diet

[sharon_lee]

I'm at a loss as to what I can and cannot eat?
My RX. information that came with it says, not soy, walnuts...and of course, calcium and iron until 4 hrs. after taking Levothryoxin. Does anyone know where I can find out what is completely off limits in my diet...?
I've very thin, so don't need to be concerned about weight, as I need to gain....I've lost over 20#.
Thank you...
Sharon

[sharon_lee]

Thank you, for your feedback. I did play close attention to the no soy...I've decided to just eat lick I did before, except watch the soy...when shopping yesterday, and my oh my reading the labels...it is hard to find much of anything that does not contain some form of soy...even bread...

Again thanks, I see a new Dr. in 8 days, so hopefully he will have some answers for me....
Have a good day....I need to go mow before the rain startes...

[Barb135]

I guess I don't know of anything that is "totally" off limits.  You can do a google search for things that shouldn't be eaten while on thyroid med, but mostly I think it's just leaving several hours between when you take your med and when you eat certain things (like the 4 hours between med and calcium, etc).

The only thing that I completely avoid is soy because my RX info says not use soy products with the med.

There are some who believe that hypo's should avoid all gluten containing products; however, I've been told that's not necessary unless one is sensitive to gluten.