In recent years, edible sea moss has gotten a lot more attention on social media, including from celebrities like rapper Meek Mill. In 2022, Mark Cuban and Kevin Hart invested $600,000 into a start-up company that sells edible sea moss gel. The selling point for them was that the company's founder, Alexiou Gibson, says he lost 300 pounds by including the sea moss in his daily lattes. There are many people like Gibson who have shared their success stories after taking sea moss daily, but is there concrete evidence to support their claims? Here's what the science says about if sea moss is actually beneficial for weight loss, immunity and other health-related changes.

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Persons: Chondrus, Meek, Mark Cuban, Kevin Hart, Alexiou Gibson, Gibson Organizations: Nutrition Research