Examples of low residue diet

Well-cooked fresh vegetables or canned vegetables without seeds, like asparagus tips, beets, green beans, carrots, mushrooms, spinach, squash (no seeds), and pumpkin. Cooked potatoes without skin. Tomato sauce (no seeds)

Tender meat, poultry, fish, sausage, bacon. Eggs, Tofu, creamy peanut butter. Milk an foods made from milk – yogurt (without fruit added), pudding, ice cream, cheeses, cottage cheese, sour cream. Butter, margarine, oils, and salad dressings without seeds or nuts.

Tender roast beef, white rice, cooked carrots or spinach, white dinner roll with margarine or butter. Pasta with butter or olive oil, French bread, fruit cocktail. Baked chicken, white rice or baked potato without skin, and cooked green beans. Broiled fish, white rice, and canned green beans.

Foods To Include:

Scrambled, poached or souffle. Potatoes: boiled, baked, creamed, mashed. Sweet potatoes. Pasta: plain macaroni, noodles, spaghetti, etc.

Foods to avoid:

Strong cheeses, yogurt containing fruit skins or seeds. Dried beans, peas, and legumes. Dried fruits, berries, other fruits with skin or seeds. Chocolate with Cocoa Powder (white chocolate has no fiber)

You can include juices without pulp and fruit sauces like applesauce, but avoid all other raw fruits. Protein Choose servings of cooked meat, bacon, poultry, eggs, and smooth peanut butter. Make sure the meats are tender and not chewy — and remove all residue-producing gristle.

Colonoscopy is a procedure used to detect abnormalities in the large intestine (colon). One day before the procedure, it is advised not to eat any solid or semi-solid food, such as mashed potatoes, applesauce, oatmeal, etc. A clear liquid diet must be taken 24 to 72 hours before the procedure.

Avoid these foods and products made with them: Nuts, seeds, dried fruit and coconut. Whole grains, popcorn, wheat germ and bran. Brown rice, wild rice, oatmeal, granola, shredded wheat, quinoa, bulgur and barley.

Avoid milk products with nuts, seeds, granola, fruit or vegetables added to them. Avoid all milk-containing products if you are lactose intolerant. Choose milk and yogurt alternatives made from soy, rice or almond.

Two to Three Days before Your Colonoscopy

This means that you cannot eat: Whole grains: Including brown rice, whole grain breads and cereals, and high-fiber cereals and muffins. Nuts: Including peanuts, almonds, walnuts, chunky peanut butter, and breads or cereals that contain these or any other nuts.

low–fiber breakfast cereals, such as cornflakes and puffed rice. gluten-containing products made from white flour, such as pita bread, naan bread, wraps, noodles, pasta, crumpets, and cream crackers. gluten-free, starchy foods, such as white rice, rice cakes, and crackers. cooked potatoes with skins removed.

Soft foods

Switching to a soft-food diet at least 48 hours before the colonoscopy may make your preparation easier. Soft foods include: scrambled eggs.

Plain cereals e.g. Cheerios, Cornflakes, Cream of Wheat, Rice Krispies, Special K. Tea biscuits, arrowroot cookies, soda crackers, graham crackers, plain melba toast.

Canned or cooked fruit with no skin or seeds. Ripe bananas, melons, and peaches without skin. Fruit juices without pulp.

NO tough meat with gristle

Two days before, continue eating only low-fiber foods. See the clear liquid chart for the day before, and day of, your colonoscopy.

The day before your procedure you can’t eat anything solid. you can only consume clear (see-through) liquids. It is important to stay hydrated by drinking lots of clear liquids, such as sports drinks, clear juice like apple and white grape, and clear broth. Soda is OK, and so are coffee and tea, but without cream.

1 DAY PRIOR TO YOUR PROCEDURE: You may eat a low residue (low fiber) breakfast and lunch until 1:00pm. (i.e. scrambled eggs, plain white toast, white rice, chicken or fish.