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@dorisena I can't have grapefruit, pomegranate, or Seville oranges due to incompatibility with my medications. I think Seville oranges are actually a hybrid with grapefruit.
I also take levothyroxine and have to wait an hour after my immunosuppressants, which works for my levothyroxine too, before eating. I have read that although you can eat a half-hour after taking thyroid medicine that you should not drink coffee for an hour. I have no idea if that is true, I never thought to ask my endocrinologist.
I too rarely eat white bread, usually just when dining out if I have a roll. I made some really delicious muffins yesterday with oat bran, whole wheat flour, cinnamon, banana, dates, and shredded carrots. It does have a half cup of yogurt in it too, could you have that baked in something? I am lactose intolerant so I used lactose-free yogurt. I made the muffins for my husband and he loves them. He will not eat yogurt so I hid that from him. It's not a problem for him, just a personal aversion.
If those are things you can eat and you would like the recipe, let me know.
JK

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I would also like the muffin recipe, @contentandwell.

@dorisena I just wanted to comment on waiting an hour after taking levothyroxine before drinking coffee. I just googled it and there are numerous articles about it:
https://www.verywellhealth.com/coffee-and-thyroid-medication-3233255
https://www.thyroid.org/patient-thyroid-information/ct-for-patients/vol-1-issue-1/vol-1-issue-1-p-21/
and the always very technical from the National Institute of Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18341376
The sooner you have coffee after taking the medication the more apt it is to cause not all of the medication to be absorbed so for full absorption it is best to wait an hour.
JK