From sea moss gel to sweet apple gummies – the best ways of using seaweed to boost your body

NEW research has shown that a seaweed called ecklonia cava can help prevent Parkinson’s disease.

Seaweed is rich in antioxidants and can boost the immune system and lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

It contains vitamins A, D, E, C and B, and minerals including calcium, potassium, magnesium and iron.

Here’s how to get your hands on this popular algae to boost your health.

Sea moss gel

MYLA’S Moss is a gel with 90 per cent sea moss (a type of seaweed) from St Lucia, ten per cent filtered alkaline water and a dash of key lime juice.

Just add a couple of tablespoons a day into your smoothies, tea, porridge or food dishes to get the benefits.

It only lasts for three weeks in the fridge because it contains no preservatives.

The company was set up by a family who saw the benefits of sea moss on their daughter’s eczema.

Better in a smoothie than eaten off a spoon!

£15 for 340ml, mylasmoss.com.

Vegan capsules

DOCTOR Seaweed’s tablets use PureSea organic Hebridean ascophyllum nodosum seaweed powder, put into a vegan capsule.

According to experts, eating between 5g and 10g (dry weight) of some seaweeds per day can have nutritional benefits and these convenient tablets contain 350mg, so you know exactly how much you’re getting.

I love the fact that the seaweed comes from the Outer Hebrides.

I tried the plain pure organic seaweed tablets, which were easy to swallow.

But this company also has tablets for the menopause, beauty, focus and immunity, with specific vitamins added for each particular health issue.

£15 for a 30-day supply, doctorseaweed.com.

Sweet apple gummies

MYVITAMINS Sea Moss gummies are just that – seaweed in a gummy.

These taste great and have a sweet apple flavour. Sea moss – or to give its proper name chondrus crispus – is a nutrient-rich type of seaweed that grows along the coasts on both sides of the North Atlantic.

As well as sea moss, these have added vitamins C and D plus extra iodine to support your health and wellbeing.

Per serving there is 350mg of sea moss, all of your vitamin D, half of your vitamin C and a fifth of the nutritional reference value for iodine.

These also contain sweeteners, gelling agents, acidity regulators, flaxseed, canola and coconut oil.

On special offer at £16.79 for a month’s supply, myvitamins.com.