Breakfast and Levothyroxine

[Koko04]

Hi all, can you please tell me what most people on Levothyroxine have for breakfast? I am finding it hard to avoid fibre ,milk/yogurt. Many thanks!

[Jonpaul0_1]

Hi I'm gluten and dairy free so for breakfast I have berries and fruit with gluten free granola and koko coconut yogurt. It's really nice. You can also have gluten free bread/bagels or pancakes. Genuis do a good range of products. There are plenty of gluten free cereals and you could try nut milk ? Not soya milk as we are not to have soya with hashimoto's

[Koko04 in reply to Jonpaul0_1]

Oh I didn't know we could go gluten free options as I thought they also contain fibres. Thank you!

[Jonpaul0_1 in reply to Koko04]

Some of the items may contain fibre but then we all need fibre in our diet anyway to keep things moving. Why are you avoiding fibre ?

[Koko04 in reply to Jonpaul0_1]

I was told by my endocrinologist to avoid high fibre foods 4h after taking levothyroxine that's why.

[Treepie in reply to Koko04]

Take your levo at bedtime ,I have Koko coconut milk with porridge.

[Koko04 in reply to Treepie]

I eat at different times in the evenings therefore it would be difficult to gave an empty stomach. X

[greygoose in reply to Koko04]

High fibre, maybe. But not all fibre.

[Koko04]

I was told by my endocrinologist to avoid milk/ calcium and fibre 4h after taking levothyroxine as it interferes with the absorption of the hormone.

[Koko04]

Thank You!

[jimh111]

I have porridge. Bran affects levothyroxine absorption, I don't know of any study that suggests all fibre affects absorption, especially soluble fibre as in porridge. Foods other than bran and coffee have a small effect on absorption so they are OK. Alternatively take your levothryoxine at bedtime. Don't get into restrictive diets.

[Koko04 in reply to jimh111]

If I can have porridge than that would be amazing. Trying to keep things as simple as possible.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Hidden

Calcium and fibre supplements you must avoid for two hours

It's 4 hours for calcium supplements (iron and magnesium and Vit D too)

Koko04 - just for info

[SlowDragon Administrator]

Koko04 and Hidden

NHS guidelines recommend avoiding calcium rich foods for four hours after taking Levothyroxine

nhs.uk/medicines/levothyrox...

Perhaps one of the reasons some of us find it can work better taking it at bedtime

verywell.com/should-i-take-...

[wellness1 in reply to SlowDragon]

does the same guidance apply to liothyronine? (avoiding calcium-rich foods for 4 hours?)

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to wellness1]

I don't think so

Liothyronine is absorbed much more rapidly than Levothyroxine

[wellness1 in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks, SlowDragon

[Hidden in reply to SlowDragon]

Thanks. That's a thought! One of those things you realise are obvious once someone points it out! At the moment I don't seem to need T3, hope that's never as it's so difficult to get on the NHS

[Koko04]

No worries!

[Malteser56]

Hello Koko04,

I have found that I can’t eat bread, but I have found that GI loaf from Lidl I can, so I either have toast with 2 boiled eggs, or porridge if I’m hungry I have both, hope this helps.

[Koko04 in reply to Malteser56]

Thank you!

[greygoose]

I have hot bread with cream cheese or crumpets with butter; and a cup of ginger tea with milk and honey. I have that at least one hour after my T3 (don't take levo) - sometimes about three hours, depends what I'm doing. And, I know that's all fine because I would soon notice if I weren't absorbing my T3!

[Koko04 in reply to greygoose]

Thank you!

[greygoose in reply to Koko04]

You're welcome.

[Ladybex]

I take my LEVOTHYROXINE at night ... but you mustn’t eat anything 4 hours before taking it.. so my last meal is at 6pm and I take it at 10.30 pm then I don’t worry In the morning when I eat drink and take my VITS ...

Best wishes Koko 😊

[Koko04 in reply to Ladybex]

Thank you!

[Margareta3]

Eggs, and a salad of avocado, tomatoes, olives etc

[Koko04 in reply to Margareta3]

Yes I had that this morning. Just need to move away from the traditional breakfast I guess! X