I don't know what "iodine tincture" contains that is sold in the store.  You 
would have to read the ingredients.  Lugol's Iodine contains Potassium Iodide 
and Iodine and distilled water and it is apparently the Potassium Iodide in it 
that helps make it more highly absorbable.  Also when you buy iodine in the 
store, like hydrogen peroxide that isn't meant to be taken internally (unless 
you buy the 35% food grade to be diluted) perhaps there is something in there 
that is not meant to be taken internally and it might have other stuff in it?  
If it is for cuts and stuff like that, like the Betaine they use to cleanse 
wounds, I wouldn't be drinking that.  
So bottom line you have to read labels and know what they mean.  Then make sure 
there are no stabilizers and all kinds of things in there.
Doris




What makes lugol's Iodine better than regulur iodine tincture in the drug store?
Debb Bos 
S.Surrey BC Canada
The website is www.escience.ca  but you won't find it on the web.  You have to 
call them personally and special order it and may have to leave a deposit 
because it's a special order.  The phone number is 416-787-4581   and fax is 
416-787-5140.  Sorry I don't know what their email address is.  Perhaps they 
have it on the website?
Doris


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