Tag: Safe duration

While intended to be a very short-term intervention, a clear liquid diet is severely lacking in essential nutrients and is not safe for long-term use. A medically supervised clear liquid diet is typically only recommended for a few days to prepare for or recover from certain procedures.

For most healthy individuals, a clear liquid diet is not safe to follow for more than 3–5 days unless under medical supervision. This raises the critical question of how long is too long to be on a liquid diet, and why relying on it for an extended period poses significant health risks.