Foods like pasta, rice, white bread, sugar and other white foods are off limits. However, cauliflower is a white food you can feel good about eating. This nonstarchy vegetable is a cruciferous vegetable like cabbage and broccoli. High intake of cruciferous vegetables is associated with a lower risk of some cancers.
Vitamin and mineral supplements can be costly, but taking them often makes us feel like we are doing the right thing for our health. Unfortunately, a number of research studies--including the extensive Iowa Women's Healthy Study--indicate that supplements are not always beneficial.
Like supplementing with iodine, taking Vitamin D supplements is relatively inexpensive, and can do wonders for your health. Of course a big source of Vitamin D is the sun, so while taking supplements can help, you also want to try to get some daily sun exposure as well.