Monday 22 March 2010

Link of the day- seaweed and obesity

Hi. Welcome (back) to Weirdbeautiful. Link of the day today is this article-
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100322/tuk-seaweed-bread-key-to-obesity-6323e80.html on the discovery that a chemical in sea kelp (alginate) can be added to food to reduce fat uptake and therefore help prevent obesity. The scientific relevance of the article is obvious, but the weirdness is the part where they talk about running tests on "an artificial gut" .... the mind boggles...

1 comment:

  1. Bridget Armstrong7 April 2010 at 04:03

    When |I was growing up in Ireland we used to eat sea kelp - dulce which is lovely although very salty. It is still eaten there today and I often have it when I go back for visits.

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