Caution: Iodine is intrinsically safe and we wish everyone could be nourished with it, however initial supplementation can cause serious disturbances in an iodine starved individual. Our Iosol iodine is only available to clinic clients so we can supervise and support you. We encourage moderate dosing for up to a year to facilitate whole body saturation, after which low dosing is easily able to maintain all the benefits of this essential mineral. We advise concurrent use of selenium to support the selenium dependent enzymes involved in thyroid hormone production and utilisation.
Iosol iodine is a proprietory iodine formulation that has been in widespread use for the past fifty years. It is a non-staining water soluble form of iodine which allows the free iodide to be readily available for your body to use. A 50ml bottle should be a year’s supply and enough to fully nourish an adult.
There are two sources of iodine in the Iosol formulation.
One is from kelp. Iodine in kelp is naturally in the form of potassium iodide. The iodine is extracted from this compound as its pure elemental crystal form for use in Iosol.
The second form of iodine used is ammonium iodide, a form that readily dissolves in water.
These two forms of iodine are combined in a proprietary manner in a base of vegetable glycerin.
Ammonium iodide is a combination of iodine and ammonium (NH4). This is a synthesized compound, not derived from a food source. It has superior bioavailability as the iodine readily disassociates from the ammonium upon exposure to water, producing a free iodide ion – exactly as your body would like to use in metabolism.
Most other supplemental forms of iodide are as potassium iodide however this has been shown to congest the thyroid with higher dosing or longer term use.
Some people think that ammonium (NH4) sounds like some sort of toxin, compared to potassium iodide. This is far from the case. As different from ammonium, ammonia (NH3) is an irritant gas with a pungent odour.
Ammonium is a primary source of nitrogen for humans. lt is involved in many cellular chemistry reactions necessary for health. As dietary protein is metabolized ammonium is produced, the liver converts any extra ammonium to urea, which is easily cleared through the urea cycle. The amount of ammonium in Iosol can act as a nutrient in normal cell metabolism or it can readily be cleared by the liver. The amount of ammonium in a dose of Iosol is trivial compared to the amount of ammonium produced in routine protein metabolism.
