Cold Liquid Diet (Tonsil Diet)

A cold liquid diet is any liquid that could be served cold or iced. This diet aims at bringing relief to fresh mouth sores or surgery. See dental extraction.


The cold liquid diet is not nutritionally adequate. This diet is usually prescribed to patients for not more than 2 days.

Some Tips for a Cold Liquid Diet

• Shift to mechanical soft diet gradually subsisting on cold liquids and intravenous fluid.

• Plan and choose liquids that are good sources of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals.

 

Foods Allowed for Cold Liquid Diet

Fruits/Juices (cold or iced)

• Fresh fruit juices

• Commercial fruit juices

• Blended fresh juices

• Fruit shakes

Milk

• All, chilled

• Dairy or non-dairy yogurt, chilled

Rice or Substitute

• Cold, thin rice gruel (lugaw) or cereal

• Cold thin oatmeal with creamer and sugar

• Cold thin white fine wheat noodles (misua) soup

• Any cold thin soup

Desserts

• Plain ice cream

• Popsies

• Plain sherbet

• Cold soft custard

• Cold jello or gelatin

• Cold Geerlig’s cheese (taho)

 
Foods Not Allowed

• All solid, hard, and hot foods

Beverages

• All hot beverages

• Wine and alcoholic beverages

• Tea, coffee

• Strong flavored fruit juices

Note: Homemade desserts are preferable. You may use little honey instead of sugar.

Reference: Healing Wonders of Diet Effective Guide to Diet Therapy p.89 & 91 © 2003 Philippine Publishing House ISBN 971-581-013-6