NOW Supplements, Kelp Powder, Certified Organic, Super Green, 8-oz

I have used kelp for years as a thyroid supplement, but now use it as a seasoning. I put this in a pepper shaker & shake it over foods such as eggs, fish, potatoes, macaroni. Although I have used the little scoop to add it to vegetable broth & soup. Both kelp & dulse (which I have also reviewed) have many health benefits & have many vitamins & trace elements & minerals in them which you can research about online. This product is a finer powder than other kelp I have used as a seasoning, but it still works & tastes great. This is product is economical & one of the brands recommended on other sites. Iodine is an important supplement for the thyroid & some say that a low functioning thyroid is too common today, as is iodine intake in people on low salt diets. I do not use iodized table salt, but a wonderful, mild (non-peppered) seasoning salt called Herbamare (available on amazon also) that has sea salt in it. Sea salt does not have as much iodine as iodized table salt. Actually, the latest research indicated that a low salt diet in healthy people actually increases the risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, I have seen the results of this in someone paranoid about salt her whole life, had low sodium intake & blood levels & now has heart disease even though it did not run in her family (no, no diabetes, hypertension or high cholesterol either). Lowering CARBS can actually decrease blood pressure & swelling in some people. But, I digress. Here are the stats for kelp: SERVING SIZE 2 LEVEL SCOOPS SERVINGS PER CONTAINER 1135 IODINE PER SERVING 270 MCG 180% KELP 200 MG. Laminaria digitata & Ascophyllum nodosum, no other ingredients.

Kelp power is as expected. There is a tiny scoop that will probably be buried down inside of it when you open it and it can be difficult to get out.

Kelp is a super healthy source of iodine to aid proper thyroid function. When used as recommended the taste is barely noticable and the included dosage spoon is easy to use. The dosage is a very tiny amount so the bottle will last a long time. I was pleasantly surprised at the tiny amount needed and it's easy to sprinkle on many different foods such as eggs, pasta, etc. I like the fact that it's not another capsule or tablet to swallow - just sprinkle! Thanks NOW brand!

There are those of us who will not use the highly processed white salt available in grocery stores, but much prefer the natural sea salts that contain necessary trace minerals. I for one use Celtic gray salt mixed with Redmond salt and have Himalayan salt in my grinder. (Covering all bases?) Anyway, as good as these salts are they do not contain iodine - a very necessary nutrient. The kelp fills that void, is natural, and is easy to take such a small amount. So why only four stars? Simply because the measuring spoon that comes with the kelp is so small that I managed to lose it on a trip. I wrote to the company asking if they could send me a couple of replacements. The reply was that they didn’t have any in the office (Duh!) and they would contact the warehouse Well, a couple of weeks later, I haven’t heard a thing back from them. Not having the correct measuring spoon makes it a little difficult to put down the correct amount every day. At best I am guessing and don’t really like to do that.

Excellent suplement! It helped me greatly lose a lot of weight. The taste is horrible (I knew this). Best if taken early in the mornings.

But before I found the scoop, I was using 1/2 tsp in my 16-ounce daily smoothie which was wayyyy too much. I finally found the scoop and it is super tiny. Actually two scoops will almost fill a 1/16th teaspoon. I have thyroid nodules so I have to be careful and not use too much but really I wanted the other benefits of the kelp, the vitamins and minerals, but since I have to limit it, not sure I'm actually getting anything besides Iodine. I put this in my green smoothie and cannot taste it at all. I had another brand which smelled really fishy so I like the Now brand better.

i was unaware that the body needs selenium and iodine among whatever else simultaneously in order for the body and thyroid to work properly. im also still not sure how safe it is to eat kelp cause from what i heard it sucks up all sorts of other things. both times i tried kelp i had a similar reaction. my body felt like i put something bad into it. the first time i had kelp it was from a very different source. different brand and not even from amazon. when i found the now brand sold kelp i had higher hopes it would be a good experience cause i assume they would thoroughly analyze their product to make sure they are safe, but i ended up having essentially the same reaction as the other supposedly organic and sourced from nature brand. when i started taking selenium with the now brand kelp i noticed i felt different. the bad feeling wasnt so obvious. id still like a safer iodine source. there are many selenium types out there. the kind i used says selenium yeast on the ingredients. they feed selenium to yeast and the yeast turn the inorganic selenium into an organic form of selenium. i tried finding iodine yeast but i couldnt find any. the selenium yeast tastes like nutritional yeast does. it tastes and feels like you are eating food, not a pill. maybe shrimp are a good source of natural iodine. ill just have to keep looking till i find a food source of iodine. at least i found one super important food sourced element for my health.

I am very satisfied with this organic kelp powder. It’s affordable and it was hard to find locally. I need it daily for iodine since I am a vegetarian that eats only sea salt or pink salt. I either put it in a vegetable glycerin gel cap or add it to my black beans.