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One option for nutritional support during a bowel prep where a clear  
liquid diet is needed is to take a liquid feeding during the prep.   
The liquid feeding must be a no fiber type.  This approach has been  
validated in a study in a group of elderly patients where Ensure was  
used during the prep, where it was shown that the preps were  
excellent despite the addition of the Ensure.  I have an occasional  
patient with diabetes, patients who are frail, or patients who get  
migraines when they don't eat where this approach has been quite  
helpful.  You will need to check with your doctor during the prep if  
this is an option.

Stephen Holland, M.D.

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