Question 1

how much sea kelp can a person take without overdosing?

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Dubious supplement: Sea kelp is a widely-promoted "natural" source of iodine; unless you live in a part of the world where iodized salt is unavailable, there's no reason to supplement.  The kelp concentrates environmental arsenic heavily but there's no reports of anybody becoming acutely ill.  Taking lots of iodine can unmask hyperthyroidism.  Talk with your physician.

Question 2

can overdosing on kelp pills accidentally kill you?

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No: You will have a nasty kelp stool ball but otherwise ok.

Question 3

can you say if it could kelp really help with the symptoms of hypothyroidism?

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Not much: It will not have sufficient benefit. You need to be on thyroid replacement meds.

Question 4

can taking high doses of kelp cause a false high tsh reading? i don't have any other symptoms of hypothyroidism, but my lab results were 7.13

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Kelp and hypothyroid: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/2014/09/thyroid-issues-what-you-need-to-know-about-diet-and-supplements/

Kelp in capsule form can affect the thyroid, best to avoid. Would stop all kelp resume a nromal diet and repeat studies in 6 weeks.  Hypothyroidism is common in young females and the TSH may swing between normal /abnormal for months till it totally becomes abnormal. f/u w/ednocrinologist

Question 5

should i take sea kelp tablets?

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Endocrinologist: Do you have a specific thyroid problem? If so, i would address this with your endocrinologist. When it comes to endocrinologic health problems i think it is definately better to take medications which have been standardized and researched adequately.

Question 6

sea kelp and t4, is this okay?

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Kelp: Regrettably Yes and No! As far as I can gather no immediate harm would happen to your thyroid in the short term - provided of course that your thyroid is working properly. If you a taking any form of a thyroid med  - for either under-active or over-active thyroid activity I would recommend you stay away from synthroid (thyroxine). It is worth spending some time at the library or on the web to get more info.

Question 7

islandic kelp. good for thyroid?

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Kelp and thyroid: There is a lot of misinformation about the benefits of using iodine containing supplements and the thyroid. Though iodine is important in the creation of thyroid hormone iodine deficiency in the US is rare. I have seen more thyroid problems in patients taking kelp because of the high iodine content. In some people  too much iodine can cause either over active or under active thyroid problems

Question 8

is sea kelp the only source of iodine?

Accepted Answer

: There are many sources of iodine apart from sea kelp. If you Google sources of iodine you would be able to get meaningful information for you.

Question 9

how much iodine is in 1.25 mg of kelp powder?

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Label: Check the label on the package it should give you an estimate. Since supplements such as this are not FDA regulated you never really know what is in them. Kelp is another name for seaweed. A good source of iodine.

Question 10

what are kelp capsules  good for?  losing weight?

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Source of iodine: Kelp is an excellent source of trace minerals, esp. Iodine. If one is deficient in iodine it can cause hypothyroidism which can cause weight gain, so if one is overweight and hypothyroid due to iodine deficiency then iodine can stimulate your thyroid and help weight loss. For more on kelp see http://www.Drlwilson.Com/articles/kelp.Htm.

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