Question:
Diet I got at hospital says NO red jello does anyone know why it is excluded.

This from the full liquid diet    — JOANNE T. (posted on April 16, 2002)

April 16, 2002
my guess is, the red dye could show up in stool or emesis, which would look like blood. by the way, sugar free jello brand jello,ready made, is delicious. i keep it on hand all the time. it helps the sweet cravings and counts as liquid intake.
   — PATSY N.

April 16, 2002
No red jello so if you have a leak they can tell the difference from blood or what ever --- to jello. At least that is what my dietician said.
   — paulsgirl

April 16, 2002
Just like the others said, since you just had stomach/bowel surgery you need to be able to tell if you have bleeding. Red jello or kool-aid can cause your emesis or stools to be red.
   — Cory F.

April 16, 2002
This may or may not be related, but when my son had gastrointestinal bleeding, the doctor said not to give him anything like red jello, red koolaid, etc because he wanted to make sure there would be no confusion about what is coming out the end. The red koolaid turned his diarrhea an alarming shade of red for several days and we couldn't tell if he was still bleeding or if it was the koolaid until the lab results came back normal. Luckily it was the koolaid and he is just fine.
   — cjabates

April 16, 2002
To tell you a funny story about RED velvet cake... I have always had IBS and diahrerra. I had made a red velvet cake and had a big piece of it. We went out to dinner with my daughter-in-laws parents, had to run to the bath and all that came out was RED BM. Scared me to death.. Went to the ER and they check me out and I was fine, sent me home. On my way home I started to laugh and my husband asked why. I told him about the red velvet cake and we both laughed. So what goes in RED, comes out RED.
   — sandy W.