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Bladderwrack without The Alcohol

QUESTION

Where and how does one find bladderwrack without the alcohol based herbal tinctures. I am unable to locate another more suitable form.

ANSWER

As I have said, commercial health food store tinctures of bladderwrack are ineffective because the active ingredient, the sugar fucose, is not alcohol soluable.

You can purchase high-quality Fucus vesiculosis from North American Pharmacal. It comes in 60 capsule bottles. You can read more about it here and purchase it here.

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FUCUS PLUS	Many sea vegetables, and in particular bladderwrack, have many unique characteristics and properties and are used extensively as food in coastal cuisines around the world. Click to learn more

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Bladderwrack without The Alcohol

FUCUS PLUS