Why are carageenan and all seaweeds illegal?
Piles and piles of medical research data were published about 20 years ago by Drs. Watts and Marcus of UK investigating a drug which had small molecules of (hydrolyzed) carrageenan. They reported that, after testing this product (miniscule amounts in the drinking water) of many species of animals including monkeys, that they all developed ulcerative colitis. Since it is impossible for me to find the analysis of all seaweeds and because carrageenan is one of the popular ones used by people on the Irish seacost, I felt “why fool around!” Let’s get better on [eating] things we are pretty sure about. Sorry about this as I like seaweed myself to be used in cooking.
