This unrefined Agar Agar (Gelidiella acerosa) is used much the way the White, or refined, Agar Agar - as a bulk laxative. It absorbs liquids and other substances as it passes through the digestive system. Due to this property it has been used in weight loss plans and cholesterol reducing stragegies. Excerpted with permission from Materia Medica by liz Johnson.

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