SPOTLIGHT: Sea Vegetables

I've never been a fan of sea food in any way, shape, or form so the eating of seaweed is pretty new to me. When I first went veg I greatly increased my soy intake because I replaced every meat and dairy product with a soy version. Soy binds iodine, which the thyroid needs, so if it's not available to the thyroid because it's bound to all that soy you can see that it can be bad for health over time. My thyroid swelled so bad I was having difficulty breathing! Knowing how important iodine is in the diet has been a good thing because I normally wouldn't think to add iodized salt to Oliver's blends and sea vegetables are certainly not something I would normally think to add if I didn't know how healthy it is to include some sources of iodine. Today I added some of the most beautiful sea vegetables to the afternoon blend. They come packed in salt in the refrigerated section of our Whole Foods. I have long used dried kelp, adding a few shakes to savory blends and a maybe a shake or two more on days I am using soy. It's easy to find that stuff at any health food store. If you are not including some form of iodine in your blends you should!