J.CROW'SÂ® Lugol's Solution of Iodine 2% 2oz

Crucial for health

I am outrageously stubborn about suggesting supplements and diets and other such health fads to people, even when I THINK they are working for me, and I am incredibly untrusting of other people's self-reporting, because people placebo themselves and then put out a 5 star review before they can possibly know what is actually happening in their body. The excitement of believing that you have a cure-all does wonders for brand-promotion and temporary mental stress reduction, so I don't blame people, but I am wary, and you should be too. I have been taking J. Crow's Lugol's 2% for ~2 years, going through 8 of the 2oz bottles in that time. I have done all sorts of things with my diet and lifestyle to bring down my weight and increase my energy and I have changed dramatically what and how I eat, but I never stopped taking Iodine (with mineral salt and water!!!!) and I have been on a consistent, although frustratingly slow weight loss path. No matter how or what or when I eat and whatever digestive or inflammation issues arise, I am always steadily losing weight since the introduction of Iodine. It has been SLOW, but it has been GENUINE weight loss as well. Apparently there are muscles and tendons and veins under my skin...who knew? Nothing else has ever worked this consistently for me. I have had absolutely no weight fluctuation since I started on Lugol's; it has been a slow, steady loss of weight the whole time. I cannot possibly say what other things may be aiding me, but Iodine was a distinct change from the multitude of other health-promoting changes I made. I would also recommend something like a Clearly Filtered water filter and perhaps the very easy-to-read books by Dr. Brownstein. I refuse to recommend anything to anyone, because of how variable our conditions and tolerances are, but I am recommending Iodine to you, because it is the most impactful, but subtle change I've made to my diet. I started out at 3-5 drops just to be safe and worked up to 10-12 or sometimes 15, going up or down to see if I noticed anything, but I have been at a steady 20 drops for a few months now. It seems like everyone will have a different tolerance and need, so play it safe, and good luck. I hope you benefit like I have

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SUPER good results

UPDATE: One thing I learned early on, and a little known fact, is that an iodine deficiency (and even if you get yours tested and it shows as "normal" your body could still be deficient) will inhibit LDL cholesterol clearance. Thus, you could be doing all the right things and your cholesterol would remain high "for no reason" (so say the doctors). I started taking the Crow Lugols in April 2022. At that time my total cholesterol was 351. My doc wasn't happy about that. But I knew it was not high for "no reason" and I was determined to figure it out. Our diet has already been clean for 4 years. No grains, no added sugars, good fats, mostly organic meats & veggies. --- Fast forward to June 2021. I am up to 3mg of iodine a day. No more TPO antibodies AND my cholesterol was 194 for the first time in, well, at least a decade. I changed nothing else except the iodine. I was dancing through the house. You can only imagine how amazing it feels to fix something without Big Pharma medicines. It makes me want to take the results into my PCP and say Boo-ya! Maybe this paragraph will help someone, I hope so. ORIGINAL REVIEW: We are newer to iodine useage. We use these drops in our morning bulletproof coffee and that has been a perfect carrier agent. I am up to 3mg per day and my husband is at 4mg. We couple the drops with selenium, magnesium, and B vitamins. In the last several weeks I have lost 15 pounds without trying. My energy is up and my pain and inflammation is down. I am 49 years old and have been grain free (with no added sugars) for 4 years. My energy is way way up too. My cycles which were slipped into peri-menopause went from their shortened 24 days to 26 days so far. The only "side effect" seems to be an increase in Anxiety which I researched and found to be normal as the body adjusts. We will keep taking this. Good brand and results

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Effective energy booster, careful taking too much

My unique experience with iodine is that it gives me more energy. I tend to accomplish more throughout the day when I take iodine. In fact I always accomplish more throughout the day when I take iodine. If you have a bunch of goals and feel too run down to work on any of them I suggest you give iodine a try. There are some precautions though. I started off by taking two, three , or four drops as some of the other reviews on here have stated. And while it would give me the energy boosting effects, it would also leave me wide awake in the middle of the night with a general feeling of tension and unease. Even two drops would produce this effect. On normal nights I can sleep, but when I take too much iodine I can't. Now, one half of one drop is more than 10x the RDA .So if you are taking two to four drops ,as some of the reviews have stated, you are taking 40x to 80x the daily RDA. For my physiology this isn't a good thing, but, when I take half of a drop I get the energy benefits, without the sleep loss side effect. Its a win - win. Measuring one half of a drop is kind of tricky. I usually put a drop into a measuring spoon and roll it off leaving half of the iodine drop in the spoon. There is probably a better way to do it, but I haven't figured it out yet. If there was a 1% solution I would probably buy that, but I don't see it anywhere. So I'm stuck with this cause I don't like wasting things. It definitely is effective, but I don't like going over half a drop. Edit: I am open to the possibility of pairing the iodine with another substance, such as selenium, and it negating the negative effects possibly allowing me to take more iodine and get even more benefit. I haven't read that deeply into iodine, so I might read some books after reading some interesting reviews on here. For instance when I drink coffee either black, or with almond milk, even just one cup, I become a ball of tension and stress. the adrenaline and cortisol is just too much for me, but when I mix the coffee with butter and coconut oil in a blender I get all of the benefits of coffee with out the tension effect. So I'm going to look in to pairing iodine with other things such as selenium in the near future because iodine is a profound thing in my experience. Update : 8/18/2015 So, I got the selenium and have been taking the iodine with it. I can confirm that yes, selenium takes the negative effects of the iodine away. Using the selenium , a B- Complex, and salt, I slowly increased my iodine intake to 4 drops. Once I got to 3- 4 drops I started getting dry skin and generally feeling uncomfortable. I am guessing that I was having a detox reaction. There are many philosophies on iodine that recommend varying amounts. Some say it is harmful to hashimoto's. Some say it can treat hasimoto's. All seem to agree that you need to manage detox. Thyroid health is a really complex thing. For me, I am going to float at a comfortable one drop daily with the selenium and enjoy the benefits there. If I was going to pursue higher amounts I would work with someone qualified in iodine therapy. But, this is just me! Please, do what works for you! Update: 8/22/2015 So, currently I am taking one drop every other day along with selenium. This is where I am comfortable while still getting benefits. Cheers

65 persons found it helpful

So far so good

I found this product through desperation. I have a stone in the parotid gland, which is a saliva gland. Having problems with infection for about 5 years now. I was referred to an ENT from my family physician, since they couldn't do anymore for me. The infection got so bad even with anti-biotics, it landed me in the hospitial. I've had several cat scans over the past couple years, and the stone has gotten bigger. Even the ENT can't remove the stone because of the gland it is in. He can refer me to a specialist out of state. The bottom line is surgery to remove the gland. This is a high risk surgery since facial nerves can be cut, resulting in a look as if one had a stroke. One doctor told me to research on the net, since medically he couldn't tell me about this product. I'm still on anti-bitoics after almost 2 months. Searching the net, I found an article where a Dr. claims 3 to 4 drops in liquid a day can dissolve a parotid stone in 4 to 8 months. I must say after 2 weeks, I feel relief. I bought 3 bottles of Crow's, since the Dr. on the net charges almost 5x for a private label of this. Since being on anti-biotics, I'm not allowed to take vitamins. Taking 3 drops a day in my coffee or water, I have felt energy as others claim. During the winter I work from 12 to 16 hrs a day, having a stressful job plowing snow on the interstate. At 59 yrs old, some wonder how I do it. Maybe I'm a bit looney, but I swear J. Crow's is helping me out. The stress level hasn't been as high as I remember during the winter. I'll try to keep a monthly update for everyone

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Read about cofactors before starting iodine

So I definitely think this stuff works . Not in a good way for me yet. 1 drop and I've got extreme Anxiety . I don't think it's the iodine just think I'm detoxing . A lot of people can get away with a few drops of iodine without bad side affects others have high levels of toxins and can not . It is suggested in many iodine books that you do cofactors firs

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J.CROW'S® Lugol's Solution of Iodine 2% 2oz

JCROWS Lugols Solution: Product Description and Benefits

Key Features: Drops, Iodine Source, Freshness, and No Expiry

The Benefits of Iodine, Anxiety Treatment

Description

5 Reviews mentioning 'Anxiety'.

Crucial for health

SUPER good results

Effective energy booster, careful taking too much

So far so good

Read about cofactors before starting iodine