Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that humans and other animals must ingest because the body requires them for good health, but cannot synthesize them. Marine animals are high in EFAs, so many EFA supplements are sourced from them. This includes salmon...
Kelp is a brown leafy edible seaweed that grows along colder coastlines. Though it is typically thought to be a plant, technically speaking it is not. It does not contain more than one clearly differentiated tissue—making it, instead, a heterokont. Kelp has been...
Have you ever wondered why the salt you buy at the grocery store says “iodized salt” on it? It says this because the essential trace mineral iodine has been added to the salt during the packaging process. Many governments of the world started adding iodine...
