Re: Help on Iodine, from the Netherlands!

Hello from Germany



just my 50 cents... I ve made several threads about this Iodine into Iodide and other way around thingy....

And some ppl say different things that others...

Some say the body turns Iodide into Iodine when neded...some say dont rely on that coz it might not be the case in ur body...

Some say u always need Iodine because breast and other tissues prefere it.

Then some say... Dont take iodine with vitamin c coz then it gets reduced to iodide.

Others say iodine never converts to iodine in the body .

Some even say food alone turns iodine into iodide.

Its all pretty confusing...

I only knnow that i ve had no success with Potassium Iodide alone and even iodoral doesnt seem to work as good as Lugols Solution by J Crows.

Just one months ago i got back to iodoral 50mg daily and my boob pain (which is the main reason i m taking iodine since 2013 already) is back... It even started before my ovulation...where as on 50 mg Lugols Iodine it at least only started a few days before my period.

Maybe every body is different. Maybe men also need less iodine than women since they have no boobs and "only small balls" hahaha

But i m gonna stick to Lugols with iodine and iodide in it.


The biggest "studies" by brownstein, Abraham, Flechas etc also been only ever done with Iodine and Iodide (i believe). Not Potassium Iodide alone.


I was also worrying about the oxidative stress that iodine causes on stomach mucousa or intestine lining (if its iodoral which is absorbed in the intestines not the stomach)

But i came to the conclusion that when i take the Lugols Solution the way i do , then its so diluted that the oxidative stress would be minimal.

Which means... First thing in the morning with a big glass of filterd water along with 2 capsules full of Apple cider vinegar. I also put the Lugols in capsules coz i dont like the taste and feeling in my mouth and throat while swallowing.

After 3 years of iodine i am only more or less problem free when i take about 50-100 mg of Lugols per day.

I wish i d need less. But when i take less my boobs are killing me each months .

About ur TSH levels.


When one was iodine deficient for a while the Thyroid first is very hungry and explands it size to catch very bit of iodine in the bloodstream. Maybe thats the feeling u have in ur throat.

Also TSH can rise at the beginning of iodine supplementation.

Mine never did. Mine actually dropped . It only rose, when i took too litle iodine. Tweet