Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to plan for a low fiber diet recommendation as follows:
- While eating vegetables such as potatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, squash, carrots, beets, and eggplant, peel the vegetables of skin, discard the peel, and eat them skinless. Also, avoid any vegetables with seeds. Skin and seeds of vegetables are rich in fiber content and can compromise the recommendation for low fiber diet.
- Avoid fresh greens, such as, spinach, kale, lettuce, arugula, and watercress on your diet plan. Greens are usually rich in fiber content and having them on diet plan can compromise the recommendation for low fiber diet.
- Choose to have white bread, pasta, and pizza made of refined white flour against whole wheat bread, to cut down upon fiber content of the meal. While having rice, choose to have refined white & polished rice against brown rice.
- Fresh whole fruit is a rich source of fiber and other nutrients and can significantly contribute to high fiber intake. Try having fruit juices and avoid having fresh whole fruits, such as, oranges, bananas, pears, plums, apples, peaches, and berries as skin of fruits is very rich in fiber. While picking fruit juices, choosing the juices without pulp or low on pulp can help significantly.
- Legumes such as, kidney beans, pinto beans, navy beans, black beans, soybeans, chickpeas, and peanuts are high in fiber content. Avoid or have them sparingly on your diet to help
