Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology (INE): Body Freedom Foundations – Pillar 5: Diet – Sea Veggies – Mineralizing Miracles
Body Freedom Foundations
Pillar 5: Diet
Sea Veggies – Mineralizing Miracles
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Sea vegetables provide all 56 minerals and trace elements required for the human body’s physiological functions in quantities greatly exceeding those of land plants. Many sea vegetables contain powerful healing benefits, including the presence of beneficial iodine.
Learn how to teach clients to enjoy the incredible benefits of this often overlooked food!
Action Plan
#1: Learn about the amazing nutritional benefits of sea vegetables.
Greens From the Sea ebook: Sea vegetables are filled with difficult-to-get minerals and nutrients in a concentrated form. Research shows that eating sea vegetables on a regular basis supports the endocrine system, especially the thyroid gland.
People who eat sea vegetables regularly are less likely to experience osteoporosis, fatigue, and adrenal exhaustion.
The Incredible Health Benefits of Sea Vegetables: Sea vegetables have been studied and used in clinical practice and shown to have many health benefits.
For example, the effects of regular Kombu consumption can be resolution of coronary artery disease, healthier liver function, higher metabolic rate, faster food transit time, lower LDL cholesterol, and higher HDL cholesterol blood levels.
#2: Add a minimum of 1/2 to 1 ounce of sea veggies to the diet each week.
Target clients to eat 1/2 to 1 ounce a week of sea vegetables to start. If they have more serious health issues, it may benefit them to increase consumption to 5 grams a day.
#3: Learn how to make a basic sea vegetable salad.
If sea vegetables are brand new for your client, it’s easy to get started. To make a basic sea vegetable salad, simply have them soak the sea vegetables in water to soften. Drain, reserving the soak water for future use.
I usually do equal amounts of sea and land vegetation, like carrots or cucumbers. Kale, collard greens, and cabbage make great additions as well. Combine the sea vegetable with the land vegetable and pour a sauce or marinade over them. Let it stand at least 15 minutes to absorb flavor.
One of my favorite marinades contains ginger, garlic, sesame oil, lime juice, cayenne, and salt. In cooking, dried sea vegetables can be added directly to soups, stews, or to the cooking liquid of beans or rice.
When reconstituted, sea vegetables expand three to seven times their original volume, so small amounts go a long way.
Easy Sea Veggie Starting Ideas:
- Irish moss makes a great pudding.
- Nori makes a great wrap.
- Dulse and bullwhip kelp are easy to eat as a snack.
- Arame makes a great salad.
- Add a handful of soaked sea vegetables to a nut or seed paté, cracker, or dehydrated veggie burger recipe.
- Put some into a blended soup or smoothie.
#4: (Optional/Extra) Watch additional sea veggie videos from the VITAL Community.
As long as you maintain your VITAL Community premium membership, you’ll have access to these sea veggie videos.
- Green Miracles from Under the Sea
- Sea Veggie Recipes That Nourish Your Thyroid: Healing and Hormone Balancing Harvests From the Ocean
#5: (Advanced) Increase weekly consumption of sea veggies to 1.5 – 3 ounces per week.
Advanced Action Challenge: According to Dr. Ryan Drum, noted herbalist and sea vegetable gatherer and an international expert on sea vegetables, 3-5 pounds of sea vegetables will fully mineralize an adult human for one year!
He claims his personal consumption to be about 10 pounds a year (that’s about 3 ounces per week). If your client is up to the challenge, have them increase their consumption to help fully mineralize the body.
