Soft Diet (Food Selection Guide)

Foods Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• White or polished rice

• White bread

• Crackers

• Noodles

• Pastries

• Root crops like potato

• Oatmeal

• Dry cereals

Protein-rich Foods
For Vegetarians

• Tokwa or tofu

• Gluten

• Vegetarian products

• Cooked legumes and nuts

For Non-Vegetarians

• Meat and fish without tendons and ligaments

Vegetables

• Chayote (vegetable pear)

• Carrots

• Upo (bottle gourd)

• Squash

• Eggplants

• Radish

• Cucumber

Fruits

• All, (preferably soft) without skin or seeds

Beverages

• All, except those that are not allowed (see below)

Desserts

• All that is not so fatty

Foods Not Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• Unpolished rice

Protein-rich Foods

• Fatty meats

• Bulalo (beef  marrow stew)

• Litid (ligament e.g. beef)

• Tendons

Vegetables

• Limit intake of leafy vegetables

Fruits

• Pineapples, hard fruits and those that have fibers or roughage

Beverages

• Coffee, tea

• Soft drinks

• Alcoholic beverages, wine and liquor

Dessert

• Fatty desserts

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