Legitimate choice or shirking of specific nourishments can help a thyroid organ which is treated with radioactive iodine.
The motivation behind the iodine diet is to decrease the stores of iodine in the body, in this way upgrading the viability of radioactive iodine. This eating routine as a rule goes on for about fourteen days and starts two weeks previously and two days after the utilization of radioactive iodine.
Foods that should be avoided:
Iodized salt – food or food supplements that contain a lot of salt (eg. seasoning);
Dried and salted meat (bacon, ham, pork scratchings, sausages, meat prepared for grilling or frying);
Dairy products (milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, margarine, sour and sweet cream, sour cream for cooking, ice cream);
Eggs (yolk);
Bakery products (breads, cakes, pastries);
Sea food (fish, shellfish, crabs, squid, cuttlefish, octopus, seaweed, tablets containing seaweed and grass);
Dried fruit, candied fruit and canned vegetables;
Chocolate, sweets, liqueurs, cocktails;
Multivitamin and multimineral products – those which contain iodine.
Foods that can be consumed :
Fresh fruits and vegetables – well washed, except for large amounts of spinach and broccoli (vegetables can be prepared with vegetable oil and salt without iodine);
Fresh meat;
Homemade bread and cakes (without iodized salt, milk, butter, margarine, egg yolks);
Pasta (without eggs);
Vegetable oil;
Sugar, honey, clear fruit juices;
Canned fruit (peaches, pears and pineapples);
Coffee and tea (without milk or cream);
Eggs (egg whites).