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NHS 
National Health Service

Nutrition     

Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. Nutrients include proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals and water. Learning to eat nutritiously is not hard. Here's how:

• Eat a variety of foods, including vegetables, fruits and whole-grain products
• Eating more fruit and fibre should help make stools softer
• Eat lean meats, poultry, fish, beans and low-fat dairy products
• Drinking lots of water or juice will also help soften the output from your stoma
• Go easy on the salt, sugar, alcohol, saturated fat and trans fat