Fluids are all foods and drinks that are liquid at room temperature.
All drinks, Jello, ice cream, sherbet, popsicles, water ice, ice cubes, soup, custard, pudding, sauces, and gravies count as fluids. It can help you avoid shortness of breath or swelling in your hands and feet. Avoid eating salty foods such as potato chips, salted peanuts, canned foods, and TV dinners. Often the sense of thirst is really the sensation of having a dry mouth. Using water, measure your allowed fluid intake for the entire day and pour into an empty 2 liter soda container.