I thought the same thing, but when I checked a number of suppliers of agar agar, I noted that they indicated that this was a good source for iodine.
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/gelling.html http://www.bulkfoods.com/agar_agar.htm Natural agar agar is unflavoured producing a firm, clear jelly and is rich in iodine and trace minerals and has mildly laxative properties. http://www.bulkfoods.com/agar_agar.htm Perhaps the trace elements in agar such as iodine provide nutrients for the cultures. I was unable to find a chemical formulea for agar, just that it was a polysaccharide complex called lentinan. Marshall Garnet wrote: > Guess I missed the part about iodine allergy. Agar is a purified > product, particularly that sold by scientific supply houses. It is used > as a base media for cell culture. I would be very surprised if there is > any iodine content in this form, as it would skew the results of any > attempt to grow microbes or tissue cultures. > > Garnet > > On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 23:32, sol wrote: > > Garnet, > > That doesn't help either, sorry. It is iodine I am allergic to, so no > > seaweed products or seaweed thickeners at all. However, for immediate > > use, I wonder if flaxseed meal would work? or Fenugreek? SlipperyElm? or > > maybe guar gum or xanthan gum. > > Geez, I hope neither of those are seaweed products so far as I can find > > out they are not.. > > Actually though sloppy, I don't mind a liquid, it probably isn't > > worth the trouble to me to make a gel. > > > > paula > > > > Garnet wrote: > > > > >You can make a "gel" with Agar agar, a seaweed. I have found it at Whole > > >Food Stores. It is used as a vegan substitute for gelatin which is > > >extracted from cow hooves. > > > > > >Garnet > > > > > >On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 16:48, sol wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Oh, crud. No carrageenan for me. Drat. It is a good thing the aloe juice > > >>works well. > > >>Thanks for looking and posting the info. > > >>paula > > >> > > >> > > >>Garnet wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>>I looked a bottle of the organic Aloe Gel I used to use. It is by Lily > > >>>of the Desert (not Lily of the Valley as I previously stated on this > > >>>list). > > >>> > > >>>Carageenan is used as a thickening agent. www.lilyofthedesert.com is > > >>>thier website. Perhaps they can answer your questions. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > >> > > >>Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > >> > > >>To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > >>Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > >> > > >>Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > >>OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > >> > > >>List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > >> > > >>h > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > >-- > > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > p > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
