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Refreshing, healthy and delicious
Updated: 2011-07-02 16:44
By Gu Xin (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Seaweed salad at the Holiday Inn Beijing Focus Square. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn] |
Seaweeds can help reduce blood pressure and prevent atherosclerosis. To make the dish, soak dried seaseeds in warm water until they soften and dress with a vinegrette of your choice.
Chef Wang recommends eating "bitter" foods in the summer to remove the "heat" in our bodies, such as seaweeds, bitter melon, Chinese broccoli and dandelion leaves.
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