Dietary list for iodine restricted preparatory diet

Group Allowed Restricted Water Mineral water for the preparation of tea, coffee, Tap water for drinking broth, and soup and the boiling of pasta and rice. Salt Non iodized kitchen and table salt Sea salt, dietary salt Bread Homemade bread using non-iodised salt or Bread from a bakery or factory (white, homemade bread using a readymade bread mix. brown, wholemeal, rye bread, raisin Low-sodium bread. bread or rolls) Packaged biscuits, crackers, Swedish crisp bread, Unpackaged baked good including gingerbread, matzos and rice cakes provided they do biscuits, cake or pastry. not contain iodised salt. Butter, margarine, oil All types of salted and unsalted butter, margarine --- and oils. For use on bread: cheese Dutch cheeses. One slice of cheese per day at most Foreign cheeses or one slice of bread with cheese spread. For use on bread: cold At most 2 slices of cold cuts per day. All types of cold All types of meats containing liver such cuts/meats cuts or meats, both from the butcher or pre- as liver pâté, liverwurst, liver paste. packaged with the exception of restricted products. Sweet spreads All types of jam, honey, syrup, and apple or pear Peanut butter, chocolate sprinkles, syrup. chocolate or hazelnut spread. Sweet spreads containing red dye E- 127. Eggs --- Eggs and products containing eggs such as pastry, cakes, egg salad, omelette, eggnog, mayonnaise. Beverages Coffee and tea made with mineral water. Fruit concentrate containing the red All soft drinks including diet soft drink, fruit dye E-127 concentrate diluted with mineral water. Beverages (alcoholic) Beer, at most 2 glasses per day. All other alcoholic drinks Fruit and fruit juice At most two portions per day of the following types: All other types of fruit strawberries, apricots, apples, blackberries, lemons, grapes, raspberries, grapefruit, tangerines, cherries, gooseberries, mangoes, melons, pears, peaches, plums, oranges. Milk and dairy products At most 1 glass of milk or butter milk or one bowl of Coffee creamer. yoghurt, custard, cottage cheese, fromage frais, porridge per day. Condensed milk. Broth, soup Homemade broth or soup using mineral water and All other types of brothand soup. the allowed vegetables, meat, herbs and spices and non-iodised salt. Meat At most 100 grams of meat (raw weight) per day. All Liver and products containing liver types of pork, beef, veal, lamb, chicken and horse meat, either fresh, packaged and/or seasoned, with the exception of liver or products containing liver. Meat substitutes As a substitute for meat at most 100 grams. All types All other types (vegetarian products) based on soy, cereals, rice, allowed vegetables and potatoes, tofu, tempeh. Fish, fish products, --- All types shellfish, seaweed and algae. Gravy and sauces Homemade gravy using mineral water, homemade All other types sauces using mineral water and the allowed vegetables, meat, herbs, spices, non-iodised salt and other allowed items. Vegetables At most 3 vegetable spoons. Only the following A sauce made from the cooking liquid. products are allowed, either fresh, frozen or tinned: All types of creamed vegetables and eggplant, beets, celery, cauliflower, Chinese other vegetables. cabbage, courgette, peas, lettuce, celeriac, garlic, cucumber, turnips, kohlrabi, corn, horseradish, peppers, parsnip, pumpkin, leeks, rhubarb, red cabbage, green beans, tomatoes, broad beans, onions, cabbage, sauerkraut. Products can be cooked in tap water. Raw vegetables Only the allowed types of vegetables --- Pulses Brown beans and soy beans All other types Potatoes, rice, pasta Cooked, roast or (deep)fried potatoes. Wholegrain pasta, brown rice. Homemade mashed potatoes using non-iodised salt. Potatoes can be cooked in tap water Rice and pasta. Cook rice and pasta in mineral water Health food products --- Health food products can contain sea salt, algae and seaweed. Carefully read the label. Fishmeal, shrimp crackers, shrimp paste, tahini. Snacks Factory-made biscuits (packaged, not containing Cakes and other types of pastries eggs), raisins, hazelnuts, crisps, chewing gum. containing eggs, peanuts, cashew nuts, walnuts, beer nuts, prawn crackers, chocolate, sweets containing E-127. Various Sugar. --- All fresh and dried herbs, spices and spice mixes, meat seasonings, aromatics. Garlic, vinegar, mustard, soy sauce, ketchup, tomato puree. Potato flour, cornstarch, flour.

Example menu Breakfast  2 slices of low sodium bread or homemade bread with non-iodised salt  or crackers, crisp bread or biscuits  spread with margarine or butter  1 slice of meat/cold cuts, 1 portion of sweet spreads  tea or coffee made with mineral water

Morning snack  tea or coffee made with mineral water  biscuits, gingerbread

Lunch  3 slices of low sodium bread or homemade bread using non-iodised salt.  or crackers, crisp bread or biscuits  spread with margarine or butter  1 slice of cheese, 1 slice of meat/cold cuts, 1 portion of sweet spreads  raw vegetables (optional)  tea or coffee made with mineral water

Afternoon snack  tea or coffee made with mineral water  biscuits  1 portion of fruit or 1 glass of fruit juice

Dinner  soup or broth made using mineral water(optional)  100 g (raw weight) of meat or chicken with gravy  at most 3 serving spoons of vegetables  potatoes, rice, pasta or pulses  1 bowl of yoghurt, custard, cottage cheese, fromage frais or porridge

Evening snack  tea or coffee made with mineral water  biscuits  1 portion of fruit or 1 glass of fruit juice