24 hour urine test for Iodine levels

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HI There

I live in Sydney and next week am going to have my iodine levels chacked by

the normal 24 hour urine test they a doctor would request for you. My

question is this - is this test accurate? Should I do anything before the

test to make it more accurate? Ie should I take a measured amount of iodine

and see what type of levels show up in the urine?

Thanks for your suggestions, experience

gabirel

Re: moisture issues - skin

I think iodine is making my stretch marks go away! Amazing.

Gracia

You attribute the skin changes to THYROID. I'm wondering if they could be

due to IODINE. 20% of our body iodine goes to the skin. I don't know what it

is doing there. But if one of the major characteristics of iodine is its

hydrating quality, could it be helping your skin? Zoe

I was pleased with that too, I haven't been too appreciative of some

of these aging symptoms!!! I also noticed that the dry skin I was

starting to get on my legs improved and the heels of my feet. I was

really concerned that I had inherited those traits from my mom. She

always had scaly skin on her legs and really bad cracked heels, even

at a young age. I didn't realize that those could be caused by

thyroid. She had hers removed when she was about 20.

Linn

On Jul 28, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Zoe & wrote:

> Very interesting, Linn. I knew that iodine was supposed to be

> concentrated in the moisture-producing glands, but it is good to

> hear a first hand experience. Fascinating that it seemed to help

> both dry eyes and vaginal dryness.

>

> Zoe

> >>

> I noticed an increase in moisture after starting iodine. I've always

> had to use eye drops with my contacts and since starting the iodine I

> have only had the need to use the drops first thing in the morning

> when I wake up and even then my eyes are not nearly as dry as

> before. I was taking black cohash to help with vaginal dryness and

> had to quit that because I have a problem with too much estrogen.

> The iodine has worked better for that than the black cohash did.

>

> Linn

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