The researchers hope their study will highlight the potential for including more seaweeds and other local freshwater plants in our diets today.
In recent years, seaweed may have gained a reputation for being a superfood, but new research suggests our European ancestors ate the nutrient-rich plant for thousands of years.
The researchers hope their study will highlight the potential for including more seaweeds and other local freshwater plants in our diets today – helping Europeans to become healthier and more sustainable. “Our study also highlights the potential for rediscovery of alternative, local, sustainable food resources that may contribute to addressing the negative health and environmental effects of over-dependence on a small number of mass-produced agricultural products that is a dominant feature of much of today’s western diet, and indeed the global long-distance food supply more generally.”
There are historical accounts related to the collection of seaweed in Iceland, Brittany and Ireland dating to the 10th Century, while sea kale is mentioned by Pliny as a sailor’s anti-scurvy remedy.Sea kale was used as a sailor’s remedy for scurvy Led by archaeologists from the universities of Glasgow and York, researchers examined molecules extracted from the calcified dental plaque of 74 people from 28 archaeological sites across Europe, from north Scotland to southern Spain.
There are some 10,000 different species of seaweeds in the world, yet only 145 species are eaten today, principally in Asia.
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