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.
Low-fiber and low-residue diets may be recommended for patients with diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohnâs disease and bowel inflammation. These diets also are used when there is narrowing of the bowel, before or after major surgery of the digestive tract and when radiation therapy causes complications. Low-fiber and low-residue diets will slow the movement and decrease the amount of stool in the intestines. This may prevent blockage. Dietary fiber is found in plants and is not completely digested by humans. Residue is the fiber, plus other materials, found in the colon after digestion. A low-fiber diet contains less than food choices, 10 to 15 grams of fiber per day and eliminates foods known to increase the amount of stool. A low-residue diet is a low-fiber diet with added restrictions. Both low-fiber and low-residue diets will provide the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) if food choices are made appropriately. Long-term use of a low-fiber or low-residue diet may not provide needed amounts of vitamin C or folic acid.