Dr. Sinatra who himself was diagnosed with Graves' disease claims that natural iodine helped him. In his article, he says that many doctors assume that people with an overactive thyroid have an excessive amount of iodine. "It might make sense, as iodine is essential for the production of thyroid hormone, and so if the thyroid gland is producing an excessive amount of thyroid hormone, as is the case with Graves' Disease, then it's easy for someone to naturally assume that there is also an excess of iodine." But he realized that many people with Graves' Disease and other hyperthyroid conditions are actually deficient in iodine as he was. In this article he tells how he began an iodine loading protocol that helped him.
Dr. Sinatra talks about doing the Iodine Patch Test as a follow-up test after your physician's analysis, rather than an initial test to determine whether you are iodine deficient. The test involves using a 3% iodine tincture (the orange color) and painting a 2 x 2 square on your forearm, and then measuring how long it takes to disappear. Ideally, Sinatra says is that this "patch" should stay on your forearm for at least 24 hours. If it disappears between 12 to 24 hours, then according to this test you're mildly deficient in iodine. If the iodine tincture disappears in twelve hours or less, then the iodine deficiency is more severe. Apparently, it takes months to make up for the deficiency. See his protocol here.
A good source of iodine is Lugol's. See here for more information on Graves' and Hashimoto's Disease.
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