Anyone hear about Sea Vegg? Its a supplement on television by Scott Kennedy. It's suppost to be the nutrition from seaweed and you can't get it anywhere else. It's suppost to be better then any land fruit or vegetable etc.. Don't just flame it if you don't have evidence. If it made it to television, and makes logical sense it could possibly work? Any input.
Sea Vegg (Supplement)
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The only requirement to make it to television is the funding needed to film and distribute an infomercial.
Work for what? I'm sure it has some nice vitamins and minerals in it. Big deal. So does food. So do multivitamins that don't cost an arm and a leg.
Wow, $40 for a month's supply and its just vitamins and minerals.
i'm sorry, but being on tv doesn't mean squat. and I don't see how it makes logical sense.
asking someone if they've ever felt road rage, then asking if they watch judy judy, which they do, you can then logically deduce that watching judy judy causes road rage.
try em if you like and let us know, but it sounds like another BS supplement to me.
Work for what? I'm sure it has some nice vitamins and minerals in it. Big deal. So does food. So do multivitamins that don't cost an arm and a leg.
Wow, $40 for a month's supply and its just vitamins and minerals.
i'm sorry, but being on tv doesn't mean squat. and I don't see how it makes logical sense.
asking someone if they've ever felt road rage, then asking if they watch judy judy, which they do, you can then logically deduce that watching judy judy causes road rage.
try em if you like and let us know, but it sounds like another BS supplement to me.
Well it makes sense, at least to me because its nutrition from the sea. Something with the sun and salt water. We normally don't have that in our diet.
I'm just looking to add to my supplements. Right now I only take fish oil or flaxseed oil. I've noticed less inflammation and my skin heals quicker. Thats what im mainly looking for. (I've found sea vegg for $30)
I'm just looking to add to my supplements. Right now I only take fish oil or flaxseed oil. I've noticed less inflammation and my skin heals quicker. Thats what im mainly looking for. (I've found sea vegg for $30)
Re: Sea Vegg (supplement)
"...a decent multi-vitamin, flaxseed oil, and creatine are the only supplements worth your time."
That's a pretty good basic list in theory. But there are some problems with multivitamins (even decent ones):
* Most contain synthetic vitamins. While some claim this is theoretically better, there is research to suggest that the body absorbs and utilizes vitamins differently when they are in natural form (i.e. in a plant). There are many compounds like enzymes and polysaccharides that are not included in multivitamins which affect absorption and utilization. Realizing this, many manufacturers now claim 'whole food sourced' and/or include token amounts of a few cheap enzymes.
* Hard tablets often do not get broken down by the body, and pass right through into the stool. Hospital workers report finding undigested multivitamin tablets when cleaning out bedpans, and they have a name for them, "bedpan bullets". This makes sense when you realize how vitamin tablets are made. Vitamin and mineral powder is mixed with glue (glue!) and pressed into a tablet. Often there is heat involved, which is the enemy of nutrients.
* Minerals. Even multivitamin capsules usually contain elemental minerals, which are basically the equivalent of rock powder. Decent multi's may contain chelated minerals which have a higher absorption, but still pales in comparison with natural plant minerals. This is where seaweed starts looking good, because our farm soils are depleted of minerals and have been for a long time. Good luck finding broccoli with 60 trace minerals. Vitamins cannot be utilized by the body without minerals.
Seaweed (or 'sea vegetable' as some clever marketers like to call it) is a truly amazing and nutritious food. Because it grows in the ocean, seaweed does not suffer from the mineral limitations of our worn-out soil (U.S. Senate Document #264), and contains all known oceanic trace minerals. Seaweed also contains a known anti-cancer compound called fucoidan, lots of fiber, enzymes, Omega fatty acids, polysaccharides, etc. But personally, I do have 2 negative issues with seaweed: 1) the taste, and 2) the smell! That's why I'm a big fan of seaweed capsules. But I'm not impressed with Sea Vegg. If you look at their capsules, you see immediately that they are a dead brown color. It almost looks like someone just filled the capsules with dirt. Plus, their label is ridiculous. Every other ingredient is misspelled, and some of their claims (like “80 trace minerals”) are exaggerated. I take a product called Living Sea, which is made by iGem Health. They claim to have the freshest seaweed capsules, and they're not joking; their product is a beautiful dark green color, and get this -- I opened a capsule and poured the powder into a glass of water, and after a few minutes, there were actually large pieces of fresh-looking seaweed leaf floating in the glass! Seriously, it looked like it was still alive, like I had just pulled it out of the ocean. I don't know what kind of process they use to preserve this stuff, but that really impressed me. I'm going to write to them and tell them they should do my experiment and put it up on their website (. Anyway, I've been taking their product for a couple months, and I definitely feel better. I had dry skin on my face which cleared up, and so did my constipation. So I'm already saving money on moisturizer and laxatives.
Hopefully I'll see more benefits as time goes on. But if you are using Sea Vegg or something else that's working for you, that's great, and I wish everyone the best of luck (and health)!
"...a decent multi-vitamin, flaxseed oil, and creatine are the only supplements worth your time."
That's a pretty good basic list in theory. But there are some problems with multivitamins (even decent ones):
* Most contain synthetic vitamins. While some claim this is theoretically better, there is research to suggest that the body absorbs and utilizes vitamins differently when they are in natural form (i.e. in a plant). There are many compounds like enzymes and polysaccharides that are not included in multivitamins which affect absorption and utilization. Realizing this, many manufacturers now claim 'whole food sourced' and/or include token amounts of a few cheap enzymes.
* Hard tablets often do not get broken down by the body, and pass right through into the stool. Hospital workers report finding undigested multivitamin tablets when cleaning out bedpans, and they have a name for them, "bedpan bullets". This makes sense when you realize how vitamin tablets are made. Vitamin and mineral powder is mixed with glue (glue!) and pressed into a tablet. Often there is heat involved, which is the enemy of nutrients.
* Minerals. Even multivitamin capsules usually contain elemental minerals, which are basically the equivalent of rock powder. Decent multi's may contain chelated minerals which have a higher absorption, but still pales in comparison with natural plant minerals. This is where seaweed starts looking good, because our farm soils are depleted of minerals and have been for a long time. Good luck finding broccoli with 60 trace minerals. Vitamins cannot be utilized by the body without minerals.
Seaweed (or 'sea vegetable' as some clever marketers like to call it) is a truly amazing and nutritious food. Because it grows in the ocean, seaweed does not suffer from the mineral limitations of our worn-out soil (U.S. Senate Document #264), and contains all known oceanic trace minerals. Seaweed also contains a known anti-cancer compound called fucoidan, lots of fiber, enzymes, Omega fatty acids, polysaccharides, etc. But personally, I do have 2 negative issues with seaweed: 1) the taste, and 2) the smell! That's why I'm a big fan of seaweed capsules. But I'm not impressed with Sea Vegg. If you look at their capsules, you see immediately that they are a dead brown color. It almost looks like someone just filled the capsules with dirt. Plus, their label is ridiculous. Every other ingredient is misspelled, and some of their claims (like “80 trace minerals”) are exaggerated. I take a product called Living Sea, which is made by iGem Health. They claim to have the freshest seaweed capsules, and they're not joking; their product is a beautiful dark green color, and get this -- I opened a capsule and poured the powder into a glass of water, and after a few minutes, there were actually large pieces of fresh-looking seaweed leaf floating in the glass! Seriously, it looked like it was still alive, like I had just pulled it out of the ocean. I don't know what kind of process they use to preserve this stuff, but that really impressed me. I'm going to write to them and tell them they should do my experiment and put it up on their website (. Anyway, I've been taking their product for a couple months, and I definitely feel better. I had dry skin on my face which cleared up, and so did my constipation. So I'm already saving money on moisturizer and laxatives.
Hopefully I'll see more benefits as time goes on. But if you are using Sea Vegg or something else that's working for you, that's great, and I wish everyone the best of luck (and health)!