1 Add a tablespoon of ground flaxseed to your hot or cold breakfast cereal. 2  Add a teaspoon of ground flaxseed to mayonnaise or mustard when making a sandwich. 3  Mix a tablespoon of ground flaxseed into an 8-ounce container of yogurt.  Bake ground flaxseed into cookies, muffins, breads and other baked goods.
A low-residue diet is designed to limit your intake of fiber and other undigested materials to minimize the production of solid waste in your colon and rectum. Some foods you can typically eat as part of a low-residue diet include. 1  White bread, refined pastas and cereals, and crackers.  White rice.
A low residue diet typically contains less than 7â10 grams of fiber per day. Long-term use of this diet, with its emphasis on processed foods and reduced intake of fruits and vegetables, may not provide required amounts of nutrients including potassium, vitamin C, calcium, and folic acid.