Quote Originally Posted by limewave View Post
Here's a simple thyroid test (which I do regularly):

One way to do an evaluation of your thyroid status: go to the drug store and buy a bottle of ordinary liquid Iodine 2% (just like you’d put on a cut). Take a cotton swab or applicator and apply a patch of iodine to your skin; an area about as big as a silver dollar, on the abdomen, leg, or anywhere on the body.
Watch this area for the next 12 hours, every hour. If the brown iodine area is absorbed into your skin and disappears in less than 12 hours, it is very likely you are thyroid deficient.
I am familiar with this. Dr. Mercola actually advocates doing this daily to get the iodine you need if you are deficient. If it does not absorb, then you know you know you have enough.

If you aren't familiar with Dr. Mercola, I highly recommend you check him out. http://www.drmercola.com/ His site is the first place I go when I have a medical question. If you click on the "newsletter" link, you can do a search and see if he's written an article (or several) on the subject. I get his newsletter emailed to me every day. He tries to keep the world apprised of medical truths the conventional world of medicine doesn't tell you or doesn't know.

I hadn't thought about where one buys iodine, so thanks for the tip.