{"id":3943,"date":"2022-05-14T02:29:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oncoalicia.com\/nutrition-during-the-treatment-of-colorectal-cancer\/intestinal-occlusion\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:36:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:36:18","slug":"intestinal-obstruction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/colorectal\/intestinal-obstruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Dietary Recommendations for Intestinal Obstruction in Colorrectal Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Due to the mechanical difficulty of the passage of contents through the bowel, there can be a risk of intestinal obstruction in some cases. The aim of the dietary recommendations is to avoid an increase in faecal bolus and thus reduce the risk of subacute bowel obstruction. Fibre-rich foods such as some vegetables (raw and cooked), legumes, some fruits, wholegrain foods, nuts, and dried fruit are excluded from the diet. The medical team should determine the degree of exclusion of these foods depending on the risk of obstruction and may prescribe a strict low residue diet or a moderate low residue diet, as detailed below. In some cases, this diet may also be accompanied by certain liquid restrictions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND?<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Maintain good hydration, drinking a minimum of 1.5 litres of fluid per day.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Chew food well and eat in a relaxed way.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Eat a diet that excludes high-fibre foods. <\/i>
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Some vegetables (raw and cooked), pulses, some fruits, wholegrain foods, nuts, and dried fruit, and some cooking and preparation techniques.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n <\/td>\n\n Allowed foods<\/b>\n <\/td>\n\n example<\/b>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Breakfast\/mid-morning\/snack\n <\/td>\n\n DAIRY:<\/b> milk, yogurt or cheese without chunks or added fiber.
\n Non-whole grain cereals:<\/b> bread, toast, biscuits, breakfast cereals (corn, wheat, rice), maria cookies, homemade pastries (gingerbread or homemade muffins with refined flour).
\n FRUIT<\/b> <\/p>\n
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  • Raw, ripe, peeled without seeds:<\/b> pear, apple, watermelon, melon, grape and banana.<\/li>\n
  • Liquid:<\/b> all.<\/li>\n
  • Cooked:<\/b> apple, pear and peach in syrup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    ACCESSORIES<\/b> Sweet ham, turkey, tuna, salty ham, anchovies…
    \n Virgin olive oil, margarine, butter.
    \n infusions
    \n Coffee, soluble cocoa or Eko\u00ae type soluble cereals.
    \n Sugar or sweeteners.
    \n Vegetable drinks without fiber: rice, soy, coconut, oat…\n <\/td>\n

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To have breakfast<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Coffee with milk.
\n White bread sandwich with tomato (without seeds) and virgin olive oil with tuna.
\n A drop of peeled and pitted grapes (5-10 units).\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Midday<\/b><\/p>\n
\n Lunches\/dinners\n <\/td>\n\n VEGETABLES AND VEGETABLES<\/b> <\/p>\n
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  • Cooked without skin:<\/b> potato, carrot, courgette, grated onion, sieved tomato.<\/li>\n
  • Raw:<\/b> liquefied or crushed and passed through a puree.<\/li>\n
  • Unpeeled and pureed legumes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    NON-WHEAT AND VERY COOKED CEREALS:<\/b> pasta, rice, couscous, rice noodles, semolina, polenta, bread…
    \n PROTEIN FOODS<\/b> <\/p>\n

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    • Meat:<\/b> all, avoiding strong and tender parts.<\/li>\n
    • Fish:<\/b> all of them<\/li>\n
    • Eggs:<\/b> all<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      FRUIT:<\/b><\/p>\n

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      • Raw, ripe, peeled and without skin or seeds:<\/b> pear, apple, watermelon, melon, grape and banana. <\/li>\n
      • Liquid:<\/b> all.<\/li>\n
      • Cooked:<\/b> apple, pear, peach in syrup. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        OTHERS<\/b>
        \n Dairy desserts: curd, cottage cheese, custard, custard, rice pudding.
        \n Spices.\n <\/td>\n

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\n Lunch<\/b><\/p>\n
\n have a snack<\/b>
\n Yoghurt with pieces of melon.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Dinner<\/b><\/p>\n