Nutritional Guide - Flipbook - Page 23
Food groups Foods to avoid or reduce
Foods to choose more of
(higher fibre/irritant)
(lower fibre/irritant)
Vegetables
Raw vegetables, including
salad e.g. lettuce, celery,
raw bell peppers and spring
onions. Hard to digest
vegetables, including beans
like butter beans or green/
runner beans, sweetcorn,
peas, mushrooms, cabbage,
brussel sprouts, spinach,
kale and spring greens.
Peeled and well-cooked vegetables without
seeds e.g. onions, carrots, swede, butternut
squash, avocados, broccoli or cauliflower
florets (without the stalk), beetroot,
parsnip, courgette, aubergine, bell peppers
and cucumber. Cooked, de-skinned and
non-seeded tomatoes e.g. sieved tinned
tomatoes or passata.
Condiments
Wholegrain mustard,
chunky jam, nut butter or
spreads, pickles.
Apple sauce*, non-chunky fruit coulis*,
smooth jams, smooth nut butter, honey,
syrups, sugar, mint sauce, mayonnaise,
smooth mustard, smooth chutney, ketchup,
non-chunky cooking sauces like soya or
Worcestershire sauce, flavourings e.g. stock
cubes/powder/liquid, garlic, herbs and
spices (coriander, turmeric).
Misc.
Bombay mix, nuts and
seeds, chilli flavoured foods,
cake or biscuits with nuts or
seeds in e.g. fruit loaves or
garibaldi biscuits.
Olives, pastry, batter or breadcrumbs, crisps
(potato or other types) smooth nut butter,
jelly, jelly with suitable fruit in, chocolate,
ice cream, sorbet, butter, margarines, ghee
and oils. Soups that have well-cooked
and easy to chew vegetables and other
components. Biscuits and cake (without
dried fruit chunks, nuts or seeds in) e.g.
custard creams, fig rolls or madeira cake.
Crisps, prawn crackers and poppadoms.
Custard powder, semolina, tapioca,
cornflour. Chocolate spread, tahini, tzatziki
and other smooth dips or spreads. Coconut
milk or cream.
TIP: Is it easy to chew and isn’t stringy,
gritty or tough? It’s probably OK to eat!
Drinks
Fizzy drinks, including colas,
lemonade and sparkling
water. Smooth soups.
Caffeinated tea and coffee*.
Up to 150ml of fruit juice* or smoothie*
a day (without ‘bits’). Decaffeinated teas
and coffee. Water, flavoured-water (still),
squash or cordials.
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