From a Mechanical Soft Diet to the Clear Liquid Diet
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Yes, my diet was “downgraded,” as we say in the healthcare world. I was temporarily not allowed the mechanical soft diet I was following. Instead, I was on a clear liquid diet. Luckily, it was brief. For me, it was less than one a day, just long enough for there to be no solid food in my system when the doctors ran tests. But some patients can be on a clear liquid diet for days. So, I thought it’d be helpful to answer some questions about clear liquid diets…