Cold Liquid Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Chilled mango shake

• Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Plain ice cream

• Cold water

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Cold soup

• Chilled gelatin

• Mango-banana Icee

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Popsies

• Cold water

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Cold lugaw

• Iced juice

• Iced milk shake

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Cold gulaman drink

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Cold milk

• Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Cold taho

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Cold soup

• Cold thin arroz caldo

• Soymilk

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Cold misua soup

• Cold lugaw

• Juice

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Cold chocolate drink

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Cold champorado

• Cold soft-cooked egg

• Cold milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Popsies

• Cold water

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Cold soup

• Cold taho

• Jello

• Iced juice

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Cold thin arroz caldo

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Cold lugaw

• Soymilk

• Iced buko water

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Cold chocolate drink

Note: Try mechanically soft diet on the 3rd day, if tolerable, with physician's permission.

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Cold Liquid Diet (Food Selection Guide)

Foods Allowed

Fruits/Juices (cold or iced)

• Fresh fruit juices
• Commercial fruit juices
• Blended fresh fruits
• Fruit shake

Milk

• All chilled
• Dairy or non-dairy yogurt, chilled

Rice or Substitute

• Cold thin lugaw or cereal
• Cold thin oatmeal with creamer and sugar
• Cold thin misua soup
• Any cold thin soup

Desserts

• Plain ice cream
• Popsies
• Plain sherbet
• Cold soft custard
• Cold jello or gelatin
• Cold taho

Foods Not Allowed

• All solid, hard, and hot foods

Beverages

• All hot beverages
• Wine and alcoholic beverages
• Tea, coffee
• Strong-flavored fruit juices

Note: Homemade desserts are preferable. You may use little honey instead of sugar.

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What is Cold Liquid Diet (Tonsil Diet)

What It Is
Any liquid that could be served cold or iced. This diet aims at bringing relief to fresh mouth sores or surgery. The cold liquid diet is not nutritionally adequate. This diet is usually prescribed to patients for not more than 2 days.

Some Tips

• Shift to mechanical soft diet gradually subsisting on cold liquids and intravenous fluid.
• Plan and choose liquids that are good sources of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals.

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Cold Gulaman Drink

Ingredients:

• 1/2 bar gulaman, flaked
• 2 cups water
• 4 cups milk, chilled

Procedure:

• Boil water. Add gulaman flakes. 
• Continue cooking until flakes are dissolved.  Remove from fire.
• Strain as mixture is poured into a mold. Let it gel.
• Cut into small cubes. 
• Put 3 tablespoons of cubed gulaman into 1/2 cup of chilled milk.

Good for 6 to 8 persons. 3/4 to 1 cup per serving.

Note: Keep remaining gulaman in refrigerator for future use.

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Mango-Banana Icee

Ingredients:

• 3 pieces medium size bananas, frozen
• 1 piece or 250 grams mango, frozen

Procedure:

• Cut mango and slice banana into bite-size pieces. Freeze overnight.
• Blend frozen banana and mango until smooth.

1 scoop per serving

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Cold Thin Oatmeal with Milk

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons oatmeal
• 5 cups water
• 1 cup ice cubes
• 1 cup milk (creamer)

Procedure:

• Boil water. Stir in oats.
• Return to boil. Reduce heat.
• Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Blend if needed. Let it cool.
• Add ice cubes. Serve cold with creamer.

1 cup per serving 

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