The powers of seaweeds have been drawn upon for centuries for their ability to prolong life, prevent disease, impart beauty and health. Worldwide research is continuously being done and brown seaweed has been found to be the most beneficial type. The soft inner part of the brown seaweed is squeezed out of the leaves and made into dry powder using a simple cold-temperature extraction process that retains the important organic elements. When taken with plenty of water, our natural products deliver all of the naturally occurring minerals and vitamins of Laminaria japonica in a soluble, bio-available form that is easily digestible. This seaweed is harvested from the Kuril Islands, where it grows the largest. Here the cold water flowing down from the Arctic meets the warm water from the south in a great swirl that forms the best habitat for all types of seafood, from the smallest shrimp to the largest whales. Our divers bring the seaweed to shore, where the huge Laminaria japonica leaves are hung across wooden fences to quickly dry in the sun in the traditional Japanese way. The seaweed is then transported to a plant where it is soaked in fresh water, which is retained so as not to lose the water-soluble polysaccharides. Within about eight hours the leaves return to their original size and the outer skin can be removed. All the heavy fivers are disposed of, and the remaining inner part is ground up. The resulting thick, rubbery substance is dried in a vacuum chamber without using heat so as not to lose any of the original nutrients. The benefits of brown seaweed have been known for centuries past by those cultures who use it. Our brown seaweed products are produced exclusively from the Laminaria japonica species. This species contains high levels of:

ALGINATES – are extremely effective organic elements that assist the body with detoxification.

ORGANIC IODINE – can boost the immune system and help support a healthy Thyroid gland which controls metabolism and can therefore assist with weight loss.

FUCOIDAN – can eliminate harmful cells, such as cancerous cells from the body.

LAMINARIN – A polysaccharide which can help in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Today, Fucoidan is the subject of more than 600 unsolicited, independent, third-party scientific studies that all validate its astonishing life-sustaining, immune-supporting properties. It’s hailed in such reputable medical journals as:

• Anticancer Research
• Infection and Immunity
• The British Journal of Pharmacology
• Nutrition and Cancer
• Developmental Biology
• The Journal of Molecular Immunology
• Journal of Neuroimmunology
• Antibiotics and Chemotherapy
• Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Working on both a cellular and sub-cellular level, FUCOIDAN boasts an almost endless list of health benefits. Based on the research, FUCOIDAN may just be the most powerful immune-supporting nutrient ever discovered!

Our brown seaweed is harvested from the clean, pristine waters of the Northern Pacific Ocean. Every batch is tested for impurities such as heavy metals and radioactive isotopes to ensure it’s purity.

One of the main qualities of Laminaria is its high content of alginates, which are enhanced by the extraction process used to produce BIOFILAM. Alginates are the most effective organic elements that enable the human body to get rid of heavy metals and toxins. Not all “algae” have alginates; blue or green algae does not. According to scientific testing, only this brown seaweed does! The unique method of extraction, as well as the quality of this seaweed, to produce Biofilam is some of the best in the world. BIOFILAM has about 55% of the highest quality of alginates.

The low-temperature processing of BIOFILAM causes sloughing off of the heavy outer fibers of the seaweed, while retaining the essential properties of the plant. This process further enhances its bio-availability, making the Laminaria more digestible. Forty five pounds of raw Laminaria are required to make one pound of BIOFILAM. Eating 8 capsules of extract a day provides the same amount of good, organic micro- and macro-elements contained in entire plate of this nutrient-rich seaweed. And, it is not cooked. The oldest Japanese recipes of preparing seaweed tell us to eat seaweed raw, rather than cooked. Modern science affirms that an anti-cancer substance called Fucoidan, as well as beneficial polysaccharides, will break down if the seaweed is cooked. This was determined when studies were performed on the Japanese island Okinawa, known for its lowest cancer death rate in Japan.

The combination these active ingredients in Laminaria Japonica make it an extremely effective detoxifier of heavy metals and radioactive elements. Together, these ingredients are ideal absorbers of toxins because they bond with these contaminants and promote their disposal outside the body. The toxins that we absorb from our environment can be linked with many diseases. For example, it is suspected that an accumulation of excess aluminum may contribute to a brain deterioration known as Alzheimer’s disease. Radiation from nuclear fallout, X-rays, microwaves, high-voltage power lines, televisions, computer monitors, cell phones and many other sources saturate people with radiation which can contribute to cellular distortion, leukemia and other forms of cancer, birth defects, anemia and other diseases. The elements found in Laminaria Japonica were first used in Chernobyl to treat victims of radioactive fallout with great success. Today research and testing is continuously done all over the world, confirming the beneficial nutritional and medical uses of brown seaweed. In fact, more and more beneficial uses for it are continuously discovered. People all over the world can claim to brown seaweed prolonging life and preventing disease by bolstering the immune system. It can protect against Thyroid cancer and other cancers, help decrease high blood sugar and cholesterol levels. It can detoxify the body from radioactive elements and other bio-chemical pollutants, over-processed foods infused with unnatural chemicals as well as the affects from use of drugs and alchohol. It can help with negative affects of poor nutrition and unbalanced diet, weight loss, hair and nail growth as well as much, much more.