Naval Education and Training Command: Hospital Corpsman 1 & C: August 1986

Chapter 3: Diet Therapy

Table 3-6, Sample Low-Residue Diet


Breakfast
Fruit juice 1/2 cup orange, grapefruit, or apple
Cereal 1 cup cream of wheat or rice
Egg 1 poached
Bread 1 slice white, toasted
Butter or margarine As desired
Beverages Milk (1 cup), tea, or coffee
Lunch
Soup 1 cup vegetable, strained or pureed
Meat 3 oz broiled lean meat, fish, or fowl
Potato 1 medium white
Vegetables 1/2 cup (as allowed)
Bread 1 slice white
Butter or margarine As desired
Dessert 1 serving plain cake or cookies
Fruit 1 ripe banana
Beverage Coffee or tea
Supper
Soup 1 cup strained tomato
Meat 3 oz broiled lean meat, fish, or fowl
Potato 1 medium white
Vegetables 1/2 cup (as allowed)
Bread 1 slice white
Butter or margarine As desired
Dessert 1/2 cup pureed peaches
Beverages Milk (1 cup), coffee, or tea

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