Saturday, February 9, 2008

Health Benefits From the Kelp Forest

Life EssentialsSea vegetables, like kelp grow in abundance in the kelp forest of Nova Scotia and provide organic iodine, which is crucial as a nutrient when taken internally. These natural sources of iodine are essential for a healthy thyroid. Kelp forest extracts in particular, with its balance of natural iodine with other minerals, vitamins and trace elements, is considered a body balancer, promoting adrenal, pituitary and thyroid health. The bio-availability of organic iodine in natural kelp forest liquid kelp can assist in normalizing thyroid disorders, obesity and lymph system congestion. Digita Laminaria from the kelp forest detoxifies and eliminates heavy metals and toxins, very effectively helping to purify the blood.

Liquid kelp from the kelp forest of Nova Scotia can be used effectively for weight loss by aiding in eliminating excess stores of fat and fluids. Its easily absorbed organic minerals and trace minerals provide energy and stamina, while organic vitamins boost the immune system and act as viral protectors, all from Nature's own kelp forest.

Seaweed from the kelp forest contains natural digestive enzymes help the body’s metabolic and digestive systems with assimilation. Liquid kelp, extracted from the kelp forest in its concentrated form, is very quickly assimilated, with just an ounce providing the recommended daily dosage. The kelp forest liquid form is soothing to a sensitive or troubled digestive system, aiding greatly in treating recurrent constipation and gastric bloating.

Topically, liquid kelp forest extracts have added benefits, promoting healthier skin, hair and nails. Misting kelp forest liquid onto the skin helps regenerate and firm skin while protecting against moisture loss.

Liquid kelp is extracted from one of the best species of kelp forest vegetation, Laminaria Digitata, which produces the highest levels of organic iodine and other nutrients, including over 70 vitamins, minerals, amino acids and trace elements. Farmed from the kelp forest of Nova Scotia, this kelp is cold water grown, so it has the best nitrogen levels. Laminaria Digitata is an arterial cleansing agent, giving tone to the walls of blood vessels and reducing deposits in the arteries while restoring their elasticity. It also strengthens the circulatory system and helps to lower cholesterol. The kelp forest plant extracts and assimilates vital minerals from ocean water and miraculously converts them from unavailable inorganic substances to available organic minerals that our bodies can then use for overall health.

What Is Flower Pollen Extract?

Life EssentialsFlower pollen extract has an extremely rich history, first used in Sweden where it has shown tremendous health aid for both men and women. Flower pollen extract is entirely different from bee pollen. Flower pollen extract is made up of several strains of specific organic grass and flower plants, which is the reproductive fluid of the plant, which has spiky coating, dust, fungi, and other allergens removed. This liberates the potent nutritional portion that fertilizes grasses and plants, virtually eliminating any of the allergenic effects that are associated with raw pollen.

Flower pollen extracts are gathered directly from plants in the field, as the husks that contain bacteria, fungi, toxins, and pollutants that cause hay fever and other allergies are removed through an enzyme-based process. By using non-toxic methods, both the water and fat-soluble portions are obtained which are rich in vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, amino acids, enzymes, proteins, phytosterols, lipids, ribonucleic acids, peptides, and fatty acids. Surprisingly, flower pollen extract is unusually rich in all of these nutrients, as well as many others.

Flower pollen extract should not be confused with the bee pollen that is sold at health food stores, as flower pollen extract is harvested hours before the bees arrive and is collected from specific plants that are grown in specific greenhouses or fields. Bees go from plant to plant, making their pollen an eclectic mixture, so it is hard to create a therapeutic effect from a supplement of such uncertainty, but flower pollen uses very specific extracts.

Flower pollen has been suspected to be a non-hormone method of helping women who experience PMS, making it an important contribution to public health. In order to determine whether this assumption was true, first a small study was done for premenstrual syndrome. Although patients knew they were receiving an intended remedy, flower pollen extract showed a positive outcome. After these results, a second, much larger study was done on women with PMS. The results were very impressive. Thirty-two women aged 27 to 50 years old were studied after giving two months of active treatment. The results showed that overall symptoms were lowered significantly by about 27 to 57 percent. Premenstrual weight gain was also reduced by 50 percent compared to those women who were taking a placebo. These results show that using flower pollen extract as a herbal therapy can provide substantial symptomatic relief of PMS with minimal risk of adverse effects.