Kombu

Anticancer. Detoxification. Immune support. Like many sea vegetables, kombu contains fucoidans, molecules with a host of healing properties. Studies show that they bind to carcinogens to help move them out of the body. They seem to have a dual effect on the immune system, either enhancing or limiting immune response as needed. Fucoidans have also shown potential to relieve pain associated with inflammation due to arthritis, to reduce metabolic syndrome (which is associated with diabetes and cardiovascular disease), and to inhibit herpes viruses.