Talk:Kelp

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1 Kelp Goose
2 Weight loss
3 Historical Meanings of Kelp
4 Species List
5 Kelp Farming
6 Kelp and acne
7 References

[edit] Kelp Goose

I cannot find any references to the association between Kelp Goose and New Zealand. Alan Liefting 09:49, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Weight loss

What about mentioning the use of kelp tablets to lose weight? Laursch.

[edit] Historical Meanings of Kelp

The principal meaning of the word "kelp" through the 19th Century was in relation to "soda ash," and indeed one meaning of "kelp" in the 19th Century was as one type of "soda ash." I think the present article, which is also the target of the redirect from Laminariales, might need to be broken into two in order to manage this change in the meaning of the word itself. Anyway, I'm making some small additions to the article to begin working in this direction.EAS 21:13, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Species List

This article should not be a list of the species of kelp. It should describe common characteristics of kelp, maybe mentioning certain species as examples, not just list species. Werothegreat 21:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kelp Farming

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who has worked on this article. It has been very useful for me. I'm also hoping that someone can do an article about kelp farming. I haven't been able to find much on this topic on wikipedia. The Algaculture article even states that macroalgae aren't commercially viable and aren't farmed very much. THEN WHERE DOES MY SEAWEED SALAD COME FROM. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.203.79.14 (talk)

[edit] Kelp and acne

I read about this briefly in a book published by Reader's Digest called "Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal" and it mentioned that kelp can cause severe cystic acne. Can someone please research that and mention it in this article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.6.247.155 (talk) 03:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC).