Wakame is a brown seaweed common in miso soup. It contains iodine, fucoidan and fucoxanthin, but human trials are few and none look at prostate or bla...
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Nutrient-dense foods such as spirulina, chlorella and moringa sold in concentrated form. Nutritious, but marketing often overstates the effects.
Wakame is a brown seaweed common in miso soup. It contains iodine, fucoidan and fucoxanthin, but human trials are few and none look at prostate or bla...
Kelp is a brown seaweed and one of the richest natural sources of iodine. It has no proven prostate benefit, and concentrated kelp supplements have be...
Bladderwrack is a brown seaweed rich in iodine, fucoidan and polyphenols. Its name refers to its air bladders, not to any proven benefit for the human...
Nori is the red seaweed used to wrap sushi. It supplies iodine, protein, minerals and pigments, but there are no human studies of nori for prostate or...
Beetroot is a vegetable rich in dietary nitrate. Beetroot juice modestly lowers blood pressure in trials, but small amounts of beet powder in capsules...
Prunes are dried plums rich in fiber and sorbitol. Randomized trials show whole prunes can increase stool weight and frequency, but they used servings...
Chlorella is a nutrient-rich freshwater green alga. Meta-analyses suggest modest benefits for cholesterol and blood pressure at gram-level doses, but ...
Spirulina is a protein-rich blue-green alga. Meta-analyses suggest it may modestly improve blood lipids at gram doses, but there is no good evidence i...
Moringa is a nutrient-rich tree leaf eaten as a food in many countries. Small human studies suggest possible effects on blood sugar and cholesterol, b...
Amla, or Indian gooseberry, is a sour fruit used in Ayurveda. Small trials suggest improvements in cholesterol, triglycerides and CRP, but there is li...