A new study revealed that brown seaweed could be a promising strategy for blood glucose management. Dr. Joe Whittington comments on how this could prevent type 2 diabetes in patients.

Brown seaweed could be a great nutritional supplement for some diabetes patients. A new South Korean study, published in the journal Nutrients, revealed that eating certain algae could be a ...

Seaweed farming, a longstanding tradition in Asia for more than a hundred years, is now gaining a place on U.S. shores. ... In 2018, seaweed experts believed that sugar kelp, a large brown seaweed ...

Growing seaweed requires no farmland, fertilizer, irrigation, or pesticides. ... results that have a greater bearing on the brown kelp species than on green species such as sea lettuce.

Most seaweed is grown or harvested from natural stocks in Asia. There is small-scale domestic production and wild-harvesting of seaweed in the US, despite a rising demand mainly supplied through ...

Seaweed farms are a far cry from the rows of corn and wheat that make up monoculture farming on land. But even as they signify new opportunities, they present ecological risks, many of them unknown.

Seaweed farmers choose strains that are resilient, fast-growing, and tolerant to many conditions — precisely the traits, scientists warn, that could allow them to overwhelm their habitat and ...

Major players in the seaweed cultivation market are Acadian Seaplants Limited, Cargill Incorporated, DuPont de Nemours Inc. , Irish Seaweeds, Beijing Leili Marine Bioindustry Inc. (Leili Group ...

Every summer since 2011, the brown seaweed Sargassum has blanketed beaches along the Atlantic and Caribbean coasts, hurting local ecosystems and economies. Warmer temperatures have led to ...

Discover how India’s seaweed cultivation is fueling the blue economy, supporting coastal livelihoods, and driving sustainable ...