In the book PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING by James F Balch, MD & Phyllis a Balch C.N.C. Under the title “hypothyroid”, food recommendations to eat are molasses, egg yolks, parsley, apricots, dates, prunes. Fish or chicken and raw milk & cheeses. Avoid refined foods, inc. white flour & sugar. Drink distilled water only, avoid flouride including in toothpaste & chlorine in water. Clorine & flourine and iodine are chemically related. Chlorine & florine block iodine receptors in the thyroid. Avoid sulfa drugs & antihisimines.
I found my copy at a health food store, & I know that a new expanded edition has just come out.