What is Cold Liquid Diet? It is a diet that involves drinking protein type of drinks that is served cold or iced. This diet purposely for bringing relief for some newly mouth sores or surgery. There is no or little nutrition in this diet that is why it is not always advisable to be taken in for more than two (2) days just like the clear liquid diet in our previous post.
This diet is not always nutritious because it is only liquid and when our body takes less solid food such as carbohydrates, your body feels weak. If you are planning to have this diet as part of your workout or daily diet plan, you may take the following tips for cold liquid diet.
Here are the tips for Cold Liquid Diet:
- Shift to mechanical soft diet gradually by substituting on cold liquid and intravenous fluid.
- Choose liquid that are good sources of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and mineral but not to sacrifice your cold liquid diet program.
- While in this diet, do not forget to take in liquid on regular basis to avoid dehydration.