Bread, rice, pasta and cereals
White rice
Allowed — On the allowed list of the leaflet this book follows and of every hospital compared.
Stoma note: Tends to thicken stoma output.
Swaps
- Instead of Brown or wholemeal rice, use White rice
- White rice has had the bran layer milled away, so it cooks down soft with none of the husk a narrowed gut cannot break down.
- Instead of Lentil dal, use Plain white rice with ghee and a little ground turmeric
- Lentils keep their skins no matter how long they simmer, so this dish keeps the same savoury, spiced comfort with rice standing in for the dal. Some hospitals allow a fully puréed and sieved red lentil soup once tolerance has improved, though this is uncommon, so check with your own team.