This is a low iodine diet, not a no salt diet. I am having RAI next Friday.. 1st and Last!! Thanks for all the info! I used this coffee creamer to make Overnight Oats and was really happy with the results. Does anyone know of anywhere else maybe closer to Boise Idaho that I can get Rich's creamer (i.e. Thank you so much! I think So Delicious has a soy-free, LID-safe style cheese substitute. I ended up taking a lot with me, but I had no idea how long we would be there so I planned out so I would be covered until late last night :) I packed banana chips, apple chips, unsalted tortilla chips from Trader Joe's, fresh strawberries, "cuties", unsalted sunflower seeds, hard candies, Kosher salt (non iodized of course) in my salt grinder, my pepper grinder, garlic powder, lime juice and a couple other seasonings, an avocado to make guacamole, a knife so I could cut my avocado and bottled waters :) Also, is sparkling water ok to drink? Good luck to you! There are some restrictions on certain kinds of beans, but black beans and garbanzos are considered to be fine. I assume you are preparing to do a whole body scan. Im so glad you found the site useful. I was considering wearing the same old jamas the entire time and throwing them awaybut then wondered if I shower often will this not be helpful? Uncle Bens Ready Rice Brown Basmati it is said that basmati rice is the best rice for LID because it has a lower amount of naturally occurring iodine. As always, read labels before buying product. Any hints / tips would be so appreciated. Keeping a good thought for you! She was only in surgery about 2 hours maybe less!!! Whole Foods I've used these before and love themthey're GMO free, BPA free and no preservatives including citric acid. Zero sodium/zero sugar. Trader joes organic brown rice penne pasta sodium free. Hi Question.. = Rough. They do Cary non dairy vegan cheese. Hunts No Salt Added Ketchup This stuff wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. SomI picked up a load of sandwich bread there that did not include "sea salt" but now I'm concerned it may use Iodine Conditioners. "low sodium"; Zero sodium; I added kosher salt to the jar. I probably would not use their products to be on the safe side. Salt free, gluten free and no MSG. Put the squash into boiling water and cook for about 15 minutes. Sincerely, Also, it MUST be the "Soy Free" variety." I started today on LID and I must say quite confusing. recipesforsustenance I am so glad I found your blog. I am so happy that I found this site! Thank you thank you thank you for this!!! At the time I couldn't find it the store was all out of it but does anyone remember that? Thanks all ! Purchased at Fresh Market. Also, available in Beef flavored bouillon- both are. Its great on everything . My husband recently had his five year check up and lab work and he remains CANCER FREE! -Enjoy life semi-sweet mini chips (dairy, nut, & soy free) Good Luck!! recipesforsustenance As stated many times their own made products use non-iodine salt. Jun 30, 2017 @ 14:29:40. http://www.lidlifecommunity.org wasnt around the first 2 times I did LID, but its a game changer. They have Unsalted, Organic White Corn Tortilla Chips and they are amazing, just not salty. I used it to make Beef Stew and it was rich and tasted great. We are starting on the LID on Monday for his second scan. Hope this helps! Anyone besides me gluten free and facing the LID? Just remember to check ingredients in the stores. and don't worry about soy lecithin, it's the one soy that is allowed. When do you stop driving after going HYPO? Trader Joes Vegetable Samosas found in the frozen food section, these mini samosas are delicious. Oct 14, 2022 @ 00:23:56, You are so welcome! They are also a bit sour so it helps with the salivary glands. I feel like I'm eating too many carbs and not enough protein. -I made the lemon pesto rice with portabello mushrooms-I used brown basmati rice (whole foods brand), substituted walnuts for almonds (since I had a whole bag of walnuts on hand), and used Braggs premium nutritional yeast seasoning (found at whole foods). Sep 08, 2017 @ 13:05:04. Some brands contain salt, so read labels. I am a mediocre cook at best so making my own foods for the next 2 weeks is going to be rough. I went to Trader Joe's and they know nothing about this No Salt whole wheat breadthey even checked the computer at the store?? Hope your LID went well. I have the cookbook but if anyone has links to good "prepared" options that old be GREAT! The ingredients listed are only rice and water. I have Celiac Dermititis Herpetiformis which iodine acts as an irritant. * Unsalted canned veggies (black beans, corn, etc) You are so welcome! What are the chances? Im sorry you have thyroid cancer. 3 before RAI and 2 after RAI. My MD got a urine iodine on me and it was well under what she wanted it to be! Most Thomas Bagel Thins are also LID-friendly. HI!!! I have yet to run into a large manufacturer who uses iodized salt in their products. recipesforsustenance Thank goodness. icanbreath. If a company changes their recipe, they have to list the new ingredient on the label. Also, some food suggestions help too. FYI, this bread doesnt contain salt or dough conditioners. I found mine at Fresh and Easy0 mg of sodium, fat and cholesterol. Best of luck! I think I will need a garbage pail in my room. There may be regional differences in ingredients, so always check. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Some Daiya cheese substitutes contain sea salt, but some do not. If they are, which ones? Here are some of the fruits you can eat on LID: Bananas, apples, kiwi, peaches, pears, all berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc), pineapples, mangoes, cherries (not Maraschino cherries, though because of the red food dye), all citrus (oranges, lemons, grapefruit, limes, mandarin oranges, clemantines, tangerines, etc), grapes, pomegranates, figs, papaya, avocados, plums, persimmons, and melons (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew melon, etc). http://www.traderjoes.com/about/index.asp. Oh that's great LIamdig! The company does not use iodized salt in the products that contain salt and they do not use carrageenan. Cocoa, itself, is not a banned item. Has anyone eaten "conventional" ground beef on the diet? There are also a lot of ingredients in their foods that I dont know what they are. Uncle Ben's Ready Rice Brown Rice - Iodine occurs naturally in rice. I was miserable and hungry. My husband's RAI was 9/21/12 and his LID ended 48 hours later. I could have sworn I picked this product up last year while on LID and sea salt was listed as an ingredient. I tried to be as strict with the LID as possible. The amount varies by typeof rice and where it was grown. Hello all real quick question. Look for the "Where to Buy button" in the upper middle part of their web page. (LogOut/ I plan on going to trader Joe's to look for food tomorrow before I start the diet. yes, iodine is naturally occurring in sea salt. I'm getting ready for the LID and love trader joes products. Trader joes Unsalted organic white corn tortilla chips. I guess Im just nervous and dont want to mess up. Rice. Ill keep a good thought for him (and you). . I've never read so many labels in my life.my eyes hurt. I was wondering how your iodine number actually was? See the overnight way to cook these steel cut oats on Day 7 Breakfast Tab! I have Trader Joe's Organic Jellys and they are all great tasting. We are starting the 2nd round of the LID diet for my husband to start his radioactive iodine treatment next month. This was heaven sent! Tostitos Tortilla Chips Frito-Lay does not use iodized salt in/on their products. recipesforsustenance -Trader Joe's Quick Cook Steel Cut Oats Are you sure you want to block this member? Im sorry you are having a hard time finding something to eat on your low-iodine diet. They never tested my iodine before RAI (therapeutic or testing doses). She then needed to go to Walmart to pick up a few things so we headed over there and I found some stuff there for me on the LID! If done right and portion controlled this should not affect my sugars too much so that gives me a ton of hope :) not only for me, but for those who are also diabetic and having to do the LID :) The first time I did LID, I was miserable. t" and several Thyca Inspire folks have talked to the manufacturer who state the salt is iodine-free. Hi everyone! Good luck and remember LID is about 19 days out of a lifetime, and it's all to improve your chances of knocking this cancer down for good! * Unsalted tortilla chips Use the Tabs below to see our daily LID menu by meal. Progresso Unsalted Chicken Broth contain no added salt. I'm the one that confirmed it with trader joes. I do have Trader Joe's close, if anyone has a list they would like to share I am willing to take all the help offered. Thank you for this post! One nice thing is that if a TJ item is made with Sea Salt it says so on the label, if it says Salt as an ingredient it is non-iodized. Flowers. I got a call today to go on LID and off my Cytomel. I hope all goes well for him. Finally around 12pm the anesthesiologist team came in to prepare grandma and she was wheeled off to the operating room around 12:30pm. I don't use milk or creamer in my coffee but use too so I know that it's tough to go without. Plan to use this seasoning after the LID! Thank you for these great ideas. recipesforsustenance Trader Joe's (all of these items are trader joe's brand) Thank you so much for posting this!!! The Smart Balance with Olive Oil should be fine for the low iodine diet. I was able to find out that corporate for trader Joes has guaranteed that they do not use iodize salt in any of their trader joes name bran products DO STAY . I had my second go around with being on a LID for the last 3 weeks. The island of Marken in the IJsselmeer has been connected by embankment with the mainland since 1957; the . -Good blogs that you can adapt recipes from: Jan 19, 2022 @ 11:56:42. Thyroid cancer support group and discussion community. I hope you will find some of the meal ideas on this blog helpful. Better to be safe than sorry :) Is that good? Hope all is going well for you. Will be using after the LID. To clarify, someone posted that they contacted TJ's and the response they received indicated that the foods with the Trader Joe's label use iodine-free salt in those products with salt. 18 g whole grain. Used this product as base for pasta sauce. The amount varies by type of rice and where it was grown. Mar 17, 2017 @ 23:33:18. Also, Pomi makes a box of chopped tomatoes with no salt added. Im glad I found this site. Wasnt given a large enough dose the first time ad the dr I had then didnt have me follow this diet beforehand. recipesforsustenance The hamburger patty tasted as if it had no salt/seasoning and if it did, it was very minimal. Am I missing something with Trader Joes? Zero sodium.while it says Sugar Fire sauce is a dessert sauce- we used it on grilled chicken, hamburger patties, etc. : ) . 18 g whole grain. It is giving me a headache all this throught into what used to be a normal life. Im doing my 3rd round of LID in 3 weeks, going on 5 years cancer free but theres still traces. Mashed Butternut Squash - Cut a butternut squash into cubes. Trader Joe's does not use any iodized salt in our product labels. However, that information will still be included in details such as numbers of replies. I figured that since I was only drinking coffee with this non-dairy creamer once a day, it was something I was comfortable consuming. At 11am the anesthesiologist was suppose to be in to prepare grandma but the case before was running way late due to complications. I was shopping for bread in Trader Joes, and one of their employees offered to call and see which ones were low iodine. Oreos are his favorite (dipped in milk of course) but he will be happy to just have the cookies at this point. Jun 24, 2020 @ 21:03:43. One of them is StrawberryI also use Apricot and Blueberry even before the LID. Change). I might have a shrimp cocktail followed by a maine lobster before I start on dessert though..GRIIIINNNNN..Have a great one good people! Used this product as base for pasta sauce. Uncle Bens Ready Rice Brown Rice Iodine occurs naturally in rice. Please check back and let me know how you are doing. As long as you read labels and know what ingredients are not allowed, you are good. I called the manufacturer and they gave me distributors in Boise to call and none of them have it. Plus, frito-lay posts it on their website in FAQs that they do not use iodized salt. Mar 08, 2020 @ 16:45:36. On some lists, it is considered an ingredient that is not allowed on LID. Mar 18, 2022 @ 02:37:56, Im sorry you are going through this. They carry many, many other labels, so go for the Trader Joe's label only and you should be all right. I cannot say enough about how much this website is helping me both emotionally and information wise! Quaker Instant Oatmeal (Plain) Oatmeal is an easy breakfast. Also, it was easier once I figured out that the vast majority of food products do not contain iodized salt. I'm going to Trader Joe's later to (hopefully) find some good snacks I'm allowed. My husband is on LID for the first time, and youve helped tremendously! Find other members in this community to connect with. So around 4am I crawled out of my bed where I was semi comfortable to get things ready to go to Seattle. He came back and said they use uniodized salt in the their products, so they should all be ok!! I had one for a snack on day 4 :) Thank you so much for doing the homework on so much of this. Their hummus is amazing with their whole wheat tortillas it was my go to for most of the time when I didn't feel like eating as well as their whole wheat bread and avocado. traders joes great place to find items for low iodine diet. I discovered that a LID will cause the leisions you go away. Best wishes! This helps me hugely since I went vegan this year! No sodium; no milk products. NO salt. https://onabutterflyswings.wordpress.com/tag/vegan/, http://thyca.org/download/document/229/Cookbook1pgEng.pdf, http://lidlifecommunity.org/countries/phillipines, https://lidlifecommunity.org/countries/usa/usa-foods/usa-breakfast/usa-other-breakfast/#jp-carousel-8956, https://thyca.org/download/document/408/LIDSlides.pdf, Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Cancer. David Sunflower Seeds These are a great salty snack. Your hard work on this was greatly appreciated. I hope everything is going well for you. I bought mom and grandpa coffee, mom and I a vitamin water (since I drank all that I had brought) and grandpa a gatorade :) I had planned on making guacamole for lunch, but the avocado was over ripe and was about guacamole when I cut it open so it got pitched and I ended up buying some lunch! Thank you! Newmans Own Tomato & Basil Spaghetti Sauce Newmans Own brand items do not contain iodized salt. "It's healthy (50 calories and 2 grams of fat per cup), very tasty, and can be eaten as a main or a side." Plus, it's inexpensive at $2.99 per bag. Here is a quick run down of the items so that if any one is near these stores they can run out and get this stuff too! :). It does get easier each time. Get the second one if you want to use it in coffee. Also someone mentioned to me a bread, which I think was in Trader Joes or Whole Foods that was LID safe. I could use the site to look up LID-safe items on my phone while I was grocery shopping. Yes, Tostitos brand items are okay to eat on LID (as long as they do not contain any forbidden ingredients) Tostitos and Frito-Lays brand products do not contain iodized salt. , recipesforsustenance - I made the honey whole wheat banana bread (substituted 4 egg whites for the 2 eggs that the recipe calls for and used kosher salt) and added the enjoy life semi sweet mini chips and chopped walnuts--such a yummy breakfast!) No Granola recipesforsustenance I am also dairy (milk products) free, but almost no need to mention that since milk is not allowed on the LID anyway. Also I would like to have some bread or bagel but I guess I get confused when I read Thomas Bagels and it says it contains soy but yet its soybean, but not sure if that is soybean oil which we can have or soy beans. I have been going out of my mind trying to find something to eat. Lots of Hugs as Always, Things are going to be okay. *I was looking for no salt foods. Trader joes made it so easy to find good tasting iodine free items. I am new to this site as I just had a TT this past December and am thankful for all the info and stories. Mar 17, 2017 @ 02:29:37. Im not a big beer drinker, but I did use Shiner Bock to make beer bread. This granola is delish! As i search thru the Web on the dos and donts i realised i should avoid it. So I made a trail mix for my snack kashi cereal pinapple chips dried fruit and dark chocolate chips and almonds .. are dark chocolate chips ok they have no milk or salt I got them at trader joes and does any one know about coconut milk in a can can I use that in my coffee. Trader joes Dry roasted and unsalted pistachios. There are several Kens salad dressings that are suitable for LID>. Noord-Holland, English North Holland, coastal provincie (province), northwestern Netherlands. It many not be a ton of food but it was nice for me to find a handful of things that I could eat/snack on.