Re: Another Marilyn question on colonoscopy prep

[Guest guest]

At 02:02 PM 10/12/2009, you wrote:

For your colonoscopy prep, what

" thick liquids " are SCD legal? Would fruit smoothies be a thick

liquid, or would that be under the soft foods category?

What I used for thick liquids were meats pureed in broth, or seedless

vegetables pureed with broth or water, or SCD-legal gelatin.

You could probably do seedless fruits, but they couldn't be red or

orange.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

>

I thought the pureed meats & vegetables were the " soft foods. " What

then would be the soft foods?

Cathy

15 yo son w uc

scd 2007

> What I used for thick liquids were meats pureed in broth, or seedless

> vegetables pureed with broth or water, or SCD-legal gelatin.

>

[Guest guest]

At 07:25 PM 10/12/2009, you wrote:

I thought the pureed meats &

vegetables were the " soft foods. " What then would be the

soft foods?

Cathy,

All depends on how much liquid is in them. <g> This was my listing

for my surgery. Note that the tomato juice, and probably the orange juice

is not suitable for pre-colonoscopy because of the coloring.

Here is the list of foods I used:

Clear Liquids

Beef broth (31

calories per cup)

Chicken broth (20

calories per cup)

Fruit juices

(diluted pear, ¼ cup per day, 50 calories, 11 g carb)

Thick liquids

Goat yogurt

(diluted with water if necessary – same as goat milk, 168 calories per

cup)

Tomato juice (½

cup per day, 41 calories per cup, sky high in sodium, would ordinarily

balance with high-potassium lentils.)

Orange juice (up

to 1 cup per day, 113 calories per cup)

Beef broth (31

calories per cup)

Chicken broth (20

calories per cup)

Soft foods

Goat yogurt

(same as goat milk, 168 calories per cup, up to 2 cups per day)

Puréed vegetables

(carrots, winter squash, butternut squash, peeled zucchini, 25-40

calories per 4 ounces)

Puréed pears (1/4

cup per day, 70 calories per serving)

Hard boiled eggs

(roughly 100 calories per egg, unless mixed with avocado pudding)

Ripe bananas (109

calories, must be fully speckled with black, 1 per day maximum – do not

have banana if having pear.)

Avocado pudding

(mashed ripe avocado, fresh lemon juice, salt, white pepper, 283 calories

per serving, roughly one very ripe avocado)

Cow yogurt (well

dripped, approximately 124 calories per half cup. Up to 2 cups per

day.)

Puréed / finely

ground chicken thighs (39 calories per ounce unless mixed with avocado

pudding)

Puréed / finely

ground boiled beef (39 calories per ounce, unless mixed with

avocado pudding or homemade mayonnaise and a dollop of homemade

mustard?)

Depending on your situation, you may wish to modify the fruits and/or

vegetables to suit what you tolerate. The above is based on my personal

tolerances, and I don't do well on much fruit juice or most fruits. My

oncologist said that she didn't need me on a strictly CLEAR liquids after

the surgery, so I could use blueberry, pomegranate, and black cherry

juices, all of which I can handle small amounts of. The finely ground

meats can also be made " soupy " by adding broth to them if the

avocado pudding is too high fat for your issues. For my " regular

foods " once I was home, I used apple-pecan muffins for breakfast,

plain (lightly seasoned) meats and cooked vegetables for lunch and

dinner. I did not add back raw vegetables until after I had gone off the

narcotic pain relievers -- and when I mentioned this to my surgeon, she

though it was an excellent idea because the narcotics can contribute to

constipation, and so, she said, could the bulky raw vegetables.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

>

Great! Thanks for your help Marilyn!

Cathy

>

> All depends on how much liquid is in them. This was my listing for

> my surgery. Note that the tomato juice, and probably the orange juice

> is not suitable for pre-colonoscopy because of the coloring.

>

> Here is the list of foods I used:

>

[Guest guest]

At 06:12 AM 10/13/2009, you wrote:

Great! Thanks for your

help Marilyn!

Glad I had it handy -- I keep meaning to get everything assembled into a

file, but between my Mom's illness and my own fiascos, I haven't yet

Gotten A Round Tuit.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 06:12 AM 10/13/2009, you wrote:

Great! Thanks for your

help Marilyn!

Glad I had it handy -- I keep meaning to get everything assembled into a

file, but between my Mom's illness and my own fiascos, I haven't yet

Gotten A Round Tuit.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund