Interesting coincidence: Rachel read an article about harvesting seaweed
recently since we have been having miso soup rather often.
took advantage of the extra low tide and harvested some Fucus distichus for
our miso soup tonight and the rest goes into the dehydrator for later use.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 1:08 PM Domingo Pichardo <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
4 Fucoidan Health Benefits (Including Cancer) + Side Effects - SelfHacked
<https://selfhacked.com/blog/health-benefits-fucoidan/>
4 Fucoidan Health Benefits (Including Cancer) + Side Effects - SelfHacked
A polysaccharide from seaweed, fucoidan may help fight cancer and viral
infections & prevent osteoarthritis. Lea...
<https://selfhacked.com/blog/health-benefits-fucoidan/>
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan
Clinical Summary
Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide found in the cell walls of many
species of brown seaweed. In vitro studies show that it has antitumor,
antiangiogenic (2)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-2>
(3)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-3>
(4)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-4>
(5)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-5>
(6)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-6>
(7)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-7>,
antiviral (15)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-15>
(16)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-16>,
antiarthritic (18)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-18>,
and immunomodulatory (17)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-17>
effects.
Fucoidan also exhibited neuroprotective (11)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-11>
(12)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-12>,
radioprotective (13)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-13>,
and antiulcer (14)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-14>
properties.
In animal models, fucoidan exerts anti-inflammatory effects to protect
against various organ injuries (19)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-19>
(20)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-20>
(21)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-21>
and
improved inflammatory pathology of acute colitis (22)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-22>.
Although a high molecular weight fucoidan did not improve outcomes in mice
following intracerebral hemorrhage, it is suggested that
low-molecular-weight fucoidans have increased therapeutic potential and
should be evaluated for this purpose (23)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-23>
.
In humans, dietary fucoidan modulates platelet aggregation via
anti-thrombotic effects (24)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-24>.
In overweight or obese adults, fucoidan over 3 months decreased diastolic
blood pressure and LDL cholesterol, and increased insulin secretion (25)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-25>.
Fucoidan also decreased pro-viral load in a small group of patients with
human T-lymphotropic virus type-1-associated neurological disease (26)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-26>.
Fucoisan
consumption for one month prior to influenza vaccination may boost
post-vaccination antibody production in immune-compromised elderly (27)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-27>
.
Preclinical data suggest that fucoidan can help relieve
cyclophosphamide-induced intestinal mucosal injury by altering gut flora,
resulting in reduced inflammation (30)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-30>.
Oral fucoidan in a small group of volunteers improved mobilization of
hematopoietic progenitor stem cells with high levels of CXCR4 expression
(28)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-28>.
In advanced cancer patients, fucoidan coadministration enabled patients to
continue chemotherapy, regulated fatigue (29)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-29>,
and reduced levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (31)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-31>
.
Because fucoidan demonstrates anticoagulant (8)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-8>
(9)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-9>
and
antithrombotic (10)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-10>
activities,
it may have additive effects when taken with anticoagulants. In a small
study of breast cancer patients, co-administration of fucoidan with either
of two hormonal therapies, letrozole or tamoxifen, was well tolerated and
did not result in any clinically significant interactions (35)
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-35>
Fucoidan
Fucoidan is a polysaccharide found in the cell walls of many species of
brown seaweed.
<https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/fucoidan#references-35>
.
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