3225 HOSPITAL DRIVE, SUITE 101A JUNEAU, AK 99801 ◦ 907-796-8700 ◦ FAX 907-796-8710 Preparing for your colonoscopy Low fiber diet for colonoscopy preparation: Seven days before your colonoscopy, eat only low-fiber foods listed below. One day before your colonoscopy, start a clear liquid diet. TYPE OF FOOD OR DRINK YES – OK TO EAT THESE FOODS NO – AVOID THESE FOODS Milk and dairy OK to eat: NO yogurt mixed with: • Milk • Nuts, seeds, granola • Cream • Fruit with skin or seeds • Hot chocolate (such as berries) • Buttermilk • Cheese, including cottage cheese • Yogurt • Sour cream Bread and grains OK to eat: NO whole grains or high-fiber • Breads and grains made • Brown or wild rice with refined white flour • Whole grain bread, rolls, (including rolls, muffins, pasta or crackers bagels, pasta) • Whole grain or high-fiber • White rice cereal (including granola, • Plain crackers, such as raisin bran, oatmeal) Saltines • Bread or cereal with nuts or • Low-fiber cereal (including seeds puffed rice, cream of wheat, corn flakes) Meat OK to eat: NO tough meat with gristle • Chicken • Turkey • Lamb • Lean pork • Veal • Fish and seafood • Eggs • Tofu Legumes None allowed NO: • Dried peas (including split or black-eyed) • Dried beans (including kidney, pinto, garbanzo/chickpea) • Lentils • Any other legume NO seeds, skin, membranes or Fruits OK to eat: dried fruit: • Fruit juice without pulp • Raw fruit with seeds, skin or • Applesauce membranes (includes • Ripe cantaloupe and berries, pineapple, apples, honeydew oranges, watermelon) • Ripe, peeled apricots and • Any cooked or canned fruit peaches with seeds or skin • Canned or cooked fruit • Raisins or other dried fruit without seeds or skin NO raw, skin, seeds, peel; or certain Vegetables OK for some if cooked or canned: other vegetables: • Canned or cooked • Corn vegetables without skin or • Potatoes with skin peel (includes peeled • Tomatoes carrots, mushrooms, • Cucumbers with seeds and turnips, asparagus tips) peel • Potatoes without skin • Cooked cabbage or Brussel • Cucumbers without seeds or sprouts peel • Green peas • Summer and winter squash • Lima beans • Onions Nuts, nut butter, seeds OK to eat: NO nuts or seeds: • Creamy (smooth) peanut or • Nuts including peanuts, almond butter almonds, walnuts • Chunky nut butter • Seeds such as fennel, sesame, pumpkin, sunflower Soups OK to eat: NO: • Broth, bouillon, consommé • Unstrained soups and strained soup • Chili • Milk or cream-based soup, • Lentil soup strained • Dried bean soup • Corn soup • Pea soup Desserts OK to eat: NO: • Custard • Coconut • Plain pudding • Anything with seeds or nuts • Ice cream • Anything with added red or • Sherbet or sorbet purple dye • Jell-O/gelatin without added • Cookies or cakes made with fruit or red or purple dye whole grain flour, seeds, • Cookies or cake made with dried fruit or nuts white flour, prepared without seeds, dried fruit or nuts Drinks or beverages OK to eat: NO: • Coffee • Fruit or vegetable juice with • Tea pulp • Hot chocolate or cocoa • Beverages with red or • Clear fruit drinks (no pulp) purple dye • Soda and other carbonated beverages • Ensure, Boost or Enlive without added fiber Other OK to eat: NO: • Sugar • Coconut • Salt • Popcorn • Jelly • Jam • Honey • Marmalade • Syrup • Relishes • Lemon juice • Pickles • Olives • Stone-ground mustard .