Posted by IsoM on January 7, 2002, at 1:19:47
In reply to Re: Recovered and Happy! No More Drugs for Me!! » Dolphin, posted by Cam W. on January 7, 2002, at 0:03:44
hi Cam. I can no longer keep my mouth shut, but still, I'm going to be as kind as possible., but honest.
Here's the rundown on these "sea vegetables" from the Lifeforce site itself:
"9 FULLY-RIPENED SEA VEGETABLES—
(Fucus Gardneri, Ulva Lactuca, Alaria Valida, Nereocystis Luetkeana, Laminaria, Ulva Linza, Gigartina, Costaria
Costata, Phodymenia Pertusa). Rich in enzymes, our
sea vegetables are a good source of “organic” trace minerals, which help the body naturally detoxify itself. Our sea vegetables are harvested from the pristine ocean waters in an area referred to as the “Regeneration Zone.” This zone is free from herbicides, pesticides and heavy metal contamination, and are in a constant state of nutrient enrichment."Amazing, how this part of the ocean doesn't seem to mix its waters with the polluted waters of the rest of the world's oceans. I never thought that ocean waters were stagnant before, how else could its waters stay separate from the rest of the world? Here’s the rundown on the algae listed:
Fucus gardneri: an alga that grows in the upper intertidal zone often attached to rocks, hence the common name 'rockweed'.
Ulva lactuca: familiarly called sea lettuce.Any kid playing along the shores has seen it. Sometimes eaten as green laver in Oriental diets.
Alaria valida: a variety of winged kelp belonging to the brown algae family. Abundant in low intertidal & shallow subtidal zones.
Nereocystis luetkeana: commonly called bladder or ribbon kelp, the most plentiful kelp species found in underwater kelp forests.
Laminaria: a number of different species of brown kelp also found in low intertidal zones.
Ulva linza: a related species of algae to sea lettuce.
Gigartina: a number of species in the genus, Gigartina, a red kelp commonly found in the Pacific.
Costaria costata: commonly called ribbed or seersucker kelp, another member of the brown kelp family.
Phodymenia pertusa: I find no information on this one, perhaps it’s using an outdated Latin name.
What I find interesting is that most of these kelps & algae are found in low intertidal zones, yet the company claims it harvests these ‘sea vegetables’ at a depth of 200’. Who’s around to prove where they harvest the kelp from? And while kelp is a good food, strange that it alone has all the nutrients necessary for life that land plants don’t have. I had no idea that some ocean waters could be so pristine either. How’d they manage that?
Bottom line is if it works for some people, placebo or what, all they’re losing is their money, not their health.
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> What are "sea vegetables"? What you are describing sounds like manna, or more frighteningly, "Soylent Green". If these "vegetables" are what the company claims, don't you think some scientist, or more likely some major food manufacturing conglomerate, would have us eating these "vegetables" three times daily, to improve our nutrition?
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> Secrets like this cannot be kept, especially by those who have to use Amway-like marketing to ditribute their product. Why not sell retail? If the product is as you have described, the owners of the product, or it's extraction process, would be billionaires within a week, if placed on the open market.
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> It also seems highly unlikely that "every vitamin, mineral, bioflavinoid,...." would be found in one or three "sea vegetables". Surely, a find like this would have made the cover of Nature, or at least, NEJM. BTW, most toxins and all heavy metals, are heavier than seawater, and would appear in even the soil of the Arctic Ocean. Also, plants such as "sea vegetables" would require photosynthesis. I'm sorry, but this also leaves me in the dark. Although there is some plant life below the ice of the Arctic Ocean, it would not be in the form of vegetables.
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> All I ask is that you provide the names of these "sea vegetables"; just the genus and species. If the company cannot do that, then they are bordering on fradualent activity. I will stake my reputation on it. - Cam
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> "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." - Carl Sagan
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> "There's a sucker born every minute." - P.T. Barnum
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> "Doh!" - Homer Simpson
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