THE WORLD’S BEST WAKAME POWDER, WILD GROWN AND HARVESTED FROM THE PRISTINE WATERS OF TASMANIA
REGENERATING CELLS, SKIN AND ELASTICITY
- Wholefood Nutritional Powerhouse
- Balanced Combination of Minerals
- Aids The Skin In Regenerating Cells
- Great Source of Vitamins
- Anti-Cancer Properties
- Promotes Elasticity
- Antioxidants
100% DUAL CERTIFIED ORGANIC INGREDIENT (ACO &USDA)
Wakame Powder
Vitamins: Beta Carotene (A), Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Niacin (B3), Pantothenic Acid (B5), Folic Acid (B9), Cobalamin (B12), Ascorbic Acid (C), Choline, Tocopherol (E), and K.
Minerals: Iodine (I), Iron (Fe), Magnesium (Mg), Phosphorous (P), Potassium (K), Selenium (Se), Sodium (Na), and Trace Minerals.
Essential Fatty Acids: Omega 3.
For all dogs, add to every meal. If you are adding Augustine’s SuperBoost into your dog's diet or making Augustine's SuperFood (recipes using tis product coming mid-December), you do not need to add additional wakame powder.
What is it?
Our Wakame (Undaria pinnatifida) seaweed is sustainably wild harvested from the incredibly pristine, icy cold waters flowing around Tasmania.
Wakame is an excellent source of vitamins and mineral and has one of the highest nutrient-to-calorie ratios (from a vegetarian source) of anti-inflammatory Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acid (EPA). The salty taste is not just salt but a balanced, chelated combination of sodium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, iron and trace minerals.
Also known as bladder locks and winged kelp, wakame is a leathery, deep-green sea vegetable traditionally used in Japanese cuisine to flavour salads and miso soup. Due to its high absorbency, dried wakame can expand to over 10 times its size when placed in liquid.
Due to its low calorie content, high nutrient density and savoury taste, wakame can be a nutritious component of nearly any diet, including weight loss plans. This seaweed can impart flavour to foods without adding excess fat or sugar, making it a calorie-saving alternative to richer ingredients. In addition, wakame contains a compound called fucoxanthin that can potentially stimulate fat burning.
Nutrition
The tiny calorie content in wakame is due to its low levels of fat and carbohydrates. It's also rich in vitamins and minerals, folate and soluble / insoluble fibre.
Weight control
Minerals and vitamins aren't the only thing scientists have found in this brown seaweed. It is said that chemists in Japan have discovered that wakame contains a compound, fucoxanthin, that seems to reduce the accumulation of fat in animals. Fucoxanthin gives wakame its brownish appearance and aids in photosynthesis. This compound appears to stimulate fat oxidation and encourages the liver to produce more DHA, a type of omega-3 fatty acid that helps reduce the bad cholesterol associated with heart disease and obesity.
Anti-Cancer properties
Wakame also seems to play a role in the prevention of cancer. A 2003 article in "Breast Cancer Research" reported that the sea vegetable is also rich in iodine. In a previous Japanese study on breast cancer, this trace element was found to suppress, and even kill mammary tumors. It is speculated that the iodine in wakame and other seaweeds that are so prevalent in Japanese cuisine are responsible for the relatively low breast cancer rate in both human males and females in Japan. This hypothesis is based on the observed increase in breast cancer rates among Japanese women who turned to a Western - style diet with less seaweed intake.
So what DOESN'T Augustine approve?
Additives, chemicals, colourings, dairy, fillers, flavourings, grains, gluten, GMOs, irradiation, meat or animal by-products, MSG, preservatives, synthetics, salts & sweeteners.
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