What Is Fucus Vesiculosus?

Fucus is a brown algae that grows on rocks on the shore. It grows on the coast of Brittany, France, which is rich in marine life, and can be harvested at low tide. Its algae are dark brown, bifurcated branches, and flat angular leaves. Among them, glutamic acid with moisturizing properties can increase skin softness and smoothness. Women in Brittany are accustomed to mixing fucus with other marine plants into moisturizing lotions to soothe the skin after sun exposure. ^[1]

Algae perennial, flat or cylindrical, bifurcated branches or radial branches around the trunk

Marine products, growing on rocks in the mid-tidal zone, and on the rocks in the inner bay with less wind and waves, the algae branches flourish.

Most of them are in tropical and subtropical oceans, and some are in cold regions. It is distributed in the coastal areas of Liaoning and Shandong in China. It can reach a maximum of 300 meters, is very hard and has smooth roots. ^[1]

Fucoic acid is one of the main components of Fucus vesiculosus . Fucoid is a type of brown algae (seaweed). It has been found in animal experiments that calcium alginate can accelerate wound healing, but its effectiveness in humans has not been proven.

1. Improving immunity: Fucus extract can improve the body's immunity and promote the body's cellular immunity. There are many other foods that regulate immunity, and mushroom extract is one of them.

2. Aid in lowering blood lipids: The extract of Fucus algae contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids and dietary fiber, which can remove the cholesterol attached to the blood vessel wall, regulate the stomach and intestines, and the fiber component can also promote the excretion of bile acids and cholesterol.

3. Anti-cancer: The sodium alginate contained in the fucus extract has strong binding ability with carcinogenic strontium and cadmium, and excretes them; the fucus extract can selectively kill or inhibit the intestine Bacteria capable of producing carcinogens in the tract, Fucus oleracea extract has a direct inhibitory effect on various cancer cells.

4. Prevention and treatment of goiter: Fucus extract contains iodine and iodide, which can prevent and treat iodine-deficiency goiter.

5. Auxiliary blood pressure reduction: The amino acids, potassium salts, and calcium contained in the fucus extract can reduce the body's absorption of cholesterol and lower blood pressure. 6. Auxiliary hypoglycemia: Fucus polysaccharide contained in Fucoidan extract is an excellent dietary fiber. It can delay the time of gastric emptying and food passing through the small intestine after being consumed by diabetics. Therefore, even when the amount of insulin secretion is reduced, the blood glucose level will not rise, thereby achieving the purpose of treating diabetes.

7. Weight loss: Fucoidan extract contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can increase the satiety of obese people, and the Fucoidan extract has very low fat content and low calories, which is the ideal food for obese people to lose weight.

8. Calcium supplementation: Fucoidan extract is rich in calcium, which can prevent calcium deficiency in human body.

9, beauty, delay aging, hair care: Fucus extract can be beauty.