Healthy junkfood ?????

[Lady C]

On geez, what next?

Healthy junkfood with seaweed alginate

The problem is that a lot of people don't enjoy many of the foods that are high in fibre, like fruit and vegetables, yet to consume the recommended daily amount of fibre they would have to eat a lot of these types of foods.

By University of Newcastle upon Tyne, The highly-fibrous seaweed extract, alginate, could be used to increase the fibre content of cakes, burgers and other types of food which usually contain large amounts of fat and a low degree of healthy nutrients, say British scientists.

Scientists at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne publish their findings in the academic journal Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, in a paper detailing alginate's many benefits to the body. The research paper examines the properties of a brown-coloured seaweed called Lessonia and Laminaria, found in the Far East, South America and parts of Norway and Scotland. The seaweed is processed in the laboratory to produce the extract, alginate, a carbohydrate compound which is a tasteless and odourless off-white coloured powder.

The paper shows that alginate has been proved to strengthen mucus, the body's natural protection of the gut wall, can slow digestion down, and can slow the uptake of nutrients in the body.

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[maverick]

Good, now I can SLOWLY digest massive amounts of saturated fat.

[Maxgain]

You think thats bad now because children wont eat vegetables they are selling ice creams with vegetable pieces in them. Now that has to be good for you lets not count the other few hundred cals of fat and sugar.

[spinner]

I think it is better than giving kids to eat crap. This is not the educative way and still better than nothing.

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by spinner

I think it is better than giving kids to eat crap. This is not the educative way and still better than nothing.

It's best not to give your kids crap, or crap foods made "healthier" by the addition of things like seaweed. Teach them to eat properly when they're young and it's easiest to learn.