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Since watching a video on youtube titled "What fucoidan has done for me," I've been researching Brown Seaweed, and trying various products. I've found 5 species of Seaweed being used to make "fucoidan" products. I break these into two classifications: the first is a plant dried (freeze dried is the best) and ground into powder, and the second is a cold water extraction of fucoidan. Although fucoidan is getting the majority of publicity, there are several other compounds/molecules in Brown Seaweed which are good for your health. Fucoxanthin is in the pigment of the plant, and causes fat cells to release fat. Alginates carry out heavy metals, such as lead and mercury. Laminarin modestly thins your blood. Fucoidan is a polysaccharide, and induces apopotosis (kills) cancer cells, and cuts off the development of capillaries to tumors. It encourages stem cells to go to an area of injury. It agglutinates pathogens (grabs them and pulls them apart). It gives you an energy boost, and could very well reverse the aging process. I've become an advocate for taking one dried plant supplement, and one concentrated fucoidan supplement. The least expensive of the dried plant supplements is bladderwrack. The high end is the Modifilan/Biofliam harvested from Laminaria Japonica, which is similar to aloe vera. The gel is scraped out of the plant and cool dried, but here is no cold water extraction process. At the low end of the ground plant supplements, but still good products, are Swanson's full spectrum Bladderwrack, and Nature's Way bladderwrack. The best combination I've found to date is Biofilam and Dr.'s Best Fucoidan. I've also used Solaray Bladderwrack with Dr.'s Best fucoidan, and like that combination. I've used Swanson's fucoidan alone, and liked it. My 79 year old business partner takes one Swansons fucoidan daily along with one Swanson full spectrum bladderwrack, and has a lot of energy from them. The fucoidan extracts give you a nice lift. I've felt that from Swanson's, and even more so from Dr.'s Best. I had a rather strange experience with Absonutrix fucoidan extract and don't recommend it. I like the Life Extension product, but it doesn't give me the lift that Dr.'s Best does. If you are low on money, and only want to take one fucoidan supplement, I'd recommend one Nature's Way bladderwack daily. You will experience benefits from it. The next step is to add a bladderwrack to a fucoidan extract. You could take the two Swanson products, and have a good result. The next step up is Dr's Best fucoidan, and the additional fucoidan in Dr.'s Best is in my opinion well worth the extra money. You could take an inexpensive Swansons's full spectrum bladderwrack with it. More expensive bladderwracks are Solaray, and Eclectic Institute (which is freeze dried). There is also a kelp product by Seagate which contains fucoidan that can be used in place of bladderwrack. It is also freeze dried before being ground. I find that the Nature's Way bladderwrack is very potent, and is better off taken alone. I haven't tried it, but one a day gives energy and a healthy glow to my friends who are taking it. If you haven't tried fucoidan, I highly recommend you do so sometime soon. If you can afford a mid range priced fucoidan product, Dr.'s Best is in my opinion the best way to go. I feel great after taking it. I have been taking one morning and night, along with a ground plant supplement to complement it, have lost some weight, have more energy, and believe they are turning back the hands of my biological clock.