Group |
Allowed |
Avoid |
|
Beverages |
Cereal beverage; tea; carnation milk |
Iced beverages; carbonated beverages; coffee; milk; milk drinks |
|
Breads |
White or rye bread; rolls; soda crackers; saltines |
Bread or cracker containing whole wheat flour or bran |
|
Cereals |
Cooked refined com; rice and wheat cereal; oatmeal; commercially prepared cereals from rice or corn (free of outer coating); puffed wheat; puffed rice; rice crisp |
Whole grain cereals |
|
Desserts |
Cake; cookies; custard; gelatin desserts; pastries; pudding; rennet desserts; sherberts (all with out fruit and nuts) |
Any other |
|
Fats |
Butter; margarine |
Any other |
|
Fruits |
None |
All fruits and juices |
|
Meat, eggs and cheese |
Bacon, tender meat; fish or foul; canned fish; eggs |
Any other |
|
Potato or substitute |
Noodles; refined; rice; spaghetti |
Hominy sweet potato; whole grain rice |
|
Soups |
Bouillon; broth |
Any other |
|
Sweets |
Hard candies; honey; jellies; syrup; sugar |
Candy containing fruit or nuts; jam; marmalade |
|
Vegetables |
None |
All vegetables and vegetable juices |
|
Miscellaneous |
Gravy; herb except garlic; creamy peanut butter; salt; vinegar; white sauce |
Garlic; nuts; pickles; popcorn; relishes; condiments |
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Basic Meal Pattern
Breakfast |
Lunch and Dinner |
|
Cooked cereal-½ cup |
Lean meat, fish or fowl-2 ½ oz. |
Additions to Low-Residue Diet to be ordered by the physician one at a time:
(all with out tough fiber)