Iodine Products protect against many pathogens and can prevent and shorten many cold and flu episodes and symptoms. When you spray your nose and throat with Liquid Mask, the iodine in the product (1% PVPI, the most effective concentration) instantly kills most of the infectious disease organisms. It leaves a few alive.

Support for the Cold and Flu Season

Naturally. Just so your body can readily develop adaptive immunity. The Holy Grail of transmission prevention and LONG-TERM health. And avoidance of long COVID. And because of our multi-million-year evolutionary history with iodine, the iodine doesn’t destroy commensal, helpful microbes. These commensal microbes compete with the infectious types – and crowd them out.

Immune system benefits. Health benefits. Breathe easy. Lives saved.

After making war on infectious disease organisms, in seconds, Iodine is rapidly converted to IODIDE, the anion, by the slightly acidic pH of your nasal and oral secretions. That iodide interacts with ever-present elements of mucus – H2O2 and lactoperoxidases (the catalyst) – to produce a powerful 100% natural antimicrobial: hypoiodous acid.

The equation:

2 I⁻ + 2 H₂O₂ + 2 H⁺ → 2 HOI + 2 H₂O

In this reaction, iodide ions (I⁻) react with hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) and hydrogen ions (H⁺) in the presence of lactoperoxidases to form hypoiodous acid (HOI) and water (H₂O). This reaction is a key step in the antimicrobial activity of the lactoperoxidase system, which helps to protect biological fluids and surfaces from microbial contamination. This happens everywhere in the body where there are tubes/channels for fluid transport (non-blood-bearing).

For an excellent short description of the lactoperoxidase system, see the Wikipedia article on it RIGHT HERE.