Clear liquids

Question
Hi George,

I need to fast on clear liquids 24 hours prior to a colonoscopy.  
I'm anxious about getting crazy hungry.  I've ordered a clear
liquid beverage, Enlive, made by the Ensure people.  Each can
has ten grams of protein.  I may also eat gelatin.  Do you have
any other suggestions for clear liquids that will help hold me for
24 hours?  How about broth?  

Thanks,

Sam
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Answer
Hello Sam!

  Thank you for your nutrition question.  The following is a list of foods which would fit in with a clear liquid diet:

Choose these foods

Fruits/juices Clear fruit juices without pulp such as apple juice, grape juice, cranberry juice

Soups Broth, bouillon, fat free consomm?

Beverages Coffee, tea (hot or cold), Kool-Aid, soda, water, lactose free supplements if recommended by your doctor

Sweets and deserts Fruit ices (without chunks of fruit), plain gelatin, clear hard candy, popsicle made from clear juices.


Here is also a sample menu for you to use.

Breakfast Hot tea with lemon juice and 1 tsp sugar (no pulp); Apple juice (8 oz); Gelatin 1 cup

Lunch Hot tea with lemon (no pulp) and sugar; Grape juice (8 oz); Fruit Ice (1 cup); Consomm?(8 oz.)

Snack Fruit juice (apple, cranberry or grape, 8 oz); Gelatin (1 cup)

Dinner Hot tea with lemon and sugar; Apple juice (8 oz); Consomm?(8 oz); Fruit Ice (1 cup)

Hope this helps.

-George Rapitis, Nutritionist  

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