Preparing for your Exam
| FOOD GROUP | RECOMMENDED | AVOID |
| Milk & milk products (2 or more cups daily) |
All milk products | Low residue diet only 2 cups daily of all milk products |
| Vegetables (3 or more servings daily) |
Lettuce; vegetable juice without pulp; the following cooked vegetables: yellow squash (without seeds), green beans, wax beans, spinach, pumpkin, eggplant, potatoes without skin, asparagus, beets, carrots | Vegetable juices with pulp, raw vegetables except lettuce, cooked vegetables not on RECOMMENDED list |
| Fruits (2 or more serving daily) |
Fruit juices without pulp, canned fruit except pineapple, ripe bananas, melons | Fruit juices with pulp, canned pineapple, fresh fruit except those on RECOMMENDED list, prunes, prune juice, dried fruit, jam, marmalade |
| Starches - bread & grains (4 or more servings daily) |
Bread and cereals made from refined flours, pasta, white rice | Whole-grain breads, cereals, rice, pasta; bran cereal, oatmeal |
| Meat or meat substitutes (5 to 6 oz daily) |
Meat, poultry, eggs, seafood | Chunky peanut butter, nuts, seeds, dried beans, dried peas |
| Fats and oils (servings depend on caloric needs) |
All oils, margarine, butter | Coconut |
| Sweets and desserts (servings depend on caloric needs) |
All not on AVOID list | Desserts containing nuts, coconut |
| Miscellaneous | All not on AVOID list | Popcorn, pickles, horseradish, relish |
