"Worldwide research indicates that seaweed extract is similar to human blood plasma. Thus vitamins, micro and macro elements--zinc, selenium, iron, and iodine so necessary to everyday life--are pumped in to the blood and help to balance skin cells. Seaweed wraps and seaweed baths are becoming more and more popular as is seaweed used as a component in facial creams and masks. Modifilan is nothing else than high quality seaweed: Laminaria japonica without the heavy fibers which bind the nutrients and do not let them go easily into the blood and skin. One can see the difference between regular seaweed and Modifilan which works many times better."

What does MODIFILAN do? Boosts the immune system. Can help protect against thyroid cancer and other cancers. Helps to decrease high blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Detoxifies the body from heavy metals, radioactive elements, free radicals and toxins. Helps those who are overweight by improving the function of the gastro-intestinal tract. Improves the structure of hair and nails and help them to grow. Help to detoxify smokers from strontium and cadmium."

Ingredients

Extract from the brown seaweed, Laminaria japonica. Contains Vitamin B1(Thiamin), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B3 (Niacin), Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin), Vitamin E, Folic Acid, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Iodine, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Selenium, Zinc, Alginates (Algal Polysaccharides). Contains no yeast, milk, corn, wheat, soy, egg, salt, sugar, starch, preservatives, or artificial color.

Instructions

For powder: Take 1 1/2 tsp 1 times per day for 3 months after 1/2 tsp daily, in water or juice, before meals. Keep out of reach of children.

For capsules: 6–1 times per day for 3 months after 2 daily.

References and Research Info

Brown Seaweed Extract Could Fight Obesity
By Stephen Daniells

September 12, 2006–Supplementing the diet of obese rodents with a compound found in brown seaweed reduced weight by 10 per cent, and could be developed as a natural extract to help fight the growing human obesity epidemic, Japanese researchers told attendees at the 232nd national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco.

The research, funded by the Japanese government, is yet more innovation from the Asian country that has consistently been at the forefront of nutrition research.

Professor Kazuo Miyashita and his team from Hokkaido University, focussed their studies on the compound fucoxanthin, a brownish pigment not found in significant quantities in green or red seaweed.

Since fucoxanthin is tightly bound to proteins in the seaweed and not easily absorbed in the form of whole seaweed, said Miyashita, this means that extracts for weight-loss supplements, or even pharmaceuticals, will be the most efficient way of delivering the active form of the fucoxanthin.

Miyashita and his team extracted fucoxanthin from Undaria pinnatifida, a type of kelp also known as wakame, to 200 rats and mice. They found that the obese animals fed the seaweed extract had weight losses of between five and ten per cent.

The compound was reported to stimulate a protein found in the fat that surrounds internal organs (white adipose tissue), called UCP1, which causes fat oxidation and conversion of energy to heat. Since the abdominal area contains abundant adipose tissue, the compound might be particularly effective at shrinking oversized guts, Miyashita said.

This is the first time that a natural food component has been shown to reduce fat by targeting the UCP1 protein, he said.

The pigment is also reported to have stimulated the liver to produce the omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) at levels comparable to fish oil supplementation. Research has shown that DHA can reduce the levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, which is said to contribute to obesity and heart disease. No adverse side effects from fucoxanthin were reported in the mice and rats used in the study.

Whether such effects are reproducible in humans remains to be seen. Miyashita told attendees at the ACS meeting that human trials are planned, but cautioned that, if the results are positive, it may take three to five years before the anti-obesity pills are on the market.

"I hope that our study [points to a way to] help reduce obesity in the U.S. and elsewhere," said Miyashita.