* ATTENTION: STEPHANIE, Re: Lugol's and Optimal Concentration!

[Guest guest]

Thank you - yes my issue is with the website information and the question of potency not with the quality of the product from J Crows. It is just hard to recommend something when you aren't sure that J Crows understands the potency. If they say it is a 5% solution -is it really the true 5%? I have no issue with the purity or anything else. Just cannot tell you how many mg's per dose you are getting.

Buist, ND HC

Re: * ATTENTION: STEPHANIE, Re: "Lugol's" and Optimal Concentration!

A couple of things.The concern about J Crowe's is not about their product, but about the information on their website about the actual amount of iodine per drop in their product. Their information is INCORRECT. This has been discussed many times and that is the only "controversy" with J Crowe's. Their products are fine.Second, it is NOT the case that Lugol's was developed for a chemical reagent. It was developed by Lugol as a medicine. It was the VERY FIRST agent known to cure a disease (by Western medicine). The disease it cured? Hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism and goiter.best wishes,--moderator> > > > > > >> Trisha: There may be an optimal formulation of iodine to potassium> iodide for health purposes, but insofar as Lugol's formulation is> concerned it is a chemical formula only, developed for use in reagent> research and simply has his name attached for convenience, so there> are no "proprietary" issues -- it's just what the formula is called. >

[Guest guest]

If this is the Dr s product then I would say it looks ok http://store.com/mega-iodine-capsules.html but you may want to ask them how they guarantee potency. Supplements are not regulated as to potency. Iodoral is tested for potency regularly. It is produced with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices).

Buist, ND HC

* ATTENTION: STEPHANIE, Re: "Lugol's" and Optimal Concentration!

Dear ,THANK YOU for your post here (and prior one) - they were both very helpful. I sincerely appreciate your input and for taking the time,as I do ALSO - your kind time Megaera.I also found the links in the Files re: the varied sources of Lugol's so that too was somewhat helpful, although, admittedly, other than the name J. Crow, and Kent's, it's kind of hard to find upfront info. I stumbled on Dr. s as well and may inquire with them.So THANK YOU ALL! -Trisha>> Do not go by what J Crowe's website claims is the content of their Lugol's. I started > off with their brand of Lugol's and I had immediate and very good results, so even > though their information and claims of quantity of iodine is incorrect, I do tend to > think their product is fine. > > However as Steph says they also have a lot of incorrect information about iodine > on their website. > > So, I must say that I prefer to spend my money with sources that are not also > putting out false information about iodine into the world. How we spend our money > really does affect the world, and I prefer to spend mine consciously. That is part of > how I chose my ebay seller that I trust, is that he does not tell the lies about iodine > as part of his information.> > best wishes,> --,> moderator

[Guest guest]

Eva,

I think that is why the docs was mentioning say they haven't seen any

Goiters. We have decreased the incidence of big old goiters with Iodized salt

but they are not gone for sure. So how much Iodine do you take and what kind?

It would seem to me that after 3 years, it ought to be nearly gone. Good thing

we don't have to get get our Iodine from a doc here, or no one would. I've also

taken it since I first ran across this group in 2007.

I had a similar discussion with Dr. Abraham, Dr. Iodine I like to call him, or

rather maybe it should be Dr. Magnesium/Iodine but anyway he told me that he has

a theory of his own, which if you believe in the bible, makes good sense. He

says the flood that Noah survived covered the earth and when it receded, it took

with it the vast majority of Iodine, and is the result of their sins. That

would make sense as to why the ocean has so much of it, because that is where it

all ended up, but I am sure the glaciers played their part too.

Question for you, is that a Goiter you have or a nodule? And wouldn't taking

more Iodine address it?

Ken

> > >

> > > J Crows has many areas where their information isn't correct or causes

an

> >issue of concern for accuracy. I do not recommend J Crows as a valid source

for

> >iodine but it is up to the individual to decide what they are going to do.

This

> >applies to anything - know the source and understand what you are getting

when

> >you buy. Just because it is labeled Lugol's doesn't mean that it is the

*real*

> >stuff.

> > >

> > > Buist, ND HC

> > >

> > >

> > > * ATTENTION: STEPHANIE, Re: " Lugol's " and Optimal

> >Concentration!

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > ,

> > >

> > > With regard to an entry I posted a couple of hours ago re: the

> > " proprietary " if you will, and/or optimal/ideal concentration of Lugol's

Iodine,

> >here is the precised definition via Wikipedia (below).

> > >

> > > * Please note that here: the ratio by definition is 1:2 ( " 5% iodine and

> > > 10% iodide " ). Whereas the J Crow's brand for example (one which I am

> > > inclined that a vast number of people are actually using, is rather a

1:1.5

> >ratio or iodine to iodide.

> > >

> > > Thus, if I'm not mistaken, it would seem to me that the latter - is NOT

the

> >ideal/optimal concentration.

> >

> > >

> > > Please inform me and others. I am open to any constructive and

informative

> >guidance here. Thank you, Trisha

> > >

> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugol%27s_iodine

> > > Lugol's solution is available in different potencies of 1%, 2%, or 5%

> >Iodine. The 5% solution consists of 5% (wt/v) iodine (I2) and 10% (wt/v)

> >potassium iodide (KI) mixed in distilled water and has a total iodine content

of

> >130 mg/mL.[2] Potassium iodide renders the elementary iodine soluble in water

> >through the formation of the triiodide (I & #8722; & #8232;3) ion. It is not to

be

> >confused with tincture of iodine solutions, which consist of elemental

iodine,

> >and iodide salts dissolved in water and alcohol. Lugol's solution contains no

> >alcohol.

> > >

> >

>