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Tony Cooper - 02 Jul 2005 18:28 GMT

Just out of the hospital and on a low fiber diet for a few weeks after
colon problems. The recommendations on the hospital's diet
suggestions list are unclear about a couple of things.

1. The sheet says "flake cereal" is OK. What brands/type of "flake
cereal" are OK? Corn Flakes, Cheerios? Corn and corn meal are on the
Not OK list, and many breakfast cereals seem to contain corn.

2. What about ripe olives? I can't figure out if an olive has a skin
like a grape.

3. Grits? (OK, I live in the south where we actually like grits.

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Jeff - 02 Jul 2005 21:31 GMT

> Just out of the hospital and on a low fiber diet for a few weeks after
> colon problems. The recommendations on the hospital's diet
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> cereal" are OK? Corn Flakes, Cheerios? Corn and corn meal are on the
> Not OK list, and many breakfast cereals seem to contain corn.

It seems simple. If you are on a low-fiber diet, look at the nutritional
information on the labels. If there is no or little fiber and no corn in the
ingredients, you probably have a winner.

> 2. What about ripe olives? I can't figure out if an olive has a skin
> like a grape.

Yeah, it does.

> 3. Grits? (OK, I live in the south where we actually like grits.

Isn't that corn?

Anyway, these sound like good questions to ask your doctors.

Jeff

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OmManiPadmeOmelet - 02 Jul 2005 22:51 GMT

> Just out of the hospital and on a low fiber diet for a few weeks after
> colon problems. The recommendations on the hospital's diet
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> 3. Grits? (OK, I live in the south where we actually like grits.

I'd suggest you read package labels for fiber content, then follow your
doc's recommendation for grams per day.

If you are really trying to avoid fiber, you should probably just avoid
grain altogether...

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