Dried seaweed sheets with extraordinary iodine content (thyroid-critical), high vitamin B12 (rare in plant food), and unique marine antioxidants. The most affordable and accessible sea vegetable in the US — available at most grocery stores as sushi nori, increasingly as snack sheets.
Cross-community food access — nori is in the Asian food aisle of almost every US grocery store. APEX introduces sea vegetables as a thyroid health and iodine protocol food for Black American women with thyroid concerns.
Hypothyroidism is 2x more prevalent in Black American women than in white women and is often undiagnosed. Iodine deficiency is the primary preventable cause of hypothyroidism globally. One nori sheet per day provides a meaningful iodine contribution without risk of iodine excess (unlike iodine supplements which can tip into toxicity). B12 in nori (from bacteria on the seaweed surface) is in small but real amounts.
Available at virtually all US grocery stores as sushi nori sheets (usually $3-5 for 10 sheets). Eat plain as snack, use to wrap rice, vegetables, or eggs. Nori snack packs (roasted, lightly salted) available at most stores.
Free, no account needed to ask.