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Lugols Solution as an additive to Water Pik?

Sherlene — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:43:42 GMT

I'm on a health kick and that includes using the Water Pik every day.

I got on you tube and saw a video that said to put a drop of Lugols Solution (some sort of Iodine) in the water pik resevior along with salt and baking soda disolved in water and use the pik on low pressure. It's supposed to e great for gum health.

Has anyone heard of this or tried it? The pharmacist at Wal-Mart had never heard of such a thing. I am going to call my Dentist about it tomorrow but will he think I'm nuts? Is Lugols Solution an old fashioned remedy?

Thanks

Re: Lugols Solution as an additive to Water Pik?

Snowpuppy — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:57:16 GMT

Iodine may be of help to those with thyroid issues, HOWEVER it can also backfire and be like gasoline on a fire. Trouble is you usually don't know until you try it.

Lugols suggests a test of putting a few drops on your wrist and if it absorbs quickly then you are iodine deficient. I tried an iodine supplement for a few weeks and it didn't do a thing for me but strangely enough my thyroid test results are slowly improving. I'm not on meds.

Salt & baking soda in the water pik should be a good rinse without the addition of iodine.

Re: Lugols Solution as an additive to Water Pik?

Krimpette — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:09:38 GMT

I've had problem teeth/gums most of my adult life. My dentist mentioned on my last deep cleaning that he chatted with a repsected gum specialist a (I can't recall the term, sorry) at a recent conference, and he said that he has yet to find anything as beneficial as Listerine (the brown stuff, and not the store brand) for treatment of the gums.

Re: Lugols Solution as an additive to Water Pik?

sandraskates — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 06:11:01 GMT

@Sherlene - you can lookup Lugols Solution on amazon and see the comments that buyers have written. As @Snowpuppy said, you have to be careful. I've not heard of using iodine for gum health (not that that means anything :-) ).

@Snowpuppy - your post was very intriguing to me. I take a small amount of synthroid but would really like to not take anything. I didn't know you could test for iodine deficiency that way.

Re: Lugols Solution as an additive to Water Pik?

Snowpuppy — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 00:25:48 GMT

@sandraskates wrote:
@Sherlene - you can lookup Lugols Solution on amazon and see the comments that buyers have written. As @Snowpuppy said, you have to be careful. I've not heard of using iodine for gum health (not that that means anything :-) ).

@Snowpuppy - your post was very intriguing to me. I take a small amount of synthroid but would really like to not take anything. I didn't know you could test for iodine deficiency that way.

The body only needs a small amount of iodine. Testing on your wrists is the method Lugols suggests for their product.

I tried sea kelp which is iodine and really didn't notice any improvement in energy levels or brain fog but I got a modest improvement in my labs.

Re: Lugols Solution as an additive to Water Pik?

sandraskates — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 05:07:02 GMT

Thanks @Snowpuppy. Yes, synthroid really helped me with the foggy feeling which I why I don't want to let it go. But if I could, I would. And one can't just go adding drops of iodine to their diet, especially when taking synthroid, because there could be adverse side effects.

I hope @Sherlene stops back to this topic and lets us know what her dentist said.