Low-Iodine-Diet (LID)

So I have 5 days to prepare for this special diet. So can I just grumble a little bit before I try to find the positive? Only 5 oz of meat a day? No dairy? Really? No cheese, milk, eggs, butter,ice cream or chocolate? No storebought foods with "salt" as an ingredient? Nothing from the Sea? No shrimp? No crab or lobster? Sea Salt? No Soy or Whey products, No red dye, no sauces or condiments, no commercial bread products, nothing with salt unless I make it with non-iodized salt. Okay, not like I eat all that stuff anyway. But I am starting to realize and empathize with what my poor friends with allergies, or kids with allergies have to go through on a daily basis. It is not fun! Did you know that Iodine is in almost everything? And animals absorb iodine also so that's why the limit on meat. Canned food all has iodine. Yesterday I went to Costco and started looking at things I might be able to have. Well, I came home with "ONE" thing! Almond Butter. Yep, it doesn't have any salt in it at all! So there is something I can dip my fruits and veggies in, Yay! I also bought some fresh chicken thighs so I could make some chicken broth with non-iodized salt. That way I can have that in my freezer ready to go to make soups with. Usually I cook with the frozen chicken pieces in the bag at Costco. But did you know that they have a salt solution injected into them? I wondered why the chicken never really needed salt. It's amazing what you learn when you actually read the label! Now I am thinking of recipes I could possibly make up ahead of time. I thought of Lasagna, but wait, who can have Lasagna without LOTS and LOTS of cheese? Ricotta, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Cottage to name a few. Nope, I will still make it for the family to have. I would also have to make the sauce totally homeade without canned anything. Not sure how that would be. I guess I'll just stick with simpler stuff. Like a piece of chicken with a baked potato (inside only as the skin has iodine), and a salad. Not so bad. I did the Paleo diet for a couple of months about a year and a half ago. I actually felt sooooo good on that diet. It's kind of a caveman diet. NO processed foods at all. Lots of fruit and veggies, nuts and seeds, and no dairy. The dairy I had a problem giving up. Oh and NO SUGAR! That was super hard. I think that is why I felt so good on it was the elimination of gluten and dairy and mainly SUGAR. So if I could do that diet then this one should be easy. I have actually been wanting to go strictly Paleo again but right now my comfort foods are helping me through all this. Well, until April 2nd. I should only have to be on this LID diet for a few weeks. The only reason it would go longer is if the radiation doesn't kill all the cancer. Then I think I have to repeat. So if you think of anything that doesn't contain iodized or sea salt, milk, eggs, or butter, I could use the ideas! I have found a wonderful blog that has been put together for this LID diet. Just in time. http://thelowiodinediet.blogspot.com