Clear Liquid Diet

Are you suffering from bouts of nausea? Have disruptive bowl movements caused your body to dehydrate? If yes, then gulping on some clear liquid diet may offer you some instant relief. Clear liquid diet, as this liquid diet is clinically referred as, is basically any see-through drink that mainly consists of clear liquids like water, broth or plain gelatin. Clear liquid diet is often medically prescribed to anyone due for a medical test or surgery, which calls for a clean stomach. Clear liquid diet is easy to digest and leaves no undigested residue in the intestinal tract. What more, this liquid diet hydrates the body, boosting it with powerful electrolytes like sodium and potassium and also provides a shot of energy. For this reason, clear liquid diet is also advised for anyone suffering from intestinal infection, nausea and dehydration. Although clear liquid diet is mostly referred to transparent drinks, it also involves beverages and drinks like apple juice or other juice without pulp, mineral water, broths and soups, gelatin, popsicles and so on. However, clear diet is not prescribed for long term consumption, as it is not wholly sufficient for providing the body with full nourishment. To know more on the benefits of clear liquid diet and a clear liquid diet plan, read on.

 

Breakfast: One cup juice, three fourths cup of clear broth, one popsicle, and one cup of herbal tea with sugar or honey.

Morning snack: One cup of a clear sports drink.

Lunch: One-half of a cup of juice, three-fourths cup of clear broth, three-fourths cup of lemon-lime soda, one-half cup of lemon gelatin.

Afternoon snack: One popsicle

Evening meal: One-half cup of juice, three-fourths cup of clear broth, three-fourths cup of ginger ale, one-half cup of flavored gelatin, and one cup of herbal tea with honey or sugar.

Evening snack: One cup of flavored gelatin.