Fiber-Restricted Diet At times during your treatment it may be necessary to follow a special diet to correct nutritional problems that have occurred. Only your doctor or dietitian should decide when you need to follow a special diet and for how long of a period you should follow that diet. If your gastrointestinal tract is unable to digest your food properly, you may be put on a fiber-restricted diet. Often, this diet is implemented following GI surgery or when cancer treatment has damaged the bowel or irritated the GI tract. This type of diet is also helpful if you are having a hard time digesting lactose. In the fiber-restricted diet, you will be able to eat a limited amount of vegetables, fruits, cereals, and grains. Milk and milk products are also limited. Examples of Fiber-Restricted Diet Foods from NCI: Fruit-flavored drinks, carbonated beverages, coffee, tea, up to 2 cups of milk drinks and milk used in cooking (if tolerated), all other drinks except prune juice and pear nectar Breads including French, Vienna, Italian, refined wheat, white, and rye breads without seeds; crackers, biscuits, French toast, plain hard crust, zwieback rolls  All refined cereals, cooked or dry cereals, such as cream of wheat or rice and flaked or puffed cereal Cheeses including cottage cheese, cream cheese, American, Swiss, Muenster, other mild cheese, 1 oz may be substituted for a cup of milk Custard desserts, gelatin puddings, plain cookies and cakes, sherbets, 1/2 cup ice cream (may be substituted as 1/2 cup milk allowance), pastries made with allowed ingredients Eggs, except raw Butter, oils, cream, dry cream substitutes, margarine, mayonnaise, shortenings, smooth salad dressings, sour cream Canned or cooked fruits without seeds, skins, or membranes -- apples, applesauce, cherries, grapefruit, oranges, tangerine, peaches, pineapple, pears, fruit cocktail; raw -- ripe bananas, melon, grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, Juice -- all except prune juice and pear nectar Tender beef, ham, lamb, liver, poultry, or veal, baked, broiled or stewed; lean or low-fat cold cuts and hot dogs Fresh or frozen fish without bones, canned tuna or salmon, cooked shellfish. Buttermilk and chocolate, skim, low-fat, and whole milk (if tolerated); plain or custard style yogurt with allowed fruits, NO NUTS. (Note: Only 2 cups, including milk used in cooking per day) Boiled, creamed or mashed, and scalloped potatoes without the skins, macaroni, noodles, white rice, spaghetti (Potatoes limited to 1 serving a day, others no limit) Cream and broth-based soups made with allowable foods Honey, jelly, syrup, plain hard candy, molasses, marshmallows, gumdrops Canned or cooked asparagus tips, green or wax beans, mushrooms, peas, pumpkin, raw lettuce (if tolerated).(No limitation of vegetable juices, 1 serving whole vegetables per day) Other foods allowed include ground or finely chopped herbs and spices, salt, flavoring extracts, catsup, chocolate milk, gravy, white sauce, soy sauce, vinegar. Sample Fiber Restricted Meal Pattern from NCI   Breakfast 1/2 cup strained fruit juice 1 egg 1 slice white toast 3 tsp butter or margarine jelly Snack 1 cup milk 1 serving allowed cereal sugar Lunch 1/2 cup soup (Count as 1/2 cup milk if made with milk) 2 oz meat, poultry, or fish 1/2 cup allowed vegetable 2 slices white bread or roll 1 serving allowed dessert Snack 2 slices white toast 2 tsp butter or margarine Jelly or honey Dinner 5 oz meat, poultry, or fish 1 cup milk 3 tsp butter or margarine 1 baked potato without skin 1 serving allowed dessert 1/2 cup vegetable juice Snack 1/2 cup strained fruit juice 3 plain cookies NOTE: 2 servings of fruit/juices allowed per day 2 servings of milk allowed per day