Iodine/SSKI (Potassium Iodide)

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Nonie and Sandy,I just received Trapper's reply and I believe this answers both your questions. If not, let me know and I will go back to clarify. Here it is:hi luella.

 

kind of sketchy on what the question is, but i think i detect a few points to cover.

 

"Which Iodoral or Lugol's contains in the proper percentages. Why would

you then add extra iodide? Seems it would throw your body off."

 

iodine supplementation doesnt fit the usual models people have in mind when they think about what their body needs.

 

most of the time there is a natural progression of not getting enough

of "X" and then supplementing "X" and then getting enough "X" finally

so that there is no longer a deficiency of "X" so now i am all better

and eat right from now on. iodine is a gateway to a deeper

understanding of nutrition and biochemistry.

 

we have a constant exposure to lighter halogens which displace iodine

in the body and replace it and crowd it out altogether. this halogen

imbalance can be light or severe or anything in between. there really

is no telling how much iodine a person should take until they begin and

find that level for themselves. i dont put any instructions on my

bottles of SSKI. i wouldnt know what to say. a person might need one

drop a day or might need half the bottle in one night. those are two

extremes but still quite possible.

 

as for the two types of iodine - elemental(I2) or the salt(iodide as in

KI) - that is a matter of less debate. it is agreed by most that both

kinds af iodine are recognized and utilized by the body. the amount of

I2 a person needs depends on whether there is cancer or not and other

concerns such as FBD, ovarian cysts, etc.

 

the body does have the ability to balance between these two kinds. that

is why i say take elemental as needed and use the cheaper KI for the

bulk of your supplementation.

 

as for balance of the iodoral and lugols, i think there is way too much

I2 in that supplement, unless thats specifically what youre after.