Superfoods For a Detox: Seaweed

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Welcome to the first day of the Superfoods for Detox email series! We want to start off with seaweed.

Seaweed is something you may see included in different foods, or most commonly in sushi. What you may not know is that it is a superfood. It can be found in most asian food markets and can easily be added to a variety of foods or used as a supplement. If you don't think that seaweed could fit into your daily routine, or that it could offer you any benefits. Here are some benefits of seaweed and some ways you can add it into your daily diet routine.

Benefits of Seaweed in Your Daily Diet

There are three main benefits of having seaweed in your daily diet. Seaweed contains a large amount of Vitamin K. Vitamin K helps your blood cells clot when they need to. For example, if you are hurt or injured the Vitamin K that is stored in your system will help the blood cells form to clot around that injury. This prevents you from bleeding out and dying from that blood loss. Calcium is also contained in seaweed and members of the seaweed family, like kelp. Calcium can help with bone development. It can also help with your oral health and tooth development. Calcium can also help with your muscles contracting when necessary. 

The third benefit of seaweed in your daily diet is iron. Iron is necessary for a number of reasons. It helps improve your blood flow. It also helps you with your circulatory system. It is highly necessary and vital for expectant mothers and is one of the first things they check for in blood tests each time an expectant mother visits for check-ups. 

How to Add Seaweed to Your Diet Routine

You may be wondering how to add seaweed to your diet routine. One of the easiest ways is to find an organic, non-GMO, vegan supplement option and take it each day. You can also eat it in sushi recipes and can consume it each day. If you are an expectant mother make sure you are eating only cooked sushi with approved ingredients. You can also add seaweed in powder form or chopped form into soups and stews in place of kale or other leafy greens. It can, in addition, be added to salads. 

With these benefits, and easy ways to add seaweed to your diet, you can benefit from this superfood on a daily basis. Even if you just add it in as a supplement once or twice a week, the benefits will still amaze you. 

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