Menu plans for Low Fiber diet

I can't really help you with this. Things like sausage, hamburger (the meat), seafood, etc are all foods without fiber. The best suggestion I have is log meals in your food diary and see how much fiber is in them. Then you can remove or replace the things that have too much fiber. I caution you that the database here is user submitted, so it would be wise to verify the numbers with something like the USDA site before simply trusting them since some people don't care about fiber and didn't bother to add it. All the best.

I did a google search--low fiber foods. There were lists on there. Take a look.

I've had to do low fiber/low residue diets in the past (and will in future). Those lists you can google are great. My favorites are the ones which include cheesecake (never went there tho )

I can't offer actual meal suggestions because I don't really eat "meals" but I can offer some tips.

1. You really did list a lot of proteins which don't have much fiber in them. Eat protein for satiety's sake.
2. The BRAT diet is always brought up. Bananas, rice, applesauce and toast.
3. Which basically means eat your white carbs and unpeeled fruit.
4. Low fiber doesn't mean no fiber. I think the consensus online was about 15g of fiber is considered low. Not sure if your NP told you how many to shoot for so you can eat low fiber veggies to get those in.

Good luck

ggivensjr wrote: »

PAV8888 wrote: »

Low Fiber? (specifically NOT high fiber?).... I don't see *any* fiber in foods like sausage, hamburger, seafood, and lunch meats like salami and bologna. I suppose some sausages could have additional ingredients that would amount to a gram of fiber that would amount to about 3% of what a typical fiber recommendation (not low fiber) would be. So by definition the foods you mention are all low fiber.

I mean steak and eggs with white bread and potatoes WITHOUT skin would have pretty much ZERO fiber! A cheeseburger would also have zero fiber if the bread is not selected to be whole wheat or multigrain etc (plain white, commercial, is usually zero fiber per 100g unless it has been fortified).

I appreciate your response but you're are wrong. Lunch meats are processed meats and are a no, no when on a low-fiber diet.
I'm not just looking for food types but for menu suggestions and even recipes for dishes that are low-fiber.

I mean, honestly, if you're so knowledgeable about a low fiber diet, then just.... do it. Of course you can find meal plans for it online. But you'll probably have to pay for it.

ggivensjr wrote: »

I appreciate your response but you're are wrong. Lunch meats are processed meats and are a no, no when on a low-fiber diet. I'm not just looking for food types but for menu suggestions and even recipes for dishes that are low-fiber.

I appreciate that my previous comment did not address the intent of your question and I applaud and encourage your decision to seek the input of a Registered Dietician.

However for the sake of clarity I did not, in my post, address the use of "low fiber diet" in the context of a "named" diet with specific rules not having anything to do with the chosen name, but addressed the "obvious" aspect of the amount of fiber in the particular types of food you listed

If you will, you can take my post as my surprise at the name chosen for the named diet when it appears (per your writings) to exclude the use of items that do NOT contain any fiber.

I hasten to add that the first two google hits on low fiber diet rules from University of Michigan and "mayoclinic" (I would consider the first more authoritative than the second to be honest) neither specifically include nor specifically exclude processed meats. Healthline's article includes processed meats with tough meats as the last line item. Sunybrook Hospital lists 10-15g of fiber per day (about half to 1/3 of what would be normal fiber recommendations) and again, on my quick read through, makes no specific mention (pro or con) of processed meats though they are one of two places that include "turkey sandwich" as a lunch suggestion.

While I can take no position as to whether the items you initially listed in your post should be included, or should be excluded, from YOUR specific "named" low fiber diet as discussed with your NP, I DO stand by the position that "sausage, hamburger, seafood, and lunch meats like salami and bologna" do NOT contain significant amounts of fiber and thus I continue to be surprised that they are excluded (as per your writing) from a diet called "low fiber"

The U-Michigan links lists under "foods recommended" -- "ground, well cooked/tender beef, lab, ham, veal, pork, fish, poultry, and organ meat-eggs."

Your mileage may vary. The above may or may not be included in the diet suggested to you specifically by YOUR doctor or NP, but let's not go nuts here and conclude that sausage, hamburger, seafood, and lunch meats like salami and bologna are sources of fiber. Sorry. They are not.

I do hope you do get to the bottom of whatever ails you and that you end up navigating to a happy path moving forward.

ggivensjr wrote: »

snowflake954 wrote: »

I did a google search--low fiber foods. There were lists on there. Take a look.

Thanks for responding (without the snarkiness). Did the internet search before I posted here and I just get lists like what I was given by the doctor. I guess I should have been more specific and asked for "low-fiber menu" suggestions. I will do what has been suggested in past post and see a RD (registered dietician).

Sorry--I cook a lot everyday and don't have menus. I just make up my own as I go along. I take the ingredients and just cook something. I forget not everyone does that.

I think seeing a dietician to start is a good idea. Once you get going, you'll find it isn't difficult. Good luck.