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Seaweed for hunger pains.

MonaRaeHill
MonaRaeHill Posts: 145 Member
edited February 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Just realized that I had a bunch of agar-agar in my cupboard and had forgotten it's what I used when I lost weight before, to deal with hunger pains.

It sounds really complicated, but basically, you just put a teaspoon into a pan with 1/2 cup of cold water in it. Turn the burner on high, until it starts to simmer, turn the burner off, then while it thickens, stir a few times. If you are heating soup, it's a great thickener.

If you want to add it to smoothies, I recommend having a really good blender, as once it hits the cold ingredients, it tends to coagulate, it is seaweed, after all. :)

It's great to make vegan, raw food cheesecakes, if you don't happen to have any Irish Moss hanging around. It is definitely a tummy filler, and it's also really good for you (seaweeds main ingredient is Carrageenan).

I know, I know, Carrageenan (as a food additive) is unsafe. Both Irish Moss Seaweed AND Agar-Agar are NOT heavily processed, like the Carrageenan that gets processed, dried, and then stored, sometimes for many months, in giant vats, and then used as a food additive. The stuff I'm talking about is WHOLE food, straight from the sea, which has many health benefits, probably because it is a WHOLE food source, and not heavily processed.

Despite the research from Dr. Tobacman; I have never had any stomach distress from the WHOLE food. I've also experienced the other benefits mentioned by the article linked below. After all, Native Americans have been relying on seaweed straight from the source, as a food, for quite some time. But, like anything, if you DO notice distress, you just stop using it. Everyone is different, but I can tell you that I have numerous and sundry disorders, from the waist down, and I don't ever notice anything negative when I ingest it. :( The irish sea moss is trickier to use, but the idea is the same. If you want to use it, this is a good place to start:

http://www.rawbayarea.com/what-is-irish-moss/

If you want to read further on the controversy:

http://elainalove.com/2012/10/13/the-buzz-about-irish-moss/

Cheers.
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