GyuButa Shabu and Japanese Restaurant : Benefits of Wakame Seaweed

Wakame is a thin and stringy sea vegetable, or edible seaweed. Its color is deep green, it has a sweet flavor and it is normally used in making Miso Soup and Seaweed Salad.

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Seaweed Salad

This seaweed is one of the healthiest food you can eat. It's not only high in nutrition, but also low in calories and fat and, in fact, it's actually said to help burn fat as well as helping to build a good immune system.

Here are the benefits of wakame.

1. It can lower your blood cholesterol which is the cause of many other sicknesses such as hypertension (high blood pressure), heart disease and stroke.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112724809/hereditary-cholesterol-overlooked-110212/

2. It can prevent you from constipation.

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3. It is high in calcium. Each 100 grams of raw wakame contains 150 milligrams of calcium.

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4. It provides Iron which is essential for the production of red blood cells and prevents you from anemia (a decrease in number of red blood cells). It's good especially for woman.

http://www.99healthplus.com/2012/anemia-caused-due-to-decrease-or-fault-in-red-blood-cells-production/

5. It provides vitamins A, C, E, and K which are good for skin health and repair. It also provides vitamin D which helps your body to absorb calcium better for healthy bones and enhances the nervous, muscle, and immune systems.