WHY: Makes your pills not work. Makes you very sick.
🚫 FRIED FOOD
❌ Fried plantain
❌ Fried chicken
❌ Fried fish
❌ Puff-puff
WHY: Makes you bloated. Can't walk. Stomach hurts.
🚫 SUGAR & SWEET THINGS
❌ Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite
❌ Fruit juice (all types)
❌ Cake, cookies, candy
❌ Ice cream
WHY: Diabetes. Same thing that killed your parents.
🚫 SALTY FOOD
❌ Maggi cubes
❌ Knorr cubes
❌ Very salty fish
WHY: Legs swell. Can't walk. Can't breathe.
✅ GOOD FOODS TO EAT
✅ FISH (Eat A LOT)
✅ SARDINES (Your favorite!)
✅ Grilled tilapia
✅ Baked fish
✅ Grilled mackerel
Eat fish every day. Very good for you.
✅ VEGETABLES (Eat A LOT)
✅ KONTOMIRE (Very good!)
✅ OKRA
✅ Garden eggs
✅ Spinach
✅ Tomatoes
✅ Cabbage (cook it first)
✅ SAFE FUFU
✅ YAM FUFU (NO cassava mixed in!)
✅ PLANTAIN FUFU
Small piece only. Size of your fist.
✅ OTHER GOOD FOOD
✅ Boiled eggs
✅ Beans
✅ Groundnuts (small amount)
✅ Grilled chicken (no skin)
💊 YOUR PILLS
⏰ MORNING - 6:00 AM
1️⃣ Wake up
2️⃣ Take 2 thyroid pills with water
3️⃣ WAIT 1 HOUR - No food! No coffee!
4️⃣ After 1 hour, eat breakfast
5️⃣ Take other pills with breakfast
⚠️ NEVER TAKE TYLENOL #3 AND BACLOFEN TOGETHER
Makes you very sleepy. Can fall.
🚨 CALL DOCTOR IF:
❌ Can't stand up (very weak)
❌ No bathroom for 5 days
❌ Chest pain
❌ Can't breathe
❌ Very dark pee
❌ Throwing up all day
Call your doctor or go to Parkland Health
🍽️ WHAT TO EAT TODAY
BREAKFAST
2 boiled eggs
1 slice bread
Tea (no sugar)
LUNCH
Big piece of fish or chicken
Kontomire or okra (a lot)
Small yam fufu (fist size)
Groundnut soup
DINNER
Sardines
Vegetables
Very small yam or plantain
REMEMBER:
NO CASSAVA EVER!
NO FRIED FOOD!
NO SUGAR!
NO MAGGI CUBES!