Sample Meal Plan
The information below provides ideas for Refsum diet compliant meals, snacks and beverages. This is not an exhaustive list. Consultation with a dietitian is recommended to find a meal plan that will meet your specific needs.
BREAKFAST
Fruit or fruit juice
Breakfast cereal with soya milk
Any bread (except those that contain dairy such as brioche or cholla) with dairy free spread and jam, marmalade, honey or marmite
Eggs, bacon, pork sausages/vegetarian sausages, beans and bread
Dairy free croissants
MID-MORNING
Fruit
Dairy free biscuits or cake or cereal bar
Soya yoghurt
LUNCH
Meal to comprise (can be as a sandwich or cooked meal):
Dairy free spread or oil to be used as a spread or in cooking or as a dressing on salad.
Protein:
Options could include: Chicken, eggs, dairy free cheese, falafel, pulses or beans, hummus, cod, coley, haddock, prawns, rabbit, turkey or pork
Vegetables or Salad
Carbohydrate:
Options could include: Bread, bread roll, pitta, wrap, jacket potato, pasta, rice, sweet potato, noodles
Dairy free chocolate bar/dairy free dessert
Fresh fruit (e.g. a banana or a pear or an apple)
MID-AFTERNOON
Fresh fruit / carrot sticks and hummus/ dairy free cereal bar/dairy free biscuits or cake/crisps/popcorn/ dairy free chocolate bar/soya yoghurt
EVENING MEAL
Meal to comprise (can be as a sandwich or cooked meal):
Dairy free spread or oil to be used as a spread or in cooking or as a dressing on salad.
Protein:
Options could include: Chicken, eggs, dairy free cheese, falafel, pulses or beans, hummus, cod, coley, haddock, prawns, rabbit, turkey or pork
Vegetables or Salad
Carbohydrate:
Options could include: Bread, bread roll, pitta, wrap, jacket potato, pasta, rice, sweet potato, noodles
Dairy free chocolate bar/dairy free dessert
Fresh fruit (e.g. a banana or a pear or an apple)
FLUID
Consume fluids throughout the day such as water, tea, herbal teas, coffee and soya milk
Note: Skimmed milk to be limited to 150ml daily. Caffeine containing drinks should be limited to no more than 3 a day