Guest guest Posted November 19, 2010 Report Share Posted November 19, 2010 We on Iodine do not suggest kelp anymore...the reason is because now a days Kelp is contaminated. There isn't enough iodine in kelp to help your system much anyway. We suggest Lugol's iodine drops or Iodoral tablets. Contrary to popular belief, people aren't allergic to iodine. If you are allergic to iodine, you're dead. Your body must have iodine to support the all functions. People who have shellfish allergies aren't allergic to the iodine, they are allergic to the muscle components in the shrimp, etc., or You can have an allergy to the constast dye for CT scans..But they go around telling everyone they have an iodine allergy. It is extremely rare to have an affliction to iodine. You may have gotten a rash due to contamination but I can assure you it wasn't iodine. Cheers, JOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I hope this isn't of topic but I was wondering about the iodine properties of kelp tablets in particular if used to protect the thyroid from radiation fallout. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Kelp has contaminations. from IllinoisFrom: Konvict <photones@...>iodine Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 8:06:17 AMSubject: Kelp I hope this isn't of topic but I was wondering about the iodine properties of kelp tablets in particular if used to protect the thyroid from radiation fallout. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 Kelp has mercury, arsenic and other rubbish from the bottom of the sea in it. A study done on the 9 top selling kelp products in the states showed that only one of the 9 had acceptable levels of heavy metals. Moreover, I think you'll find that the average kelp tablet has something like 150µg of iodine in it and I believe an adult dose of iodine to saturate the thyroid in the case of nuclear fall out is about 150 mg which means that you will have to take about 1000 tablets of kelp per day. What's more, lugol's is used by the pharmaceutical industry as a reagent and its suppliers have to guarantee that the impurities are less than a certain amount, otherwise it will contaminate the whole process that it is being used in. The supplier, in a case of contamination, would be liable for the cost of it's client's loses. This is a big incentive to keep lugol's pure. MacGilchrist From: DeNormandie <blessedark2010@...>iodine Sent: Wed, 30 March, 2011 16:36:07Subject: Re: Kelp Kelp has contaminations. from Illinois From: Konvict <photones@...>iodine Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 8:06:17 AMSubject: Kelp I hope this isn't of topic but I was wondering about the iodine properties of kelp tablets in particular if used to protect the thyroid from radiation fallout. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 It is possible to collect unpolluted kelp. That's what I have been doing. I live on Vancouver Island and the West Coast waters are very clean. This area is hardly populated and there are no industries ever been there. It is open ocean and the water is constantly moving as there are two tides per day. I have been speaking to the local harvesters and they do test the kelp in the beginning of each season. There has to be made distinction here. Japanese consume 10 percent of seaweed in their diet, not iodine, and they consume Kombu kelp in their miso soup on daily basis and this provides them with estimated 13.8 milligrams of iodine. Kelp has been very well researched and there are lots of evidence to support this. Kelp is the safest way of getting iodine in your diet if you have access to the unpolluted kelp. Only Kelp is high in iodine among all seaweeds. Taking pure iodine requires lots of companion nutrients and it is very hard to balance. While Kelp is highly balanced seaweed as it contains ideal ratio of potassium to sodium (2.4 to 1), all known vitamins and minerals including hard to get ones like B12, D, K and Omega 3 including DHA. It contains alginic acid that researchers from McGoll University, Montreal, found combats radiation poisoning. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 8:10 AM, MacGilchrist <s.macgilxrist@...> wrote: Kelp has mercury, arsenic and other rubbish from the bottom of the sea in it. A study done on the 9 top selling kelp products in the states showed that only one of the 9 had acceptable levels of heavy metals. Moreover, I think you'll find that the average kelp tablet has something like 150µg of iodine in it and I believe an adult dose of iodine to saturate the thyroid in the case of nuclear fall out is about 150 mg which means that you will have to take about 1000 tablets of kelp per day. What's more, lugol's is used by the pharmaceutical industry as a reagent and its suppliers have to guarantee that the impurities are less than a certain amount, otherwise it will contaminate the whole process that it is being used in. The supplier, in a case of contamination, would be liable for the cost of it's client's loses. This is a big incentive to keep lugol's pure. MacGilchrist From: DeNormandie <blessedark2010@...>iodine Sent: Wed, 30 March, 2011 16:36:07Subject: Re: Kelp Kelp has contaminations. from Illinois From: Konvict <photones@...>iodine Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 8:06:17 AMSubject: Kelp I hope this isn't of topic but I was wondering about the iodine properties of kelp tablets in particular if used to protect the thyroid from radiation fallout. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Sorry, this is the IODINE group, not the thyroid one. Also, yes kelp can help with thyroid. I don't use it though because kelp comes from the ocean and the oceans are very polluted now. I prefer to use straight iodine/iodide mixture known as Lugol's. But mods and others will have more info than me about it. ArielOn Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 6:04 PM, computersurvivor <computersurvivor@...> wrote: I never hear anything about kelp here or on the thyroid group. Is it a good source of iodine? Is it good for the thyroid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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