Clear Liquid Diet (2024)

FAQs

What qualifies as a clear liquid diet? ›

Clear liquids are easy to digest and include water, broth, gelatin, plain tea and coffee, popsicles and juices without pulp, sodas, and sports drinks.

Try bone broth or an Ensure Clear nutrition drink. Decaffeinated drinks also have been proven to decrease hunger pangs. Need to chew? Try munching on ice, gummy bears or gelatin.

No, applesauce is not clear or liquid. It is considered a soft food, according to Arnaout. What Jell-O is allowed on a clear liquid diet? You can have a light-colored Jell-O, such as orange, yellow or green.

Fruit juices – No orange juice, grapefruit juice or V8. Coffee without creamer, but you can add Vanilla Boost. Tea – hot or cold. Soft drinks – Sprite, co*ke, Diet co*ke, Mountain Dew; no red or purple dyes.

2) By cheating on the liquid diet and eating solid foods, you risk slowing your weight loss journey by introducing extra calories into your post-operative diet. 3) By introducing solid foods too quickly, your body may only partially absorb some of the necessary vitamins and minerals.

Clear, fat-free broth such as bouillon or consomme. Honey or sugar. Hard candy, such as lemon drops or peppermint rounds. Ice pops without milk, bits of fruit, seeds or nuts.

A: You probably will stop moving your bowels within a couple of hours of finishing the preparation. However, people are different and some will continue to pass liquid bowel movements right up to the time of the procedure.

Milk may be used in beverages such as eggnog*, milkshakes, malted milk, high protein milk and in cream soups. Eggs and Cheese * Do not use raw eggs, use custard, soft custard, or a commercial egg mixture that is pasteurized.

How do you not starve during colonoscopy prep? ›

Low residue breakfast foods include eggs, white bread, cottage cheese, yogurt, grits, coffee, and tea. You may have clear liquids. Do not drink milk or eat or drink anything colored red or purple.

The best thing to do is to choose the most nutritious options you can eat while on the clear liquid diet. For example, if you want to drink broth, choose bone broth, which is rich in vitamins and nutrients, particularly protein. Another option is to select a premade nutritional drink such as Ensure Clear.

Water, clear salty fluids (eg. strained chicken noodle soup), clear broth/bouillon, clear fruit juices (apple, pear and grape), plain jelly, black tea or coffee (no milk), sports drinks, carbonated beverages, barley sugar, clear (lemon/lime). (no red or purple colourings).

Consommé NO solid foods such as meat, chicken, breads, vegetables, fruit, nuts, eggs, or cheese. NO dairy products such as milk, creamer, and non-dairy creamer, ice cream, whipped cream, half & half, etc. NO cloudy liquids such as orange juice, tomato juice or soup, potato soup, and vegetable or meat soup.

Foods and liquids allowed on the full liquid diet includes all foods allowed on the clear liquid diet (popsicles, clear juice without pulp, plain gelatin, ice chips, water, sweetened tea or coffee (no creamer), clear broths, carbonated beverages, flavored water and water) along with thin hot cereal (or gruel), strained ...

Q: What exactly are clear liquids? A: A clear liquid is generally considered one that you can see through to the other side. Acceptable clear liquids include: water, tea, Apple juice, Ginger ale, Sprite, 7UP, Gatorade, Powerade, Vitamin Water, Crystal Light. Black coffee is considered a clear liquid.