Full Liquid Diet
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Full Liquid Diet
Description
The Full Liquid Diet is a diet which is an intermediate between the clear liquid diet and mechanical soft diet in characteristics. It provides more calories than the clear liquid diet, but is still liquid in the stomach and intestinal tract which is essential for patients who cannot chew or swallow solid foods.
Full Liquid Diet is deficient in several nutrients including niacin, folacin and iron. If the patient remains on this diet more than two days, a vitamin and mineral supplement is required.Sample Menu
Menu for One Day
Breakfast
1/2 c orange juice 8 oz whole milk - fresh 1/2 c cooked cream of wheat Hot, noncaloric beverage
Mid-Morning Snack
1 pureed banana
Lunch
6 oz soup, chicken broth 8 oz eggnog 1/2 c fruit-flavored gelatin dessert Hot, noncaloric beverage
Mid-Afternoon Snack
2 cups custard
Dinner
6 oz vegetable broth 1/2 c ice cream 1/2 c apple juice Hot, noncaloric beverage
Evening Snack
1 pureed apple
Total Calories: 1,305
Nutrient Content:
Calories: 1305 Fat: 18% Protein: 7% Cholesterol: 320mg Carbohydrate: 75% Fiber: 2mg
Food Exchange List
Bread and Cereal Exchange List: not applicable
Recommended
Refined or cooked cereals which have been thinned with hot milk
Avoid
All others
Fat Exchange List: not applicable
Recommended
Butter Margarine Cream
Avoid
All others
Fruit Exchange List: 2 or more per day
Recommended
Fruit juices Pureed fruit without seeds
Avoid
All others
Meat and Meat Substitute Exchange List: not applicable
Recommended
Eggs Pureed meat added to broths or soups
Avoid
All others
Milk Exchange List: 3 or more per day
Recommended
All milk and milk drinks such as: eggnog, custard and milk shakes
Avoid
None
Vegetable Exchange List: not applicable
Recommended
Vegetable juices Pureed vegetables Mild-flavored vegetables such as carrots, in soup
Avoid
All vegetables
Miscellaneous Exchange List
Recommended
Broth Tea - black Strained cream soups Carbonated beverages, suchas cola drinks Coffee
Avoid
All others not noted aboveReferences
American Cancer Society. Facts on Prostate Cancer.
Chicago Dietetic Association and the South Suburban Dietetic Association of Cook and Will counties. 1981. Manual of Clinical Dietetics. W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia.
Iowa Dietetics Association. 1984. Simplified Diet Manual: with Meal Patterns, 5th ed. Iowa State University Press; Ames, Iowa. 108 pp.
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