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Lugol's iodine - antioxidant? 25 Jul 2014 21:15 #46483

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Does anyone know if lugol's iodine is an antioxidant?

thanks, bob

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Lugol's iodine - antioxidant? 25 Jul 2014 21:59 #46484

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Does not appear to be.

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Lugol's iodine - antioxidant? 25 Jul 2014 22:17 #46485

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You had me curious so I did a google on it. This is what I found:

"In fact, iodine seems to function as both an oxidant and an antioxidant depending on the
circumstances"
iodineresearch.com/antioxidant.html

Go figure, aye?

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Lugol's iodine - antioxidant? 27 Jul 2014 03:58 #46494

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I've always heard that it is an oxidant.
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