Irish moss, or seaweed, has a lot of health benefits! The first thing to know about Irish moss is that it isn’t moss at all – it’s seaweed. Also known as carrageen (from the Irish word carraigín ...

Let’s take a trip to the Atlantic Ocean, shall we? Along the rocky coastlines of Europe, North America, and the Caribbean there grows sea moss, an edible red algae. This small, reddish-purple seaweed ...