Glad to see Publix brands too! Thank goodness for Trader Joe's and kosher meat. I used quite a few things from Trader Joes thanks to Kareylynns posting! ~Wanda.. yes, iodine is naturally occurring in sea salt. recipesforsustenance Jaguar (family friend) bought her lunch while mom and grandpa had sandwiches brought from home. You can do it, though! Apple Cranberry juice. There is a brand I saw yestereday at wal-mart called Good Karma and its main ingredient is canola oil. recipesforsustenance When I finally woke up this morning I was SORE!!! I thought I'd ask about the salt in their products, and this was their response: I left for Seattle around 6am and finally got home around 8pm last night! I probably would not use their products to be on the safe side. Mar 27, 2021 @ 15:54:08, The first time I did LID was so hard. -Trader Joe's Unsulphured dried mangos and pineapple * Loads of raw nuts (pistachio's, cashews, walnuts, pecans, etc) It is best if rice is limited on LID. I loved their unsalted tortilla chips, and the unsalted nuts at TJ's were the best!! * English Crumpets w/Cinnamon - soo good toasted w/buttery spread and jam Jul 04, 2017 @ 16:11:44. Add honey, cinnamon and sugar (or sweetner) and mash away! I dont like to cook so a lot of these will be perfect for me. I packed my headset for my music on my phone to relax if needed :) Then it was time to start packing LID foods! Try not to worry about messing up. I did have to receive a CT scan with iodine contrast a week after my surgery, which was March 8. No iodized salt in Trader Joes Brand Products! Good luck with LID and upcoming scans. icanbreath. Also wondering about flavored non-dairy creameris it safe? We get home and at my moms/grandparents I needed to fill my mom's pill box for the week so she could take her pills. The island of Marken in the IJsselmeer has been connected by embankment with the mainland since 1957; the . With the exception of soybeans, you can eat all fresh (and frozen) vegetables. For some of the products I contacted the manufacturers via Facebook or by phone to ask about the type of salt they used. Im sorry you have thyroid cancer. I have also enjoyed their fire roasted no salt salsa. (LogOut/ This granola is delish! Doc has me on LID for basically 5 weeks. is taboo, along with things like eggs, soybeans (the beans and sprouts, not the oil or soy lecithin) and all dairy.
Lid and Trader Joes - Thyroid cancer - Inspire Im so happy my blog was helpful to you. Trader joes Unsalted organic white corn tortilla chips. Customer Relations I am sooo tired of oatmeal :o) NO salt. And, it is delicious toasted. Also, grom what I learned and researched, LID can/does make a difference. Rice Noodles I found these rice noodles at an Asian Market. I would like to think I am superwoman and will not experience any symptomsbut better check with you all. Tips for Less Stressful LID Food Preparation: **Always consult with your medical treatment team and follow their current food list during your LID**, Some blog readers reported their physicians told them to avoid beets during the LID- These chips contain mostly sweet potatos with some beet chips- if you have been advised to avoid beets- simply pick out the beet chips and save for another family member. Read labels. RAI These tacos shells are fine for LID. Filled with seasoned ground beef, avocado, lettuce, tomato, and salsa, tacos make for a quick and easy meal. Jun 24, 2020 @ 21:03:43. What a great site! Ingredients list 5 mg of sodium which I think occurs naturally. The Key Lime Flavor is my favorite. Drain and put the squash into a bowl. I hope all goes well. I was happy to see that my store brand hashbrowns did not contain salt. I found on another site that the chicken chile verde burritos were safe for LID, but looking at the ingredients, it has enriched flour and I thought that was on the do not eat list. I think chocolate is on a lot of do-no-eat lists because it oftentimes contains milk products (think milk chocolate). Feb 26, 2017 @ 16:00:55, Thank you for this posting this. THANKS SO MUCH!!!! I highly recommend LID Life Community (lidlifecommunity.org) as a resource. We start the diet on the 11th. I have read so many things about LID - I thought I read that there is a bread, peanut butter, chips and a salsa that are all allowed on the diet. -Also adapted the spicy-sun dried tomato and broccoli pasta- omit all the cheese and olives; read labels on sun dried tomatoes and pasta, and added in chickpeas) Im so glad you found the site useful. Getting ready to start LID diet in prep for my second round of RIT. I loved the no salt chips and salsa. Thank you for this awesome list! can anyone tell me what products are sold at Trader Joes that are allowed on the LID? (Didn't think to ask.) I asked the waitress where the veggies came from and she told me they were from a jar and contained salt. : ), thank you ,thank you, my best wishes for you, recipesforsustenance Is there a time frameor just symptoms I should be aware of? Should I be drinking distilled water? , recipesforsustenance Also, available in Beef flavored bouillon- both are. It does melt and add a cheese-like creaminess. Pepperidge Farm Jewish Rye (Seedless or not) Bread I love rye bread and was really happy to find out that the Pepperidge Farm brand is safe. I start mine in three weeks and need to have some convenience items to have in the car - I have two children and with activities every night it is not possible to make things in the cookbook everyday. potassium iodide is what you need to look for in salt (aside from sea salt). 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! I contacted the company to see what type of salt they used in their products and got this response: I have received your inquiry regarding our Texas Pete Hot Sauce and the salt in our products. There are some restrictions on certain kinds of beans, but black beans and garbanzos are considered to be fine. 150 calories per serving. Planning ahead for LID helped me a lot. any tomato sauce already prepared we can use? Oscar Mayer brand bacon is LID-safe too. Anyone know? I will do everything I can for the RAI treatment to work its' best to erradicate any remaining thyroid cells in my body. They carry many, many other labels, so go for the Trader Joe's label only and you should be all right. Jan 16, 2023 @ 20:14:36. I start my LID tomorrow. I have a Trader Joes and Whole Foods nearby, as well as a local health food store. Thank you so much for posting this. I recently had a totally thyroidectomy and am now starting the LID in 2 days. I am so glad I found your blog. Purchased at Fresh Market. Some people do not realize that iodine is in sea salt as well as kosher salt. An airbed does not seem comfortable. My husband's RAI was 9/21/12 and his LID ended 48 hours later. Trader Joes Sodium Free Whole Wheat Bread Nasty, unless you like the taste of cardboard. Ingredients list 10 mg of sodium. Its great on oatmeal. This is day 3 of my LID and I'm not gonna liethis is tough! Dried fruit (be sure to check labels, some do contain salt) and unsalted nuts are great snacks on LID. The mediterranean one did not, but be careful and read labels. They do carry some other brands, so make sure you have a Trader Joe's brand item. He came back and said they use uniodized salt in the their products, so they should all be ok!!
traders joes great place to find items for low iodine diet We then walked around a bit so he could get some air, breath a bit and then we all headed back up to the cardiac surgery waiting room. Both also had a good selection of fruit popsicles and sorbet that would be LID friendly to sooth any sweet tooth. I'm getting ready for the LID and love trader joes products. Doing RAI at home. I made the best chicken fingers ever last week. This was heaven sent! Mar 20, 2022 @ 17:36:41, Im sorry you are having to have a second dose of RAI. * Variety of unsalted tortilla chips We had also packed up cheese and peanut butter crackers for snacks, girl scout thin mint cookies and some "cuties". YUMMY I am looking forward to it as I am starving :) It's my big meal of the day as the rest of the time I usually have small snacks/meals through the day to regulate my blood sugars!! Can radiation seep through plastic? Good Luck!! I also like their Organic unsalted tortilla chips! I am ok, just extremely sore from that! They have a list of safe foods. Thank you for this post. Sep 04, 2019 @ 19:52:37. As of May 3, my iodine level was high. Publix Non-Dairy Creamer My store brand plain non-dairy creamer did not contain salt or seaweed products (carrageenan), but the other flavors did. Hope to hear from you! They also have a Facebook group for support. My understanding is that it is only the items with the Trader Joe's label. You are welcome! Im not a big beer drinker, but I did use Shiner Bock to make beer bread. Am I missing something with Trader Joes? As stated many times their own made products use non-iodine salt. On my second round of LID, I started calling, emailing, or sending Facebook messages to different food companies (many products have the contact info on the label). It's called "Let's Do Organic" creamed, unsweetened coconut. Beef flavor bouillon. Look for the "Where to Buy button" in the upper middle part of their web page. Trader joes sodium free whole wheat bread its actually pretty good i just sprayed some olive oil on it and had it with egg whites for lunch very good. Feel crappy AND not eat comfort foods? Thank you so much for posting this!!! Trader Joe's does not use any iodized salt in our product labels. Maybe 5 minutes after eating it I crashed hard, I slept so hard I did not take my night pills and did not wake up until my son woke me up at 6:45am this morning and then I promptly fell asleep until 11:30 am!!! Thanks-a-Lot, Lemonades, Peanut Butter Patties, and Thin Mints are all vegan and do not contain iodized salt. I just bought trader joe's salt free corn chips and hummus. I'll ask the grocers at Whole Foods and Trader Joes for helpbut just throwing this out thereI'm also bummed about saying a goodbye (for a few weeks) to soy milk and I see my favorite almond milk has sea salt in it! Any insight? Used for the Homemade LID Snack Bar recipe. Now that Ive read this, I know that I can do it. 18 g whole grain. Some of the items may be made in a factory that does make products with soy but as for the ingredient, they have products that do not contain these. Oct 14, 2022 @ 00:24:58. Thank goodness. No Sulfur Dioxide Non-Dairy Oh that's great LIamdig! Take care and good luck! Also, Pomi makes a box of chopped tomatoes with no salt added. I was really nervous the first time. Thank you so much for this site.. The company does not use iodized salt in the products that contain salt and they do not use carrageenan. Some Wal-Mart's may carry this buttery spread. Thank you so much for doing the homework on so much of this. In addition to Club crackers, Keebler Zesta saltines, Town House Original crackers , Graham crackers are also fine. This sure helped! I've found a few products, through the help of this website and through scouring the shelves of grocery stores, that have made cooking and eating while on the LID diet a bit easier. A reading of the labels of the stuff listed showed no salt, no dairy and no soy (the big "3" to avoid in my opinion). Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Vegetables lots and lots of fresh vegetables. She was only in surgery about 2 hours maybe less!!! I used Egg Beaters 100% Egg Whites to make omelettes, migas, and scrambled egg whites. Zero sodium; 80 calories/serving. See the overnight way to cook these steel cut oats on Day 7 Breakfast Tab! Based on what I have read, there is a lot of information available about LID diets, but quite a bit of information that my doctor did not address with me, and some conflicting information. I am so glad you are finding my blog helpful! Great for soups, risotto, mashed potatoes, etc Make sure to read labels because the regular Progresso broths contain sea salt. All are completely LID friendly, no dairy, no soy, no iodized salt and really so tasty I almost felt guity!