Low Iodine Diet

GUIDE TO LOW IODINE DIET TO BE FOLLOWED FOR ONE WEEK BEFORE THYROID TESTS AND TREATMENTS

Eat Freely:

• Fresh and frozen fruit and Vegetables.
• Fresh and frozen meats.
• Rice, pasta and potatoes.
• Soft drinks, fruit juices, beer, wine, tea, coffee & soya milk.
• Plain fats and oils (non-dairy).
• Olive oil spread.
• Fresh and home-made bread.
• The best way to make sure of the iodine content is to prepare your food from fresh ingredients yourself.
• Do not add any of the ingredients listed in the other box.
• Table salt and sea salt with no added iodine may be used.
• Do not stop taking any of your usual medicines without consulting your Thyroid team.

Try Not To Eat:

• Seafood, fish.
• Milk, cheese, ice cream, yoghurt & butter.
• Cow’s Milk, Goats Milk.
• Egg yolks.
• Some cough mixtures and health foods (such as seaweed, kelp, cod liver oil, vitamins and mineral supplements) contain iodine. If the label lists iodine, do not take the supplement while on this diet.
• Avoid food from restaurants, fast-food chains, and takeaways.

To ensure the effectiveness of the treatment and/or the result of the diagnostic test we recommend a diet that is low in Iodine.

Therefore for one week before your appointment please follow the advice given above.