* ATTENTION STEPHANIE: Re: L.P.'s - Lugol's ingredient question

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Actually, as the companion documents (drafted to be helpful for all on board)

make clear, there are a fair number of iodine formulations, liquid and solid

(pill form). The main ingested forms used by people on this board are Lugol's

(liquid) and Iodoral (a tablet formulation of Lugol's compound of iodine and

potassium iodide). Lugol's can also be applied topically, that is, painted on

the skin for a local problem. SSKI is a liquid which can also be taken

internally or painted topically, but is not in general use here since it doesn't

contain free elemental iodine, only potassium iodide, and this board considers

use of both to be optimal. Tinctures of any kind, commercially prepared, are

usually made with nonpotable alcohol and are usually labelled as being for

topical use ONLY DO NOT INGEST. The alcohol is used only as a solvent; it

vaporizes quickly on the skin and vanishes leaving negligible traces which are

deemed a non-risk. Since tincture of iodine contains only iodine and not

potassium iodine it does not contain the two ingredients the board considers

optimal and usually is not considered here. Betadine, povidone iodine, and

similar proprietary products are commercial surgical cleaner/skin disinfectants.

They contain surfactants and other ingredients, relatively little iodine, a

great deal of water, and are essentially useless for our purposes beyond the use

for which they are specifically manufactured, at which they are very good. I

suggest reading the companion documents, then branching out to the links, etc.

-- they're what the board is all about.

One last point: Lugol's is called Lugol's not because it's a proprietary name,

but because the specific proportions of iodine to potassium iodide and water

were formulated by the French chemist Lugol in his reagent work. Anyone can

produce that formula; people tend to call it Lugol's for convenience, but that's

all it is, is a handle. It's produced in various percentage strengths, so know

what you're getting when you go looking for it, or stick with pills, which don't

vary.

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> > Hello L.P.

> > Yes of course it is perfectly fine to ingest Lugol's! And yes, taking it

in water is fine. Have you read the New Member doc. you were sent when you

joined? If you didn’t save it, please go to FILES the New Member doc., then

Commonly asked Questions. Please read all you can there! Also, it would be good

for you to read Dr. Brownsteins book IODINE, WHY YOU NEED IT WHY YOU CANT LIVE

WITHOUT IT.

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> > Lugol's is the right iodine you should be taking! You also should be taking

the companion nutrients, again these are all talked about in Commonly Asked

Questions. Please educate yourself and you will have power! Best, Kathleen

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