Squid & My Diet
Squid has always been a part of my diet.
I’ve eaten it, here and there, for years now. But, I never really thought much of it one way or the other. In fact, most of the time I only ever saw it in restaurants as calamari – essentially seasoned, fried, and served.
As you may have guessed, fried food has never been a staple of my diet. So, squid never really factored into what I ate because I rarely saw it outside this format. That all changed, though, as I was doing work for one of my books.
A Squid Revelation
In doing some research, I learned about the importance of modulating iodine.
This included being at a strategic level of iodine, and understanding the role that iodine plays in the health of your thyroid (and what you can do to optimize it). I have talked exclusively about iodine before and its connection to your thyroid (Read: Iodine and Thyroid Disease).
I also hated the idea of cutting out the whole category of seafood. That’s because there is such strong evidence of seafood being a positive thing for our health. So, I really wanted to find versions that would benefit our health and our thyroid.
In my eyes, the ideal seafood needed to be:
- Tasty (of course!)
- Easy to work with
- Nutritious
- Cost effective
- Sustainable
- Lack crazy amounts of iodine