Functional foods in the ocean

Before marine nutritional supplements filled the shelves of health care stores, we had further confirmed the
probiotic properties
of seaweed, which derive many nutrients from
bigs
.seaweed is not only delicious, but also a source of nutrients that are good for your health. Like land-based plants, seaweed contains a large portion of the fiber, which is not digested when it reaches the colon. But do seaweed fibers have the same positive effect on human gut bacteria? This is a problem being
the EU-funded
HYFFI project.Their goal is to find out if the low molecular mass protein
LWMPS
) of seaweed fiber is as functional as
probiotics
;

CyberColloids

,
Sarah Hotchkiss
, of
,is the latest
for

definition is
'
is a
eelevertic
fermentation raw material that selectively alters the amount or vitality of beneficial bacteria
in the
main intestine

bacterium .
”
CyberColloids
one of the business partners
the
.as part of the study, they conducted
tests on the
10 LWMPS. These are used to culture human faeces, because
such as fibers in the
can interact with bacterial groups. Gas chromatography technology can measure fermented products. Scientists have found
compound called
CC2238 can significantly increase the total number of bacteria.addition, a seaweed compound in the genus Ishido, known as
CC2253
, can significantly increase the population of Bifidobacteria.

Narbad
, an intestinal microbiologist at the Norwich
Food Research Institute in the UK, said:

has a part that particularly stimulates the growth of Bifidobacteria.
Bifidobacteria is a probiotic added to many foods and has been shown to have many beneficial effects on the human body, such as immune function and antagonists.
"
microbiologist was not involved in the project., however, in-body screening results do not directly explain the potential of human health, because
many effects are lost in
human
trials.
a biochemist at the School of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen in
Lars Ove Dragsted
said:
"
" is necessary to prove biological activity on the human body.he
that the HYFFI project is a good
to identify potential bioactive
ingredients in foods such as seaweed.team conducted human trials on

60 volunteers at the Northern Ireland Food and
Centre
Ulster University. Unfortunately,
Hotchkiss
positive changes in the number of gut microbes they observed were not enough to prove
activity of
probiotics.

generally, it is necessary to demonstrate that
'
good
'
bacteria need to be shown that the selected growth of bacteria such as Bifidobacteria, Lactobacillus and rectal fungus inhibits the growth of other
'
bad
'
bacteria, especially Bacillus acrous and Bacillus difficile," he explains.
”However, she added that their study did not prove the
biobacteria
effect, but did not show that seaweed-derived fibers do not have this potential. She concludes: "
"
several projects are under way around the world, and academic literature shows that seaweed has probiotic potential.
”