can inhibit the release of thyroxine, but can not inhibit the synthesis of thyroxine, so the long-term use of iodine, it is unfavorable in hyperthyroidism.
Alginic acid salt in kelp has the effect of preventing leukemia and bone pain; it also has hemostatic effect on arterial hemorrhage, and oral administration can reduce the absorption of radioactive element yttrium-90 in the intestinal tract. Sodium alginate has antihypertensive effect. Kelp starch has a role in lowering blood lipids. In recent years it has also been found that an extract of kelp has an anti-cancer effect. Kelp mannitol is effective in treating acute renal failure, cerebral edema, Japanese encephalitis, and acute glaucoma. Spleen Deficiency eat less.