Food Groups
| 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:
- Ripe banana; apricot; peach or pear nectar
- Tomato juice; pureed vegetables
- Canned or cooked asparagus; beets; carrots; pumpkin; squash; string beans; sweet potato
(all with out tough fiber)
- Avocado; canned or cooked apples; apricots; cherries; peaches; pears; puree of cranberries and plums (all without tough skin)
- Boiled milk
- Pasteurized (not boiled) milk; dry skim; half cream as tolerated
- Shredded lettuce; plain salad dressing
