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Full Liquid Diet
Background
This diet is for individuals who cannot tolerate solid foods, or who are transitioning from a clear liquid diet toward a solid food diet. The diet is meant to be temporary, and should be increased as tolerated to a regular diet and should not be tried without physician supervision.
What Is Considered a Liquid?
- Soda
- Kool-Aid, Gatorade, lemonade
- Jell-O
- Ice cream
- Sorbet, sherbet
- Pudding
- Honey, syrup, sugar, hard candies
- Jelly
- Popsicles
- Liquid nutritional supplement such as Boost, Ensure, Carnation Instant Breakfast, or Glucerna
- Fruit and vegetable juice
- Broth, bouillon, consomme
- Cream soup or strained soup
- Cream of wheat or cream of rice thinned with milk
- Milk, buttermilk, eggnog, milkshakes
- Yogurt (plain or vanilla)
- Custard
- Cheese sauce
- Butter
- Cream
- Oil
- Coffee and tea
| Breakfast: 8 am | Snack: 10 am | Lunch: 12 pm | Snack: 2 pm | Dinner: 5 pm | Snack: 8 pm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – 8 AM 4oz juice blended and ½ cup plain yogurt – 6oz fortified cereal (see recipe), thinned with hot milk to 8 oz |
– Boost | – 10 oz cream soup (include ¼c nonfat dry milk to fortify) – 2 fl oz juice – 8 fl oz milk |
– 4oz pudding | – 10 oz broth soup (includes ¼ C of nonfat dry milk to fortify) – 4oz sorbet – 8 fl oz milk or a supplement (individual preference) |
– Ensure blended with ½ cup ice cream |
Fortified Cereal Recipe
Serving size: 8 oz portion, Calories: 450, Protein: 20 grams
Use cream of wheat or rice cereal. Boil water according to recipe.
Add ¾ C nonfat dry milk to the boiling water for each serving of cereal needed. Finish cooking cereal according to package instructions, and add 1 Tbsp of butter and brown sugar.
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