Clear Liquid Diet
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Clear liquid diet
- Soft drinks (soda): Coke, Pepsi, 7-Up, Sprite, root beer, cream soda, Dr. Pepper, ginger ale, etc.
- Clear juices (no pulp): Apple, grape, cranberry, Snapple, Pom
- Strained juices: Orange juice, lemonade
- Gatorade, Powerade, Hawaiian Punch, Kool-Aid, Tang, Country Time, Hi-C
- Jell-O gelatin (without fruit)
- Popsicle, Icee, fruit bars, snow cones
- Broth (bullion) or consommé: Chicken, beef or vegetable flavor (no meat, noodles or vegetables)
- Coffee, tea (no milk)
- Hard candy
- Honey, jelly, syrups
- Water, mineral water, club soda
Not allowed:
- No dairy products: milk, ice cream, cream
- No pudding
- No cream soups
- No tomato juice or tomato soup
- No alcoholic beverages
- No red food dye or coloring (for colonoscopy only)
- No chocolate (hot or cold cocoa)