if you mein radiation then I’ve read you have to take KI not later than 1 hour after.   [End]
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My wife is proud we found a solution :) Do you mean oral DMSO? Is it safe? I heard only about topical use.   [End]
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Few years ago I successfully cured my wife’s SEVERE IC (extreme pain with blood) - with daily dose of 5gr SSKI (2gr morning / 1gr day / 1gr evening) + 400mcg Selenium. We used no antibiotics or anything else.   [End]
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Is there anyone who uses Lugols or SSKI more than 1 year and still can feel positive effects from it? I was feeling increase in energy and was seeing some detox signs on my skin when I started Lugols a year ago but then it was over and now I continue to take SSKI just because I want to believe it still does something good to me. But sometimes I feel that I just throw my money out of the window because I don’t need it anymore. I can stop it for 2 weeks then start again and still feel nothing.   [End]
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Good review of Dr. Olree’s book: http://www.westonaprice.org/book-reviews/minerals-for-the-genetic-code-by-charles-walters/   [End]
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No wait wait. Do you want to say that I have to throw out of the window my bottle of SSKI now?   [End]
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Newport, that’s interesting! How did you come to the conclusion about salt deficiency? I have a friend whom I recommended to make salt pushes and he gets strong nausea each time he does that.   [End]
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I’m afraid I’m already KCl addict then! That’s too much fun to resist   [End]
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OK it’s MIMAM then :) (Modified Improved Miracle Adrenal Mix)   [End]
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I started taking IMAM 1 week ago without any noticeable effects, but today... I’ve made a glass of water with 1 tsp of KCl + 1/2tsp VitC + 1/2tsp Salt... After 10 minutes I felt strong energy rush with tingling in my hands and head!!! My eyes became much more open, I can feel it! Unbelievable! What it is and how it works? Is it normal? Do you guys experience it every day when drinking IMAM? Is there a tolerance for IMAM?   [End]
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I’ve seen a study (sorry don’t have a link now) where it was shown that MSM isn’t being metabolized by the body and it’s just being excreted in the same form as it was taken. So it’s very questionable if it’s true that MSM is a good source of sulfur. However I believe it has some other benefits (I love it for its nootropic effects and I keep it for those times when I need powerful mind-kick to complete some complex work - I’m programmer).   [End]
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I was always wondering if it’s good to deplete all histamine from the body by months of high dose niacin? I mean if we have it - it’s there for some reason.   [End]
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I have digital scales and I measured KCl in teaspoons some time ago. All teaspoons are very different. I have 2 kinds of teaspoons - small and little bit bigger. Also you can weight it as ”level” (powder is flat at the same level as teaspoon borders) and ”rounded” (taking as much powder as you can, making a ”hill” in a teaspoon). So the weights are: --- Small teaspoon (level): 4.3g Bigger teaspoon (level): 5.7g Small teaspoon (rounded): 7.9g Bigger teaspoon (rounded): 11.0g   [End]
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4.7g potassium = ~9.4g potassium chloride molecular weight of KCl = K + Cl = 39 + 35 = 74 So weight of potassium in potassium-chloride is around half of total weight. 10 grams of KCl = ~5 grams of pure potassium   [End]
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I stopped Iodine for 3 weeks because I left my country for vacation in August - it was the time all bad symptoms described above appeared all at once. When I was back home I started taking Lugol’s + SSKI in big doses (2 grams of SSKI every day) and I was having swollen aching throat for next 2 months up to the moment when I almost forgot what it’s like to have a normal not swollen tonsils :) Sometimes it was becoming better and then worse again; but day by day it was becoming less and less notable and then normal at last. Yes I was nervous as you now - because it was really strange.   [End]
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It became much better after few days, still not sure what it was.   [End]
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There’s no point in mixing them because SSKI 2% is the same thing as Lugol’s but with much higher amount of KI. Just use SSKI 2% and discard Lugol’s. SSKI 2% is the best thing by all means.   [End]
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I had same symtoms on Lugol’s and SSKI. Swollen lymph nodes on neck, swollen tonsils, lost of voice, lots of mucus coming out, cough. I had it for 2 months then it slowly passed away and I feel great now.   [End]
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I mix Lugol’s with full cup because I’m taking large doses - mixing it with 1/4 cup will burn too much. Yes you can mix Lugol’s with SSKI. SSKI is ”KI + water” and Lugol’s is ”I + KI + water” - so there’s no problem.   [End]
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Me and my girlfriend started taking Lugol’s 1 year ago, then we switched to SSKI 1 gram daily (4 months ago) when my GF got severe case of Interstitial Cystitis - and it was successfully cured by SSKI. But today my girlfriend got large genital herpes outbreak out of nowhere! Inflammation, irritation, pain, bumps, burning when peeing. I’m not 100% sure it’s herpes but looks very similar. I hope its not. We live together 6 years - and she never had it before. Before you make a logical assumption I must say that I’m 1000% sure she doesn’t cheat on me with someone else. If it does matter h ...
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Take it on empty stomach - it must be the first thing you do in the morning. Take 2 grams of Vitamin C some time later during daytime - it improves absorption of Iodine. Don’t mix Lugol’s with Vitamin C at the same time - you have to separate them by few hours.   [End]
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UPDATE 4 month later! I want to post a continue of the story - I hope it will help all women suffering from IC. So as some of you might thought already after reading my first post - the cure was too easy to be true. Yes, symptoms of IC returned many times after that. It wasn’t that bad and painful as first time - just light irritation, but it was meaning that she still wasn’t cured. Many times she was free of symptoms for 1-2 weeks but then suddenly irritation was coming back. So I told my girlfriend to stop eating all acid foods (tomatoes, oranges, grapefruits). Most important - sto ...
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It didn’t help me, same problem.   [End]
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My girlfriend seem not being absorbing Iodine. During last 6 month we both have been taking Lugol’s (home made) in amounts containing 100mg of elemental Iodine per day. And my girlfriend is still very cold-sensitive, having cold hands and her breasts become very sore 10 days before period. So I suppose she isn’t absorbing Iodine well. We are also taking Selenium (200-400mcg) / Magnesium / Zinc / Vit b2-b5-b12. I’ve found few topics on CZ which say that Iodine probably needs Vit C / Vit E / Copper for good absorption. Those topics are old - Is that info still true nowadays? Are th ...
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Many thanks for the info   [End]
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aren’t Magnesium Sulfate & Epsom Salt just two names of one same thing?   [End]
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Zinc (L-Opti-Zinc) 60mg/day + MSM 8g/day did wonders for me. Try this combo at least for 3 months, it’s great for liver detox. First few weeks my acne became worse (detox) then it faded out and completely vanished.   [End]
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Hi trapper, where did you get the idea about magnetizing iodine? Could you provide a link to some studies? Does it matter what side of a magnet is up under the bottle?   [End]
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Thanks! Also I wonder if it was too much Magnesium Sulfate (a took 50gr total before bed because less amount didn’t work for me during my 1st flush).   [End]
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I did my 2nd Liver Flush (Magnesium Sulfate + Olive Oil) yesterday evening. I woke up at 3a.m. at night because of EXTREME pain in the eyes! They were on fire!!! As if you splash strong acid with sand on them! Every small eye movement with closed eyelids was causing extreme pain. I tried to open my eyes - but pain increased even more; rivers of tears were running on my cheeks. I stood up, wiped the tears with dry towel, went outside of the house to get some fresh air. After few minutes all tears finished, and finally I was able to close my eyes and continue with sleeping. I didn’t have ...
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Hi Marcus, When I started MSM (15g/day) + Zinc - I’ve got extremely terrible nightmares + the most strong headache I ever had in my life. It lasted 7 days and then I started to feel just awesome! So don’t be afraid, that’s detox - same thing as with Iodine. Good thing is that when I started Iodine some time later - I’ve got no bad detox symptoms at all, except few small eruptions on my back. MSM is awesome and it’s great energy booster (you can feel strong energy hit starting from 8g/day) - but don’t overdo it as it will deplete other vits/minerals needed to produce energy so you will e ...
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Thank you so much for your detailed answer, I will follow your advices.   [End]
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Ginagirl, did you do something else to raise your body temp? Or was it only Iodine? I’m trying to warm up my girlfriend with no success during last 6 month. She was taking iron+b12 few month, now high doses of Iodine (it’s 4th months now)... and still her hands are ice-cold.   [End]
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I had terrible acne on my back for all my life. A year ago I started taking MSM + L-opti-Zinc - and after few months my back became 100% clean. Zinc+MSM cleanses liver very good. Then I started high doses of Iodine and got some new heavy eruptions on my back (probably more toxins coming out) and now again my back is even more clean. I never have even small blackheads now. So I recommend L-opti-zinc (60mg/day) + MSM (8 grams/day) + SSKI (1 gram/day) + 3 drops of Lugol’s (to get some elemental Iodine). Do it at least for 6 month. By the way I was vegetarian long time ago but became vegan ( ...
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I checked it again and actually I think my KI is not USP but ACS (we have different labels for purity here - mine KI is 99.6% pure and I think that’s the same as ACS?) I live in Russia (distant area in Siberia in the middle of nowhere) and I buy from local chemical supplier. They provide documents with each chemical you buy from them. Documents contain the list of all possible impurities - and there’s nothing bad there. Just a tiny bit of calcium, magnesium, chlorides, etc.   [End]
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Expensive prices you have guys. I’ve got KI USP 100g for 12 EUR here were I live. Good reliable laboratory.   [End]
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Drops may differ in size. It depends on dropper hole size I think. In my case 100mg = 28 drops.   [End]
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OK I see that we need to clear another confusion - I heard many times people say ”I take Lugol’s 100mg daily ” - does it mean 100mg of liquid (which is very small amount = 0.1ml) or does it mean that amount of Lugol’s which contain 100mg of Iodine? In second case that’s much more than 100mg of liquid. So when I said ”I heard that it’s not safe to take 300mg of Lugol’s” - I really meant that amount of Lugol’s liquid which contains 300mg of Iodine. So what is top Lugol’s 5% dosage? I feel burning in stomach when I take Lugol’s dosage with 100mg of Iodine at a time You said above ...
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Trapper, when you say you take gram daily - do you mean SSKI or Lugol’s? Because I remember I read somewhere that only SSKI can be safely taken in amounts 300mg. So if that’s true I think it would be better if you always specify that you take SSKI and not Lugol’s. Otherwise newcomers of curezone may damage their health.   [End]
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I can’t understand what’s so special in very expensive Iodoral when you can buy pure Iodine & Potassium Iodide very cheap in any chemical supply store and make your own Lugol’s or SSKI?   [End]
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We both started to take Lugol’s few month ago before our trip to Hungary and yes we both experienced increase in energy / mood. First few days when we upped the dosage of Lugol’s to 50mg/day , we were so high from it - almost like from a drug. Pleasant warm waves through the body... awesome. Then those pronounced effects disappeared. So I can’t say that I experience something new from SSKI (I’m also taking same dosage 5g/daily because I’ve read that cystitis can pass from one partner to other during sex so we both need to clean our bodies from inside). Yes I have good mood and good ener ...
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Thanks for your advices! Yes she was drinking lots of water and holding hot bottle between legs before bed and drinking some herbal teas which I had with me - until we got back home. It was helping a little bit. And what kind of essential oils do you advice? Is it tea tree oil or something similar?   [End]
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This article is my ”thank you” to this forum. I started to read curezone few months ago; at the same time I started to take Lugol’s. This summer my lovely girlfriend got painful cystitis during our trip through Hungary because of severe weather conditions (this summer in eastern Europe was cold and rainy). We were far away from civilization when it started so we had no access to pharmacies or hospitals. Though I never read about effectiveness of Lugol’s for cystitis but I knew Iodine will help us. So when we arrived back to Budapest I asked for Lugol’s in every pharmacy but no one ha ...
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Hi do you still experiencing that bitter taste? My gf have the same and we also would like to know what that is.   [End]
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Wow! I thought it was my imagination! But I also noticed improvement in my vision after starting Iodine! That’s awesome.   [End]
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Some explanation about dosing - you have to start slow (30mg/day) because detox can be overwhelming first week. I had bad moods and terrible nightmares first week.   [End]
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If you’re looking for Libido (testosterone) then I definitely recommend to try Zinc. 30mg/day first week, then increase to 90mg/day for one week, then reduce back to 60mg/day. Zinc is also a great detoxifier - it cleared acne on my back. But I heard that you must separate it from Iodine intake at least for one hour.   [End]
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I had runny nose during first month on Iodine - then it stopped.   [End]
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MSM is Methylsulfonylmethane. Google it, that’s amazing thing.   [End]
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Looks like you’re taking Iodoral? When I first seen its price I said the same thing - ”Wow! This is the price!” Lugol’s solution is very cheap in my country. I spend $2/month (yes, $2) for it and I also take 100mg daily.   [End]
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MSM is also very good in reducing sugar cravings. And magnesium malate. Not to mention other countless benefits from these two.   [End]
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I’ve also heard it’s true in opposite direction: you need iodine to utilize iron. So probably it’s a good idea to take them both at the same time. Also I’ve seen a report on this forum from anemic person who have been taking iron - and it was helping only for short time; and only after starting iodine anemia was cured completely.   [End]
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Many thanks for your help! I’ll try that   [End]
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I’ve read that your gray hairs have gone after applying Lugol. It was in December 2013. How are your hairs now? Does Lugol still have the same effect on your hairs? I’m asking because my girlfriend is 28 years old but she already has some gray hairs which makes her sad. She is definitely hypothyroid/anemic and we already started to take Iosol (as well as many other supplements) - so I hope Lugol application to scalp will help her.   [End]
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Hi, I had EXTREME fatigue which lasted around 10 years - up to the point when I gave up thinking it’s normal for an adult person to be fatigued all the time. It was 24/7 nightmare. Also I had an awful acne on my back (which I also thought will be with me all my life), enlarged liver. But now it’s all gone and I can describe how I overcame it. 1) Let me start with the Sun (just because it’s too overlooked). It helps me a lot to feel better. Just go outside, turn your eyelids to the sun and bath them in warm rays - as if you were looking through your eyelids to the sun. 5 minutes i ...
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By the way I started zinc 6 month ago (60mg daily) and I had HUGE detox effects from it first 2 weeks - terrible nightmares, fatigue, rashes on my back. Zinc is known to remove toxins from liver and other parts of body. Then bad effects faded out and I started to feel just great. So when I started iodine (2 weeks ago - Iosol) I didn’t get any detox effects - just instant great mood and increase of energy.   [End]
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One more question. I’ve seen people here usually take 50mg Iodine from Lugol daily. Only one type of Lugol available at my location is weak 1% solution ($0.80 for 24ml (~1oz)). It said on the bottle: ”Contents per 100ml: 1gr Iodine, 3gr KI”. So that’s 10mg Iodine /30mg KI - in 1ml. I have to take around 2ml if I want to get 50mg dosage, right?   [End]
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Some people in Internet say thing like ”KI is harmful! KI clogs thyroid! So only Iodine (=Iosol) is good!” They don’t provide any explanation so I’m not very much believing in this - but I just want to know where did that ”urban legend” start from? Could KI be harmful?   [End]
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OK I found it by the link you provided but do you really want to tell that this is a good scientific source? That website doesn’t seem reliable to me. I don’t want to sound offensive - just want to find a truth.   [End]
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Hi Grizz, Where did you get that info about what needs what (”Thyroid needs 3% prefers iodide, Skin needs 20% and prefers iodide...” etc.). Do you have links to some reliable sources?   [End]
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Not to mention nightmares!!! (it was from zinc as well). When you wake up 3-5 times in a night in cold sweat...   [End]
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When I started with supplements they always made me feel like a piece of shit - extremely tired, depressed (I got such feelings from zinc which is a powerful detoxifier, I got extreme headaches from MSM etc..). Now I understand that it was detox process. All bad effect slowly faded out after 2 weeks, and then I felt just awesome.   [End]
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