What do you mean by "gums are horrible?" Please explain what's going on with details.

It could be that you're saturated with iodine/iodide and it's being secreted through your mouth in excess. It can create a pro-oxidant environment and cause gum problems, or other tissue irritation in the body.

What else are you doing besides the lugols? Type of oral care? Can you list any important details? Diet? What do you eat on a daily basis?

Age, weight, sex, medical history, and oral medical history?

dental hygiene has more to do with what you put in your mouth on a daily basis than it has to do with brushing and flossing. (in no way do I mean to denigrate the value of good oral hygiene with that statement).

If your gums are going south you need to seriously look at your diet.

Iodine canNOT make up for bad habits, diet, etc.

If you seriously want info on Iodine and oral health, I have the links.

:)

Thanks for the replies.

My gums are swollen and inflamed. It looks like gingivitis with pockets forming.

I was taking Lugols up to 50 mg for 10 days and then I upped to 100 mg by taking Iodoral for past 4 days.

With regard to oral care, I have been doing oil pulling for past 3 months or so and was very pleased about the results. I never had gum issues before so I was shocked to see how horrible they are. After seeing my gums, I mixed hydrogen proxide with water and gargled. When I did, I could take the iodine.

With regard to my past medical history, I am 31 and right now 137 lbs but before iodine, I fluctuated between 140-144. I currently am suffering with PCOs, diabetes (type II) and hypothyroidism which all began 4 years ago. Except those things, I don't have any medical history.

With regard to diet, for the past month, I have been eating only fruit, veggies, tea, coffee (with whip cream & coffee mate), meat, eggs and white potato. When I took Lugols, I drank juice (with sugar) to avoid Iodine taste. Now, I have switched to a low GI diet and have quit eating fruits and potato. I also do not smoke.

I really don't know what to do. If it is excess iodine, does this mean I should cut down? If it is my diet, do you know what things I should cut out?

Thanks for the help.

gummiebear,

Don't guess. Dr. Brownstein says:

1) to cut your dosage of Iodine back to the dosage where you were not having problems

2) Or do the Pulse Dosing with 48 hours off

3) Do the Salt Flush

If necessary even stop taking your Iodine & co-supplements completely to see if your gums clear up, then restart at a MUCH smaller dosage and titrate back up slowly. You could even be having a reaction to one of your co-supplements. Stop everything until your gums clear up, then re-introduce one at a time to see which is causing your reaction.

IMO, your Iodine dosage was way too much, too soon. I suggest cutting dosage WAY BACK to 1 drop of 2% Lugols or to 1/2 of an iodoral. ( about 3mg a day ) I always suggest that members start with 1/2mg of iodine and sloooowly titrate up over a period of 6 months. Better safe than sorry, we have seen some very nasty detox symptoms on less than 6mg iodine.

At our iodine group at Marks Daily Apple, we saw a surprising number of people with severe detox symptoms with dosage as low as 1mg. Some people are just a lot more toxic than others.

See our Testimonials here:
http://tinyurl.com/iodine-references


Grizz

Here is an idea for do it yourself toothpaste.

http://coconutoil.com/homemade-coconut-oil-toothpaste/#

Thank you all for the replies. I really appreciate the support as there is no one I can talk to about this.

I'm taking the supplements with 3000 mg vit c and the only thing I am not doing is the salt flush. I started taking lecithin and coq10 recently and I think it is a really good idea to stop everything except for vit c and coq10 as I heard those are good for the health of gums and tooth.

This is so disheartening as everything else while on Iodine is really good. My bromide Acne cleared up, I got my period which is always a good thing for those of us who have PCOs, I have lots of energy and I have finally left the 140s when I was this weight for a year or so.

I will also stop using regular toothpaste and I hope this all clears up soon. Thanks again and I will definitely update to let people know in case they are going through the same.