Seaweeds, the “food factories” from the sea
Unlocking the secrets of seaweed could have major benefits for human health.
Marco Garcia-Vaquero
Marco Garcia-Vaquero is a postdoctoral researcher in University College Dublin (Ireland). His research interests include the extraction, purification and characterization of natural compounds from seaweed and other vegetable resources with potential applications in food, animal feed, pharmaceutic and cosmetic industries. You can find him on Twitter under the handle @seaweedmarco.
Seaweeds for a “broken heart”
Seaweed protein in your food could help you to reduce your blood pressure and the risk to suffer heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases.