Hi jfh! Good to see you and good post. Nice work!

It depends on the type of orange juice you are using. Fresh OJ would provide plenty of Vit. C to interact with the Lugols. Frozen OJ becomes questionable as to how much Vit. C is really in it. First, the OJ in frozen OJ has been heat processed to prevent spoilage. Heat destroys Vit. C. Then, the longer it is frozen, what Vit. C is in it gradually declines, and again, the same for when you mix it with water. The longer that pitcher of OJ sits in your refrig, the less Vit. C it has in it. They can put on the label the amount of Vit. C that was in the original fresh OJ (prior to processing), but what you really get at the end of the consumer line is another story. Since I dilute my OJ twice as much as the can calls for, the Lugols darkens it a tad. That tells me there isn't enough Vit. C. in it to knock out all the iodine. I also use other juices purchased from the health food store and have noticed the the Lugols changes/darkens that juice as well.

this is one reason i like iodoral.

there is a principle that i preach constantly which is teach your body to like what is good for it. all the processed food has taken this ability from us. so if i KNOW something is good for me, i make myself taste it and imprint my brain that this is good. i take a lot of Lugols in water for this reason. one can do a lot in a little water and chase it with more water or take a little Lugols in a lot of water and chug-a-lug. one could even spike a quart of water a day and sip it throughout the day.

thanks for the informative post.

You need to take them different times.

From my experience now that I upped the daily dosage from C think that Iodine maybe is less effective.

The key is take Iodine maybe in empty stomach and let it as long as you can to oxidise the undesired thinks in your body. Then vitC will give your body a break.

I think that maybe with use of kefir or some other probiotic food, Iodine supplementation will have the best results.

If vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is what is giving the Iodine molecule the negatively charged ion, then isn't it the acid part of the vit. C molecule that is doing this? And if so, then can't stomach acid, or any acid for that matter, do the same thing? So don't ALL forms of Iodine ingested become Iodide ions once they hit the stomach?

Hi I find I do so much better on Iodine that has been reduced by vitamin c to Iodide ?

Don't understand why ?

Or even if it is safe to take ?

Thanks, Gregor

Thank you, this is very helpful.

I was wondering about the interaction of Iodine and Vitamin C as I am taking both high dose Iodine and high dose Vitamin C to get rid of both cancer and an invasive case of aspergillus mold in my body. It is working very well, but I have been trying to take the Iodine and Vitamin C at different times of day to keep them from interacting.

However, I have also found that the "detoxing power" of these things comes from their ability to donate electrons ("reduce" or anti-oxidize). Each molecule of Vitamin C freely gives 2 electrons, which not only detoxes toxins (which are electron grabbing/oxidizing) but also de-inflames body tissues that have been hurt by toxins grabbing their electrons. Each atom of iodine can relinquish one electron, IF it is in the Iodide (I-) form. Therefore the Iodide form is much more helpful for detox.

Once Iodide has donated its extra electron to something, like inflamed tissue or a toxin, it returns to its iodine form and can be used in that form, so I do not think we need to worry too much that iodine will not be available to the body if we take iodide.

Once Vitamin C has donated its electrons, and becomes dehydroascorbic acid (its oxidized form), it is either excreted from the body (which is why some people think that Vitamin C goes right through you, since the test does not distinguish), OR it can be "re-armed"/reduced with electrons again by Glutathione and other anti-oxidants (electron donors).

The best anti-oxidants (electron donors) are those that give up their electrons the most easily, which makes Vitamin C one of the very best, and iodide not so much. Vitamin C has incredible healing powers in virtually all diseases, especially those that kill by toxin/inflammation, including insect and snake venom. See the youtube videos books by Dr Thomas Levy (like Curing the Incurable, and Primal Panacea).