1 week before your test:
- NO Oral and IV Antibiotics or probiotics (no yoghurt). Skin creams, eye and ear drops are OK.
- NO Colonoscopy or Barium Meal Enema procedures.
1 full day before your test:
✓ YOU CAN ONLY HAVE
✓ Lactose free milk
✓ Black tea or coffee (no sugar)
✓ Water or soda water
✓ Eggs
✓ Chicken, without the skin
✓ Steamed or grilled fish
✓ Meat, but no processed meat and no flavourings (e.g. no sausages or bacon)
☒ YOU CANNOT HAVE
× NO Milk and Dairy Products. Lactose-free milk (eg. Zymil®), soy milk, and rice milk are OK
× NO Canned Fruit or Honey
× NO Garlic or Onion
× NO Fruit or Vegetables
× NO Fruit Juice, Soft Drinks, Sports Drinks and Alcohol
× NO High Fibre Foods (eg. no bread, rice, pasta, cereal, beans & legumes, bran, oats)
× NO Fibre Supplements (eg. Metamucil®)
× NO Laxatives
× NO Tofu
× NO Processed Meat
× NO Flavourings (e.g. no salt or pepper)
FAST from 9pm the night before test:
You may continue to drink plain water leading up to the test.
On the morning of your test:
- NO Smoking and Continue to Fast. Brush your teeth thoroughly with water ONLY (no toothpaste)
- Continue to take your normal medication with plain water.
- Refrain from physical exercise for 1 hour before your test.
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