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Foods to be avoided by Hypothyroid Patients. Millet. Patients with hypothyroidism should avoid millet, which may be contained in cruciferous vegetables. Millet interferes with your body's iodine uptake, which is already damaged due to your thyroid condition.
Follow a low-iodine diet. If you have iodine in your diet, it can prevent your thyroid from taking up the radioactive iodine .You will need to follow a low-iodine diet for 1 to 2 weeks before you start treatment. A low-iodine diet will make your radioactive iodine therapy more effective.