Nori sheets4/17/2023 When iodised salt consumption is reduced, it’s actually pretty easy for people to become iodine insufficient or deficient. These highly processed foods contain loads of poor quality (iodine-free) salt. This is because people are restricting their sodium intake in response to the dangers of consuming excess salt, or because their diet is full of processed convenience foods. Eating seaweeds can help you avoid iodine deficiency The article features a small company testing out a concept that would enable large-scale, open-ocean farming… That once economically feasible, one day could provide a source of clean, sustainable, non-polluting source of energy to compete with fossil fuels. If you have another 10-15 minutes, this article is a good read – farming the future of biofuel in the pacific. Any negative effects that this industry may have on coastal marine environments would need to be minimised – or this also is not sustainable. However, awareness is developing regarding the environmental side effects, which may occur as a consequence of rapidly increasing seaweed cultivation globally. Large production of seaweed for food, animal feed and biofuels could represent a transformational change in the global food security – and in the way we view and use the oceans. Seaweed farming is often considered as the least environmentally damaging form of aquaculture. Said crop would be good for people’s health and actually leave the environment better than it found it. It gets all it needs from its’ environment, and under optimal conditions can grow almost six inches a day. Requires little or no input of fertilisers, fresh water resources, or medicines. ![]() ![]() Let’s say there is a crop that requires you to plant and harvest, but not much more than that. Read on and you might actually find yourself kelp-ifying your food! Seaweed, a sustainable crop Still, aside from the occasional sushi, the vast majority of us are not really eating seaweed with any frequency. Vast and widely unexplored, the oceans are a veritable source of nutritional sustenance and among them – the edible seaweeds. Here’s why you should be eating more of this superfood from the sea. And, that stuff isn’t as good for you as you think – but the nori is.
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