What should NOT be taken with Iodine? I've heard that it's a strong oxidant, so taking it with Vitamin C (and I assume other antioxidants) is a bad idea.
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1Personal medical advice is off topic here, so I edited your question to make it generic and applicable to everyone.– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Feb 27, 2018 at 0:56
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1@CareyGregory Thank you, I seem to phrase a question wrongly 9/10 times on Stackexchange, so I am very glad when someone edits it before people close it down. :-)– JackCommented Feb 27, 2018 at 1:19
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If you are taking a product that contains both iodine and iodide like Lugol's or Iodoral, the only thing that happens when you add an antioxidant like Vit C is that the iodine gets converted to iodide. This is not a bad thing. But people like Dr. Flechas point to research showing that while the thyroid utilizes iodide, other organs, tissues, and glands utilize iodine, or a combination of both -dide and -dine. So it defeats the purpose of taking in "dual form" which the products mentioned above are in. Standard advice for taking iodine, if you don't want it converted to iodide, is to take it at least a 1/2 hour before Vit C or other antioxidants; one hour to be safe.
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2Welcome to MedicalSciences.SE. We work differently than most SE sites in that we have a strict policy that all answers should be backed up with reliable references so that the answer can be independently verified regardless of the reader's background. See this list of reliable sources. If you still have trouble with this, feel free to visit the help center or Medical Sciences Meta. Unreferenced claims can lead to answers being deleted.– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 22:06
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1More succinctly, just a link or two supporting your main claims would be sufficient.– Carey Gregory ♦Commented Mar 14, 2019 at 22:07