FUCUS ALGA.

• HELPS WEIGHT CONTROL
• IODINE DEFICIENCY

Fucus is a brown alga whose thallus is up to a meter long, ribbon-like and regularly branched. Its main components certainly include iodine, both as inorganic and organic iodine, other mineral salts, trace elements, vitamins, alginates and factors that help to exert metabolic purifying and tonifying activity. The alginate present in Fucus gives it a mild laxative action while, by virtue of its endocrine action, it is used in the therapy of psoriasis, a dermopathy in the genesis of which an imbalance in lipids also intervenes. In phytotherapy, due to its iodine richness, Fucus may be indicated in individuals with thyroid hypofunctionality by stimulating the synthesis of thyroid hormones in a balanced manner; the use of the alga is not indicated for hyperthyroid people. One of the techniques implemented in the treatment of overweight is to stimulate thyroid function in order to accelerate the processes of catabolism; Fucus Seaweed finds use at the beginning of a slimming treatment because, by promoting thyroid function and stimulating general turnover, it constitutes the starter of the slimming process, which does not occur at the expense of fat mass, but of lean mass, due to the increase in protein catabolism. The action of Fucus, which begins to become evident after at least three weeks, is mainly localized in the sites most rich in adipose tissue, such as the hips, thighs, etc....