About Clear Colon Diet

About the Author

Hey! I’m Christie K and I’m here to share tasty clear liquid diet recipes with you unfortunate souls who have been forced to go on this incredibly unsexy diet. This isn’t trendy paleo or keto, or detox or any other diet fashion. This is serious. You’ve likely been told to go on this diet for a short time (1-3 days) for medical reasons.

Let’s face it, it is not a pleasant diet to be on. So I’m here to try and take the edge off, and hopefully make it a bit easier for you to find some food you can enjoy. Be prepared for lots of soup, drinks and gelatin because that’s all that’s allowed!

Why Clear Colon Diet?

You might be wondering who on Earth would be impassioned enough to start a website about a one-day diet you only go on when you need to clean out your bowels in prep for colonoscopy or recover from bowel surgery. That is a great question, and I don’t blame you for wondering.

My background is not in health or medicine, but I do have a passion for experimental cooking, processed food production and food science. I am not a chef, just a curious person who likes to tinker around the kitchen. I have however researched food science and processed food production extensively, and I even wrote a book about processed food production last year to much critical acclaim (under a different pen-name).

While others grimace at having to cater for someone with strict dietary requirements, on the contrary, I love the challenge. So, when recently my partner was required to go on a clear liquid diet to prepare for a colonoscopy (along with all of his 6 sisters and brothers) as a precautionary measure owing to hereditary bowel cancer, I took on the task of cooking for him. And woah, was it difficult. The clear liquid diet is a real head-spinner when it comes to food experimentation and certainly the greatest cooking challenge I’d encountered.

In preparing his meals and trying to find information on what exactly I could cook within the parameters the doctor gave us, I came to realise that there are no recipes or practical tips on how to actually prepare real food that fits within the extremely strict clear liquid diet requirements. Yes, there are many lists that tell you what you can and can’t eat, but no actionable guides or recipes.

So, that was my cue to step in and share some practical clear liquid diet meal ideas and recipes with you. I hope you enjoy and find something to satisfy your hunger…. at least until you can finally get some real, solid food again!

Contributors & Authors

Christie K

Website Manager, Recipe Writer

That’s me! I take care of recipe writing and testing, food experimentation, website design, social media, enquiries, and all the tedious administration stuff that goes hand-in-hand with running a website like this.

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Dr. Akintomiwa Akinnimi

Medical Writer

Dr. Akintomiwa Akinnimi is responsible for the colonoscopy preparation advice, including information and advice surrounding meal plans for the clear liquid diet and low fiber diet, and advice on specific foods (do and do not eat foods).

Dr. Akintomiwa is a medical writer and medical doctor with many years experience writing on health and medicine. He holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), and has worked in General Surgery and Gastrointestinal Medicine units.

Anything in relation to health or medical information on the Clear Colon Diet website is his jam. Talking about jam, he can also tell you whether jam is allowed on the clear liquid diet, or not.

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Suggestions and Feedback

If you come across any interesting recipes that suit the clear liquid diet, or have anything else to share, please let me know. I’m also open to hearing from anyone who might be interested in guest-posting, particularly anyone with a nutrition or health sciences background. Feel free to drop me a line here.

All the best,