Bowel

I'm going to have a colonoscopy in a few weeks. With the low residue diet are you suppose to avoid cottage cheese and yogurt? All dairy?

A low residue diet is mainly a low fibre diet. Fruits should be soft, veggies cooked and no whole grains. As for milk/dairy, it isn't technically an avoidance food, and has no fibre, many IBDer's suffer with lactose issues, so you may want to avoid milk and cheese. Yogourt is fine though.

Do not drink anything with red or orange coloring several days before your scope. White grape juice is acceptable before a scope. You need to make a list of questions to ask the nurse before your scope.