Stan Horwitz wrote:
> In article >,
> Serene Vannoy > wrote:
>
>> The following are fine:
>>
>> * Fresh fruits and fruit juices, except rhubarb, maraschino
>> cherries (if they contain Red Dye #3), and fruit cocktail with
>> maraschino cherries.
>> * Vegetables, preferably raw and fresh-cooked or frozen without
>> salt. (But not skins of potatoes, soybeans, and some other beans like
>> pinto, lima, navy, red kidney, cowpeas).
>> * Unsalted nuts and unsalted nut butters.
>> * Grain/cereal products in moderate amounts (see above).
>> * Sugar, jelly, honey, maple syrup, and unsulfured molasses.
>> * Black pepper and fresh or dried herbs.
>> * All vegetable oils. Salad dressings provided they contain only
>> allowed ingredients.
>> * Homemade foods (see the free Low-Iodine Cookbook from the ThyCa
>> web site, thyca.org.
>> * Cola, diet cola, lemonade, sodas (except those with Red Dye #3),
>> non-instant coffee and tea, beer, wine, other alcohol.
>
> Lots of salads using the fresh ingredients on your list can fit into
> your diet just fine. I am surprised though that soda is on the list of
> permissible items. I guess I am wrong, but I thought most sodas had some
> salt in them.

Salt's fine, just not iodized salt. Apparently, all US manufacturers
use uniodized salt, but I don't drink much soda anyway, so I don't plan
on stocking up.

> You can also buy a juicing machine and make your own salt
> free juices. With a food processor, you can make a variety of tasty
> soups, and also sauces to go over modest amounts of pasta. You can
> certainly make soups a head of time, and sauces and freeze them in
> individual serving sizes. Salads are tough to make in advance, but they
> are certainly easy enough to prepare as needed.

Good ideas, thanks!

>
> Best of luck with your treatment and with your low iodine diet.

Thank you.

Serene