The Emergency Diet

The emergency diet includes:

• Limit your food and fluid intake as much as you can.
• Avoid high-potassium foods. Limit the type and amount of fruit and vegetables you eat.
• Limit fluid intake to about half of your current allowance.
• Avoid salt and foods that are high in sodium. Salty foods create thirst.
• Suggested foods to choose:

• Rice, pasta, or noodles with butter or olive oil
• Dry cereal, oatmeal, or cream of wheat
• Bread, bagel, or English muffin with butter and jam/jelly/honey
• Unsalted crackers, graham crackers, vanilla wafers
• Jelly beans, gum drops, marshmallows, hard candies
• Small portions of canned fruits or applesauce

These foods are NOT recommended for your Emergency Diet:

• Sport drinks, powdered drink mixes, and juices
• Bran, granola, or cereal with dried fruits or nuts
• Dried beans such as pinto, navy, black, ranch style or kidney beans
• Potatoes/potato products
• Tomatoes/tomato products
• Avocado, oranges, greens
• Salt and condiments