LID - what can i eat??

[helsurf]

Hi all,

  going food shopping 2nite and i have to start the low iodine diet on monday,

i know i'm not allowed to eat - seafood
                                             anything coloured red
                                             dairy
                                             iodised salt
                                             Eggs

i was also told to avoid shop bought bread,

so can any of you who have been through this tell me what i can eat? scared i'm gunna get it wrong and it wont work! :)

Thanks love Helen x x x

[jeblondon]

hi hun, yes it must be hard but it will not be for long.  I know when I went on the glutenfree diet it took me twice as long to shop as I read EVERY label. It was a real pain but worth it!. Just stick with it - great advice above from D and Liz re what you CAN eat.
I try to look at it from that point of view rather than what you 'can't'.
Hugs
J x

[Liz94]

I lived on fruit smooothies, pasta with unsalted sauce, bread from a bakery that didn't use iodine, and baked potatoes with salsa.  It got old REAL fast!  Also, I always made sure I had a baggie with unsalted almonds and an apple in my purse so if I was out and got hungry I could have something.  I tried to eat that natural peanut butter stuff but I'm here to tell you that that stuff is NOT peanut butter!  It's oil and goo. If you can eat it, more power to you!  I also got my meat from the meat counter and had the guy divide in into 3 ounce packages so I could grab and cook it.  I think if I hadn't been so hypo I could have been fine on this diet. It's really not too bad and very healthy. I lost 8 pounds in 2 weeks.

[dscoochie]

This is from Thryvors, the Canadian Thyroid Cancer Support Group:

The following foods and ingredients are NOT ALLOWED on a LID:
· Iodized salt, sea salt, or any specialty salt that contains iodine or sea salt
· Any food containing iodized salt or sea salt, including meat and poultry packaged or
treated with brine and any cured meats such as ham, bacon, corned beef, lox,
wieners and luncheon meats
· All restaurant and take-out foods
· Sea products including the following foods or ingredients: fish, shellfish, alginate,
algin, algae, agar, carrageenan, nori, dulse, seaweed and kelp
· Dairy products; egg yolks, whole eggs or any product containing dairy or egg yolk
· Soybeans or soy protein products including soy sauce, soy milk and tofu (soy lecithin
and soybean oil are allowed)
· Potato peel or skin (the flesh of the potato is allowed); rhubarb
· Red dye #3 or erythrosine (used in some red coloured foods, drinks and
medications); nutritional supplements containing iodine


The following foods and ingredients are ALLOWED on a LID (Read list of ingredients
and other information on labels of packaged foods):
· Bread and cereal products (limit to 4 servings per day) made with allowed
ingredients (i.e. no salt, egg, milk); unsalted oatmeal, pasta, rice; salt-free crackers,
rice cakes, matzo, popcorn
· Fruit and vegetables (unsalted) and juices except: the skin of potatoes, rhubarb and
any fruit or juice containing red dye #3 such as maraschino cherries or red/pink juice
drinks
· Unsalted nuts, nut butters and lentils; egg white; unsalted meat and poultry (limit to 5
ounces per day)
· Vegetable oils; salt-free margarine if made from allowed ingredients (no dairy)
· Fresh or dried herbs; salt-free spices or spice mixes; wine vinegar; non-iodized salt
· Sugar (white or brown), honey, maple syrup, marshmallows, hard candy, sorbet,
gelatin, jams and jellies (without red dye #3); raisins, homemade desserts (with
allowed ingredients); dark chocolate (non-milk); Sesame Snaps® and Popsicles®
· Soft drinks (without red dye #3); coffee/tea (no dairy); alcohol if approved by doctor

Good Luck!!!!

[898]

Food prepared from any fresh meats, fresh poultry, fresh or frozen vegetables, and fresh fruits should be fine for this diet