Disease Proof
Wakame What?
More magic beans for sale! If you’re a fan of the obesity-fighting Korean pine nut, then you’ll love Wakame. What the hell is Wakame? According to Reuters, brown seaweed that could promote weight-loss and have anti-diabetes effects:
At the 232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting in San Francisco today, Dr. Kazuo Miyashita from Hokkaido University reported seeing significant reductions in fat tissue in rats and obese mice fed the edible seaweed carotenoid fucoxanthin.
"The mechanism for this effect is a new one," Dr. Miyashita points out in a statement, explaining that fucoxanthin induces expression of the fat-burning protein UCP1 that accumulates in fat tissue around the internal organs. Mice fed fucoxanthin showed clear signs of UCP1 expression in fat tissue, whereas mice fed a control diet showed little expression of this protein.
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