Title: Seaweed provides vitamins, minerals and antioxidants - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Headings: Seaweed provides vitamins, minerals and antioxidants
Seaweed provides vitamins, minerals and antioxidants
Content: One sheet has as much fiber as a cup of raw spinach. Nori contains vitamins C, A, B-12 and taurine, a chemical that is a required building block of protein. For a fun snack, brush sesame oil on nori strips, toast in the oven at a low heat to make delicious sesame nori chips. • Dulse – This reddish seaweed, available in flakes, is great as seasoning on salads, vegetables and soups. Dulse contains protein, iron and sodium and is a good source for B vitamins such as riboflavin, niacin, B-6 and B-12. Try a dulse salad for lunch or dinner. In a bowl, tear 4 cups of watercress and 1 cup of dulse into pieces, sprinkle with 1 cup of crumbled goat cheese and dress with olive oil and lemon. • Arame – This brown stringy sweet-tasting seaweed is often found in health food stores or Asian markets and is usually purchased as dried strands that can be soaked in cold water for 5 minutes and made ready to use. Arame offers essential nutrients such as calcium, iron, zinc, manganese, folate, vitamins A and K and iodine. Because of its noodle-like texture, it works nicely in pasta dishes.