Sean...I don't know if you read what I said. Kelp does give detox symptoms but even when tested kelp is a good source of both iodine and bromine. I don't think other seaweeds have as much bromine, but they don't have as much iodine as well. All kelp has bromine in it, some can have really high levels. Its tough to know whether the bromine symptoms from kelp are from bromine in the kelp or bromine released from the iodine. This is a reason why its not a bad idea to try a pure form of iodine.

And Birdlady...as to the RDA's being ridiculously low...they are really not that low. Its when you have heavy metals that you need ridiculous amounts of minerals and nutrients to keep your body going and get better. Imagine trying to get as much magnesium as we take from food alone...it would be really hard to achieve but if you were healthy and heavy metal free you would certainly be able to get enough magnesium from a healthy diet alone. I'm not saying the FDA knows that much but just that we only need such high levels of nutrients to heal our toxic damaged bodies.

The Daily Value of iodine should definitely be higher though...but only because of all the fluoride and bromide we are exposed too. If it wasn't for that the daily value would be enough if we already had decent amounts of iodine in our thyroids to begin with.