Liquid diet
A clear or full liquid diet, or a diet containing no solid foods, is often prescribed for gastrointestinal illness or before or after certain types of surgery involving the mouth or gastrointestinal tract.
A liquid diet is also used as a torture technique.[1] [2]
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[edit] Types of liquid diet
[edit] Clear liquid diet
A clear liquid diet consists of transparent liquid foods such as vegetable broth, bouillon, clear fruit juices, clear fruit ices, popsicles, clear gelatin desserts, and no carbonated drinks. Soda's carbonation expands the gastrointestinal tract.
[edit] Full liquid diet
A full or strained liquid diet consists of both clear and opaque liquid foods with a smooth consistency. It includes milk, milkshakes, ice cream, puddings, strained cream soups, fruit nectar with pulp, smooth cooked cereals such as porridge and cream of wheat, butter, and honey. Fruit juices (without pulp), coffee, gelatin, popsicles (without pulp), water, and clear carbonated beverages are also acceptable.
[edit] References
- ^ "2002 memo: Had to be intent to inflict 'severe pain' to be torture". http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-16/politics/us.torture.documents_1_interrogation-tactics-attorney-general-jay-bybee-memo?_s=PM:POLITICS. Retrieved 2011-12-8. "Other memos allowed the use of such tactics as keeping a detainee naked and in some cases in a diaper, and putting detainees on a liquid diet."
- ^ "Russ Feingold Nails Torture Advocates". http://www.correntewire.com/russ_feingold_nails_torture_advocates. Retrieved 2011-12-8. "On dietary manipulation, through which suspects are fed liquid diets, the memo said all detainees would be weighed weekly -- and the restricted diet would be ceased if a detainee loses more than 10 percent of his body weight."
