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2 weeks on low iodine diet for thyroid cancer whole body scan. is vegan food ok during diet since it contains no dairy?
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Yes: A vegetarian diet should not be a problem. This webpage has a list of food to avoid and ones that are OK. http://www.thyca.org/pap-fol/lowiodinediet/
Answered 5/5/2015
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