Colonoscopy Bowel Prepara Tion Diet Sheet

FOOD ALLOWED FOOD TO AVOID FRUIT / VEGETABLE/ NUTS FRUIT/ VEGETABLES/ NUTS Fruit juice (strained no bits) a glass a day All fruit and vegetables. if possible. Potato skins, potatoes cooked in fat Potatoes (without skins) Crisps, nuts, Chutneys and pickles. BREAD AND CEREALS BREAD AND CEREALS White bread and bread products Brown, wholemeal, granary breads. Cereals e.g. Rice crispies, cornflakes. High fibre cereals, branflakes, weetabix, White rice, ground rice, semolina, tapioca porridge oats, muesli, fruit and fibre. White pasta and flour, corn flour Brown rice/pasta/flour, pastries CAKES AND BISCUITS CAKES AND BISCUITS Plain fat free cakes, scones, buns Cakes with cream, fat, jam with seeds, White flour crisp breads, meringue fruit or nuts. Ryvita, shortbread.

Plain biscuits, rich tea. Biscuits containing high fibre/fruit/nuts. MEATS AND ALTERNATIVES MEATS AND ALTERNATIVES Lean meats, poultry , liver, kidney Fatty meats, poultry skin, duck, goose Quorn, tofu Processed meat, luncheon meat, corned beef, black pudding, salami, sausages, and beef burgers. Pate, meat pies. Peas, beans, lentils. FISH FISH White fish, smoked haddock, trout, Fried or oily tinned fish, herring, kippers, salmon, tuna in brine, shell fish, prawns mackerel, sardines, pilchards, anchovies EGGS EGGS Boiled, poached or scrambled. Fried eggs, omelettes, or scotch eggs DAIRY PRODUCTS DAIRY PRODUCTS

Skimmed or semi skimmed milk Full fat milk yoghurt or cheese, cream Low fat, flavoured yoghurt, fromage frais cheese or yoghurts containing fruit/nuts. Low fat cheese, shape, edam, brie, Blue cheese, condensed/evaporated gouda camembert, cottage cheese milk full fat ice cream FATS FATS Low fat spreads, outline St. Ivel gold etc. Butter, margarine, lard, dripping, suet, Use sparingly vegetable oils. CONFECTIONERY CONFECTIONERY Boiled sweets, fruit gums, pastilles, mints, Chocolate, toffee, fudge, sweets jams without skins or pips, honey, sugar, containing fruit/nuts. Lemon curd, jams treacle, syrup. jelly with pips or peel, mincemeat, marzipan DRINKS DRINKS Tea, coffee, fruit squash, fizzy drinks, oxo, Full fat chocolate drinks, cocoa, cream-

Bovril, low fat hot chocolate and malted based liqueurs, e.g. Baileys, drinks, some alcohol MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS Salt, pepper, herbs, spices, vinegar, Soups, peanut butter, cream or oil ketchup. Stock cubes. based salad dressings

*Please follow the low residue diet above for three to four days, instead of

Colonoscopy preparation bowel sheet diet just the day before which is stated in the moviprep leaflet.

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