Does sea moss really increase testosterone and boost sex drive after 40? Discover the surprising sea moss tradition in Belize—and what science actually says about this increasingly popular superfood.

In this episode of More Life to Your Years, Vincent Ferguson sits down with Christina Kinder and Brian McGuire, founders of Belize Blue Nutrients, to explore Belize’s famous sea moss aphrodisiac drink, why some locals believe it supports energy, stamina, and sexual vitality, and whether the claims about testosterone, libido, and men’s performance hold up to scientific scrutiny.

In this interview, you’ll discover:

• Why sea moss has a reputation as a natural aphrodisiac in Belize
• What we know—and don’t know—about sea moss and testosterone
• How sea moss is traditionally harvested in Belize
• Why minerals, particularly iodine, matter for thyroid health
• The differences between raw sea moss and sea moss gel
• What to consider before adding sea moss to your daily routine

 If you’re over 40 and exploring natural ways to support healthy aging, energy, and vitality, this conversation examines traditional beliefs, nutritional science, and supplement marketing to help you make informed decisions.

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Christina Kinder and Brian McGuire are the founders of Belize Blue Nutrients, a company specializing in wildcrafted sea moss sourced from Belize. They discuss their harvesting practices, quality testing, and commitment to bringing Belizean sea moss to a wider audience.

Learn more about their products, recipes, preparation instructions, and testing information:

https://www.belizebluenutrients.com/

Their products are also available on Amazon.

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Christina Kinder & Brian McGuire | Interview Transcript

MORE LIFE TO YOUR YEARS WITH VINCENT FERGUSON • VINCE MAGAZINE

Introduction: Sea Moss, Wellness, and Healthy Aging

Vince Ferguson: Today, we’re talking about sea moss, a natural food that’s generating a lot of attention in the wellness community. Some people claim it can improve digestion, support thyroid health, strengthen your hair, and even help you age better.

But here’s something that might surprise you. Sea moss is also being promoted as a natural aphrodisiac that can boost testosterone, increase sex drive, and improve sexual performance. Who wouldn’t want that? But is there any real science behind these claims? Or is this another case of marketing getting ahead of the evidence?

Joining me today to discuss this and more are Christina Kinder, Founder of Belize Blue Nutrients, and Brian McGuire, CEO and COO of Belize Blue Nutrients, a company producing sea moss sourced from the beautiful Caribbean waters of Belize. Christina, Brian, welcome to More Life to Your Years. How are you?

Christina Kinder: Thank you so much for having us.

Brian McGuire: Thank you for having us.

Vince Ferguson: It’s my pleasure. Let me start with you, Christina. Millions of people over 40 complain of digestive problems, bloating, and declining energy. Sea moss is being promoted as a solution for everything from gut health to aging. What’s actually happening inside our bodies as we age, and where does sea moss realistically fit into this picture?

What Happens After 40: Digestion, Energy, and Where Sea Moss Fits

Christina Kinder: Those are really good questions. Let’s be honest. After 40, our bodies just don’t process food the same way. Digestion slows down, our gut bacteria change, and we deal with more bloating, sluggishness, and everyday fatigue.

Where sea moss fits in, think of it as high-quality nourishment because it’s packed with natural plant fibers, amino acids, and trace minerals. It helps keep your digestion running smoothly and gives your body foundational support to help you move more and feel more vibrant.

Vince Ferguson: Excellent. That’s good to know. There’s so much talk about sea moss now and its benefits. But Brian, I understand your sea moss comes from the Caribbean waters of Belize. Take us behind the scenes. How did this business begin? And what happens from the moment sea moss is grown in the ocean until it reaches someone’s kitchen?

From Belize to Your Kitchen: How Sea Moss Is Grown and Harvested

Brian McGuire: Christina Kinder founded it with a local Belizean. She went there to find the opportunity to grow sea moss, which is both very nutritious and good for you, and to have it harvested with the local farmers there. It’s really good for the local community. We spend a lot of time training the farmers to grow it so we can import it into the United States.

Belize has some of the cleanest waters in the world. It’s right next to a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sea moss is like a sponge. Whatever is around it is what it absorbs. So it’s very clean.

Basically, they grow it in the ocean. It’s harvested after five to six weeks. They sun-dry it and then they package it. They sun-dry it to an 18 to 20 percent moisture rate, which helps with preserving it and lasting a long time. We process it in an FDA-registered facility. There’s no additives. There’s no preservatives. It’s all natural, all healthy, organically grown. We package it, and it’s great for you. And you know where it comes from. Sourcing matters. Being in Belize is important because the water is so clean there.

Vince Ferguson: You mentioned harvesting is extremely important. What would people be surprised to hear about how the product is harvested, Brian?

Brian McGuire: It’s extremely heavy when you harvest it. We sun-dry it for three to five days, all naturally. We soak it in fresh water. We take it out after eight hours of soaking, put it on racks, and sun-dry it. It’s so hot there and it’s naturally sun-dried that it loses a lot of moisture. It goes down to that 18 to 20 percent moisture rate.

Vince Ferguson: Wow. Most people wouldn’t even be aware of that. That’s amazing.

Gut Health and Prebiotic Fiber

Vince Ferguson: Christina, we’re hearing more about the gut microbiome and how it may influence everything from digestion to immune health. You mentioned that sea moss contains prebiotic fiber. Explain what prebiotics actually do, and is there evidence that eating sea moss can meaningfully improve gut health?

Christina Kinder: Sea moss is like a sponge. It absorbs the area it’s in. Going back to Belize and how we wash it and clean it, it is a clean sponge. You take that, you consume it, and your body is like a sponge. It’s absorbing those good, strong minerals, nutrients, and prebiotic fibers.

Think of prebiotic fiber as the ultimate fertilizer for your gut. While you can’t digest them yourself, the good guys, the friendly bacteria living in your stomach, feast on them. When your gut flora are well-fed, they help everything from your digestion to your immune system work better.

Its natural jelly-like fibers act as fantastic fuel for your gut microbiome. It helps create a happy, healthy environment for your digestive tract. You’re getting a really beautiful, clean sea moss sponge, absorbing those amazing minerals and nutrients. You consume it, then your body absorbs it like a sponge as well.

Vince Ferguson: That’s an excellent explanation. Does it really matter where the product is harvested or sourced?

Christina Kinder: Absolutely. We ocean-farm miles away from shore. You don’t want to be harvesting sea moss near shore because you have runoff, natural runoff, and if people are using fertilizers for their land, that matters.

We’re miles offshore. We are naturally organically grown and sustainably harvested. We’re near the Belize Barrier Reef, and we’re in the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve. These are protected areas. You’re not having boats or gas or areas where you don’t want your sponge to be that you’re going to consume. We’re in areas where you have that clean, pristine, beautiful water of Belize. It does matter. That’s why we say wellness starts at the source. Sourcing matters.

Vince Ferguson: That’s very true. Sourcing matters. Now Brian, let me ask you about iodine. Why is iodine so important to thyroid function? How can someone tell whether they’re getting too little or too much? Could taking sea moss every day actually create problems for certain people?

Iodine and Thyroid Health: Benefits and Cautions

Brian McGuire: Maybe if you took too much, but not from our daily recommended dose. You need iodine for your thyroid to produce hormones in your body. It’s essential for hormone production.

In the United States, there has been a real decline over the last few years in Americans’ iodine intake. You need about 150 micrograms a day as your daily minimum requirement, and you can take up to about 1,100. Ours is usually at about the 170 range. When I was a kid, our parents would give us iodine as a mineral to take every week with those little orange droppers.

Christina Kinder: Brian’s absolutely right. For women, it supports smooth metabolic function, helps navigate the hormonal shifts of post-menopause, provides crucial nutritional support during pregnancy, and feeds the cellular building blocks for healthy hair and skin. For men, it helps with thyroid health and hormone regulation. It’s driving enhanced daily energy, metabolic drive, and physical stamina.

We do always caution, and this is an important medical caution. Iodine is potent. If you’re on thyroid medication, have chronic kidney issues, or are pregnant, always talk with your doctor or health care provider. We’re not medical providers. We understand the benefits of iodine and that’s what we’re speaking about, but we always put precautions out there for people who are iodine-sensitive.

Vince Ferguson: That was going to be my follow-up question, so you actually answered that. I appreciate that. Christina, many of those over 40 are concerned about high blood pressure, circulation, and heart health. Sea moss contains minerals such as potassium and magnesium, but does consuming sea moss provide enough of these minerals to make a meaningful difference, or are some of these heart health claims being exaggerated?

Heart Health: A Functional Food, Not a Replacement for Medication

Christina Kinder: It also contains amino acids. Sea moss isn’t just about minerals like potassium and magnesium that your heart and muscles love. It also contains naturally occurring amino acids and peptides.

While eating sea moss isn’t going to replace your heart medication or cure high blood pressure overnight — always check with your doctor for any supplements you take — those peptides and amino acids play a great supportive role in overall cellular and vascular health, making it a fantastic addition to any heart-healthy routine.

We consider it a functional food. When you think about consuming a sea moss product, it’s a functional food boost. Any recipe, any drink, anything you make, you can add it to that recipe. You’re not just having a normal dinner. You’re going to have a functional mineral, nutrient, and amino acid boost to your meal.

Vince Ferguson: Do you guys have testimonials from people who have taken your product?

Christina Kinder: Yes. It’s on the website. We also have personal testimonials. We have researchers that we’ve spoken with and worked with who have testimonials as well.

Vince Ferguson: I’m not trying to promote the product, but I want to give information. The more informed the public is about your product, the better. The questions I’m asking are to extract as much information from you and Brian so my listeners and viewers can be informed and decide for themselves.

With that being said, Brian, sea moss has a long history of traditional use in the Caribbean, and I know that for a fact — I’m part Caribbean myself — including for respiratory health. What did you learn about how local communities use it? How do you distinguish traditional knowledge from benefits that have actually been demonstrated in human studies?

Traditional Caribbean Use and Respiratory Health

Brian McGuire: They use it a lot in drinks. They make gels. They make it in desserts. They have it in salads. It’s very popular during the cold and flu season in the Caribbean. It has a polysaccharide in it, which is a gel-like substance that people feel really helps with their respiratory system.

I have my gel, my smoothie drink here. It’s very easy to make. I make my own gel. I know where it comes from. It’s fresh. It’s very neutral tasting, so you can really mix it with any type of food.

Vince Ferguson: That’s easier for people who would like to try it out, especially in the morning smoothie.

Brian McGuire: In Okinawa, which is one of the five major Blue Zones in the world, seaweed is a regular part of their daily diet.

Vince Ferguson: When you mention Blue Zone, that’s where people are living into their 90s and into their 100s. Healthy living.

Brian McGuire: Healthy living. That’s one of the products they take in Okinawa. That’s quite interesting.

Vince Ferguson: I have to look into that. Christina, let’s talk about something that concerns many women and men as they get older: thinning hair, changing skin, and brittle nails. Sea moss is promoted as a beauty food. Can it really improve hair and skin health, or is that another claim where marketing is ahead of the research?

Beauty Food: Hair, Skin, Nails, and Collagen

Christina Kinder: First of all, I can say from my own personal experience, when I do a hair mask with sea moss, I feel my hair has gotten thicker. I’ve heard that from other people as well. When I do a sea moss mask on my face, it feels more supple, that healthy look. I do see that glow.

While we all talk about collagen, what we don’t talk about is what actually creates collagen. In our sea moss, we have sulfur. Sulfur is what creates collagen, which is critical for our hair, for our body. It synthesizes and supports our hair, our body, our organs. The collagen production, antioxidants, and skin-loving amino acids and peptides help with what we’re speaking about and what we are looking for as far as longevity of our appearance, as well as our insides. A healthy inside and outside. If you’re beautiful inside, you’re beautiful outside.

Vince Ferguson: I love that. You guys offer the product in powder form, but do you also offer it as a gel?

Product Forms: Raw, Powder, Capsules, and Gel

Christina Kinder: We work with B2B clients that use our product and create their gels. We are raw dried, we’re powder. We also have a blend with bladderwrack and burdock root. We’re coming out with our Trinity capsules, which are sea moss, bladderwrack, and burdock root, and we’re coming out with pure sea moss capsules. We have our pure sea moss capsules in Belize now.

We are a vertically integrated company. We own the Belizean company. We work with the Belizean farmers. We received a grant to actually standardize the seaweed industry, so we’re training our seaweed farmers on all the HACCP protocols. We’re also moving forward with our USDA organic certification. With that, we have our capsules in Belize and we’re in major stores in Belize. We’re focused on the dry product because we want to support our gel-making buyers.

Brian McGuire: A lot of people across the country buy our product and make their own gel and sell it. I got an order in Alaska the other day. Once we get a customer, they rarely stop buying from us. They stay with us. Because we have such a low moisture content, they get a higher yield. They really like it. It’s a much richer gel.

We also have Colombia, Taiwan, an inquiry from Mongolia, the UK, Mexico. We are a larger supplier for people you’ll see online.

Vince Ferguson: One topic, Christina, that really caught my attention is the research exploring sea moss and brain health, which is a huge issue right now. Parkinson’s disease and dementia are growing exponentially. What have researchers actually discovered, and how far are we from knowing whether sea moss can provide any meaningful protection against cognitive decline?

Brain Health, Brain Fog, and Mental Clarity

Christina Kinder: There are studies out there, and more studies need to be done. Sea moss is being focused on in clinical trials. While we can’t sit here and say it will be a cure, there are focus groups, studies, and clinical trials. People do see a difference.

I think they see the difference because we’ve heard this from a lot of our customers: brain fog. A lot of people experience brain fog. We’ve heard reports directly from our own customers that it really clears up their brain fog. They feel mental clarity. They’re able to pull information out quicker when people ask them questions. I think that’s why there are focused clinical trials going on right now. Anything that can improve your gut health can affect your brain as well.

Brian McGuire: Most people tell me, and I feel it too, that if you take it for two weeks, you start feeling more energetic and sharper. That’s anecdotal, but that’s what I think, and I get that from a lot of people. After two weeks, they feel better and sharper. It also helps in the gym.

Christina Kinder: Some of our older clients say that as they’re pumping iron in the gym, they’re actually getting some of their muscle mass back. These are from our customers. When customers find us and realize our sourcing, they do stick with us.

Vince Ferguson: I find that testimonials trump everything. If you have real live testimonials from clients, that tells you what your product is doing more than anything else. To me, that’s the best clinical trial right there.

Brian, I want to ask you about joint pain and arthritis. A lot of us, as we get older, have these issues with our joints. There’s discussion about compounds in sea moss potentially supporting joint health and collagen. Talk about that.

Joints, Muscle, and Healthy Aging After 40

Brian McGuire: Sea moss naturally has a lot of minerals in it. It has magnesium, calcium, potassium, besides iodine. You need minerals for muscle and bone health. Those are the building blocks of bone and muscle. It also has amino acids. You need amino acids and protein in order to make muscle. That combination in itself is huge.

I do a protein shake every day with sea moss. As you get older, you need more strength training, more muscle training, more weight lifting. It really plays into that. It can really enhance that.

Vince Ferguson: That’s extremely important. Especially as we get older, we lose quite a bit of muscle after age 40. It’s called sarcopenia. You want to maintain it by eating healthy. I’m a proponent that you have to exercise. Resistance training is very important. If sea moss can help enhance that, you need that combination.

Christina, let’s talk about something that will get the attention of a lot of viewers, especially the men. Sea moss is being promoted to increase testosterone, improve sexual performance, and boost libido. Has there been any research to support that? What’s the truth? Can sea moss really improve sexual health, or is this another example of marketing getting ahead of the science?

Sea Moss and Sexual Health: What Is Known

Christina Kinder: For decades, people go down to Belize for the special sea moss aphrodisiac drink. Tourists, the first thing they drink is that drink. It is known in Belize to be an enhancement. Does it replace any pharmaceutical enhancement? I don’t know.

When you think about what sea moss does, it helps your fatigue. It increases your energy. It takes away brain fog. It helps you with stamina. It supports healthy circulation. For men, healthy circulation is very important. It fuels your overall male wellness. It gives your body what it needs to perform at its capacity.

In Belize, it has been known for a long time. People go for the special sea moss drink. They get the minerals, you get thyroid action, you get more energy from it. There’s no doubt about it.

Vince Ferguson: Excellent. Christina, millions of people are trying to lose weight, especially after 40. Many of my clients are over 40, when maintaining muscle and managing body fat can become more challenging. Can sea moss actually help with weight management or metabolism?

Weight Management and Metabolism

Christina Kinder: I see a lot of our competitors say it’s a natural GLP-1. I did some research, and it kind of is looking like it is. It’s loaded with soluble, gel-forming fiber, and that expands in your stomach. It slows down gastric emptying, so it functions much like a natural food-based version of how the GLP-1 pathways work. It signals that you’re full to your brain. It stabilizes your blood sugar and keeps digestion moving at an even pace, so you can naturally curb those sudden snack cravings and maintain better metabolic control. You’re full, you’re not snacking, your blood sugar is where it should be.

When you think about the high fiber content we have, it acts in similar ways.

Vince Ferguson: A lot of people are concerned about their weight. Eating healthy is one of the best ways to manage it. Instead of depriving yourself, making healthier choices will help people lose weight.

Christina Kinder: It’s not going to melt your pounds away if you’re not having a healthy diet. If you’re not moving, going to the gym, exercising, and watching what you’re eating, it’s just another tool. A good supplement for those activities.

Vince Ferguson: Brian, the supplement industry is filled with products making extraordinary claims. How can consumers distinguish high-quality sea moss from questionable products? What should they look for regarding heavy metals, contaminants, laboratory testing, and certificates of analysis?

Quality, Testing, and How to Choose Clean Sea Moss

Brian McGuire: We have a certificate of analysis on every product, every batch of sea moss that we harvest. Sourcing matters. You want to make sure where it’s coming from. We’re in it from the beginning. We’re part of the cultivation, the seedlings, the harvesting, the processing, the quality control, the packaging in an FDA-registered facility. No fertilizers, no additives, no pesticides. It’s very clean. We’re really diligent about low moisture content. You really want to make sure you have a COA on your product. Check for heavy metals.

Christina Kinder: Brian is absolutely right. There’s not only the COA, but we don’t just do heavy metal testing. We do full panel testing. That’s why we can say we are non-GMO tested. That’s why we can say we have amino acids. We use third-party testing here in the States. They’re ISO-accredited.

We also do what’s called speciation testing. All sea moss has inorganic arsenic and some form of heavy metals. Because we ocean-farm our sea moss miles away from shore in pristine waters with no industry around us, we fall below California’s Prop 65 laws. We know that because we do the testing. We show the results. We have the analysis and the traceability.

Vince Ferguson: I’m quite impressed with that because I was going to interview another company, which will remain nameless, and I noticed they had a Prop 65 warning. I asked about their metals and started digging in because they wanted me to be an affiliate to promote the product. After doing research and seeing that tag, I had to ask them about it, and they couldn’t give me a plausible answer to justify why I should go with them. There were a lot of questions about the efficacy and quality of the product.

Christina Kinder: This is relatively new for us here in America. It really exploded over COVID. People learned all about sea moss, and everybody is bringing in sea moss from everywhere. Some people are even making pool-grown sea moss. There’s synthetic sea moss out there. When you look at sea moss in general, you’ll see Irish sea moss. Technically, Irish sea moss from cold water is Chondrus crispus.

When you buy our product, you know what you’re getting. You’re getting Eucheuma cottonii, or as the science name is Kappaphycus alvarezii, or as they call it in Belize, macho. There are more requirements coming down. To be on Amazon, we have our product liability insurance. With that, you have to have traceability, you have to have your COA. We’re inspected vigorously by BAHA in Belize before we even export.

There are so many steps from harvest to table. We are in development of a proprietary app that will show all of our buyers, from farm to table, the whole process your sea moss has gone through. Our partners here in the U.S. are SQF facilities, GMP facilities. SQF is the highest rating you can get for safe quality food, and GMP is good manufacturing practices, certified and verified.

I look at this as a mother. I have a 28-year-old and a 25-year-old daughter. I know they buy supplements. I want them to know that when they take my supplement, they’re nourishing their body. That’s important.

Vince Ferguson: Extremely important. I’ve been adding your sea moss, Belize Blue Nutrients sea moss, to my smoothies. I want to be transparent with my audience. I enjoy it and plan on purchasing more of it from Amazon. But how often should someone use the product, and how much should they take?

How to Use Sea Moss Daily

Brian McGuire: Every day for a year and a half, I’ve been making it. I make gel, which is fairly easy to make. Two cups of hot water, half a cup of sea moss, and blend it. It lasts for two to three weeks in the fridge. Two tablespoons of gel a day. Put it in your smoothie.

You can take the powder, one to two teaspoons of powder. Our sea moss has really no scent. It’s a neutral taste. A lot of our B2B clients say they like our product for their gels because it doesn’t change the taste.

I’ll put it in my eggs. When I make my eggs, I’ll throw in a teaspoon of the powder. If I’m making something where I want the sauce to be a little thicker, because that’s what sea moss is, a thickening agent, you can throw that in and it will thicken your sauces. It’s a great replacement for eggs if you’re vegan. You can use it in any of your recipes. We have a recipe for a cocktail, a grandfather’s recipe from one of our local Belizeans for a rum cocktail. The powder is also a replacement for flour. It’s a lot more nutritious for you.

Vince Ferguson: Brian, if someone is 55, 65, or even 75, living on a fixed income and wondering whether sea moss is worth buying, what would you tell them? What differentiates your product enough to justify choosing Belize Blue Nutrients over any other brand?

Value and Affordability

Brian McGuire: Yes. I can hear my trainer yelling in my ear. You need good nutrition. You’ve got to eat right. You need to be physically active as you get older. You need to do muscle strength training as you get older.

Sea moss has minerals — magnesium, calcium, potassium, iodine — and 18 amino acids that build your muscle and bone. If you bought a two-ounce package on our website or Amazon, it’s $16. It’s a one-month supply if you make it into gel. That’s 54 cents a day. You’re going to live better.

You have to do everything else as you get older. You have to maintain your physical activity, you have to eat well, which sea moss helps with, and build muscle. It’s not a cure-all, but it helps.

Vince Ferguson: That sounds like a good reason to at least try the product.

Christina Kinder: Here in America, we take our raw, rehydrate it, and turn it into a gel. In Belize, they’ll rehydrate it and use it rehydrated. They’ll throw it into their ceviche, salsa, pizza, or spaghetti. You don’t necessarily have to turn it into a gel.

Vince Ferguson: I didn’t think about that. But it is kind of grainy too, am I right?

Christina Kinder: You don’t want to eat it not rehydrated. You want to rehydrate it. Once you rehydrate it, it’s like seaweed. In Belize, when we’re there with our farmers, you have farmer families from the 70- or 80-year-old grandmother all the way to the four-year-old. They’re checking the seedlings, and I’m watching these kids just eating the seaweed out of the ocean fresh. I liken it to pasta. You don’t eat pasta raw. You have to hydrate it and cook it. You don’t really have to cook the seaweed, but you have to hydrate it.

Vince Ferguson: That’s a good analogy. Why Belize? Why did you guys choose Belize to source the sea moss?

Why Belize: Origin Story and Community

Christina Kinder: I was introduced to Belize back in 2018. I went on a family trip with National Geographic. While I was there, I met this amazing young woman who was very good with my mother-in-law when it came to snorkeling. We became friends on Facebook. My daughter and I believe in mentoring women. She wanted to get her Coast Guard license. We helped her along the way.

Then COVID happened. Right after COVID, she found a seaweed program, how to become a seaweed farmer. That’s where I met my Belizean business partner, Wilbur Dubon. He had a program. As any mother would, I’m like, who are you? What’s this program? What’s it all about? As I learned more, he had worked with the UN and the Nature Conservancy because of what’s going on in Belize in keeping the biodiversity of those waters clean and pure. When I realized how clean and pure it was and what the community does to keep their environment clean and pure, that’s when I realized the value of what they were producing. The seaweed value is amazing for our health.

He had learned from a gentleman they called Japs, his name was Lowell, who was like a Dr. Sebi. He taught him the generational way of seeding and harvesting, which is a very healthy way.

When we go to Belize, you learn about the Belizeans and what they do for their community and how they keep their environment healthy. They’re very health-conscious. They don’t use fertilizers. They can’t use fertilizers and pesticides in the ocean. It’s going to hurt the biodiversity. It’s going to hurt the barrier reef. It is the second-largest barrier reef in the world. That is their focus. When you think about any food produced in Belize or exported, you’re thinking about pure, clean-label food. You can’t use suntan lotion in the ocean there.

Vince Ferguson: I know you source from there, but do you give back to the community in Belize?

Giving Back to Belize

Brian McGuire: We are a contributor and founder of a seaweed industry fund where we give 10 percent of our profits back to farmers, for their needs like training, giving them seedlings, or if they have destruction of their farms through hurricanes. We’re trying to train people in farming techniques. It’s great for the local community. It helps people earn more income. It’s used by a lot of fisherfolk to supplement their income.

Christina Kinder: We have an advisory board working on this. The Belize Fund gave us a grant about a year and a half ago to standardize the seaweed industry for Belize. That included training. We’ve already trained 24 farmers on USDA organic protocols and all that needs to be done to properly export product to America.

With those value-added products, we provide up to 10 percent of the profits back into the seaweed industry fund. We’re also creating an institute to train farmers on these protocols. They get certificates. We’re in the process of finishing up our USDA concept farm and facility. We hope to have that completed by November. Brian created all of those standard operating procedures with our advisory board over the past two years.

If our farmers in Belize understand the protocols needed, they’re going to have a premium product that will be selling, and then they can have generational economic stability. That’s the goal.

Vince Ferguson: Excellent. Christina and Brian, I’m wrapping down the interview here, but for viewers and listeners who want to learn more about Belize Blue Nutrients, see your testing information, and purchase your sea moss products, where can they find you?

Where to Find Belize Blue Nutrients

Christina Kinder: BelizeBlueNutrients.com. You can purchase it there. We’re also on Amazon. Sourcing matters. Coming from Belize, you’re getting a high-quality product.

Vince Ferguson: Is there anything else you’d like to share with my viewers before we go?

Christina Kinder: Thank you for listening to us. Thank you for allowing us to explain the product and our knowledge of how sourcing matters. We appreciate the opportunity and the time.

Brian McGuire: Thank you. It’s great to educate people. Education is the biggest part. It helps tremendously to know where you’re getting your food from.

Vince Ferguson: I have one more question for both of you that I ask all my guests. If someone watching or listening today could change just one thing this week to add more life to their years, what would you tell them to do?

One Thing to Do This Week

Christina Kinder: Move. Move your feet. Move your body. If you’re not able to move your feet, move your arms. Movement is what helps bring about the next steps of health and vitality and a good diet.

Brian McGuire: I’ll repeat what I said before: physical activity, movement, good nutrition, and strength training. It’s really huge.

Vince Ferguson: Excellent. Christina Kinder and Brian McGuire, thank you for coming on my show today.

Christina Kinder: Thank you for having us.

Brian McGuire: Thanks, Vincent.

Vince Ferguson: And to everyone watching or listening, thank you for joining us on More Life to Your Years. If you enjoyed this conversation as much as I did, please like, subscribe, and share it with someone who could benefit. If you prefer to listen on the go, the More Life to Your Years podcast is also available on Apple and Spotify. Until next time, I’m Vince Ferguson, and that’s Christina Kinder and Brian McGuire from Belize Blue Nutrients. Stay healthy, stay strong, and keep adding more life to your years. God bless.