Seawater contains more than 100 minerals and would help control obesity, rheumatic pain and gastrointestinal problems.

 

Source of life on the planet, seawater has been the subject of study since time immemorial. Today scientists affirm that it contains no less than 103 minerals and that it has such a bioavailability that its beneficial components are easily absorbed and used by the human body. And not only taking baths in the sea.

The water in the oceans is drinkable, and it seems to produce more than one benefit. Even more: it is considered an ideal drink for high-performance athletes, since it balances salts and minerals lost through perspiration, avoiding the appearance of cramps and extreme fatigue.

The product has been subjected to examination by the University of Alicante and the Departments of Prevention and Treatment of Athlete's Injuries of the Catholic University of Murcia, which demonstrated its effectiveness as a mineral contribution to immediately deal with hypotonic hyponatremia in athletes. .

Currently in some countries such as Spain, and more and more Latin American countries, the culinary use of seawater as a nutritional supplement has been proposed. In other countries such as Japan, multiple ventures have been developed around seawater: among them, its use in medical treatments and as an excipient for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products.

How do you drink? In two ways: diluted or pure.

- When it is diluted it is called isotonic. It is prepared with three parts of drinking water and one part of sea water, in one liter. It can be used as drinking water or added to juices and infusions.

- In the case of pure seawater, we must speak of hypertonic water. It has a higher salinity than our body and is drunk to regulate intestinal transit, as a digestive, before meals to reduce appetite and anxiety, to salt food before cooking, as a mouthwash or for topical bath treatments. or dressings.

Source: Clarín newspaper (Argentina)