well, you raise a few points that i can address.

"So I tried Iodoral. It had a bad effect on me. Then I found out it has corn in it! I doubt it's non Genetically-Modified-Organisms corn since they don't make that claim."

looking at the ingredients on a bottle of iodoral i can see the fractionated vegetable products in it. iodoral is a substitute for lugols, imho. lugols(or its equivalent) in liquid form has its problems and iodoral was formulated to address some of those problems. its not the very best Iodine supplement but its a million miles ahead of taking none at all, which kelp borders on.

"Then I tried Lugol's. It gave me the runny nose they talk about, for days, but really I didn't feel much better."

this is where we must be our own parent and not let the "dumb flesh", as paul bragg called it, rule us.

first principle: the stronger your initial reaction to iodine, the more it is indicated. if you get a runny nose from iodine, youre full of mucus. if you keep filling, then youre going to keep draining. change your diet or carry a hanky.

the second point is about interpretation of the effects of iodine. everyone is different. Iodine supplementation is NOT a treatment of symptoms. it is a necessary nutrient that one needs daily regardless of any effects or lack thereof. if you can feel a hormone locking into a single receptor then you can judge its effects by how you feel. if you can trace an enzymatic pathway and see it has been shortened due to increased iodine(saving energy) just by your own perception then you can quickly gauge the benefits of the iodine. but these things cant be done so there is no "ah-ha" moment of knowing Iodine is helping. if there is, it is temporary. the body adjust to the new normal.


if a person desires kelp, go for it, as long as due diligence is performed and personal responsibility is assumed. this is, however, a constant battle.

iodine supplementation has a multitude of benefits IF one takes at least 100mg a day. this forum counts the ways. thats why its so big. eating kelp and working to lower that amount is a fools game. thats my opinion and i am sticking with it.

i would like to see citingsources address this ingredient question about iodoral. something one takes daily should never contain gmo and should state as much on the label.

You will have to take 4.5 grams of sea weed to get 13.8 mg of Iodine.

The fish doo doo smell is actually the omega 3 DHA wich is also good for you.

I would rather just take the Lugols. It has the anti cancer I2 in it also.

I am very happy for you that kelp is working for you.

You'll find that in this forum, however, we are of proponents of high-dose Iodine supplementation. Read the forum description at the top of the page.

If I would have been scared off of Iodine supplementation because of a runny nose, my fibrocystic breast disease would have not healed and I would perhaps be a Breast Cancer patient today. There is no way that I could have eaten enough kelp to do the job.

There are many, many stories like mine on this forum, search the "R" posts.

If your intent here is to share your joy that you have found what works for you, have at it. In the future though, posts that tout the superiority of kelp might be better placed in either the Iodine debate forum, or the public Iodine Forum , which was created for people just like you that are not interested in or have problems with inorganic forms of iodine.