Full Liquid Diet After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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Full liquid diet after gastric bypass surgery. It typically begins about 2 months after surgery. Soon as you start to feel full. You need to sip small amounts of fluids or small spoonfuls of liquids throughout the day. Your meals should not measure more than 2 ounces of food.
Follow this liquid diet for 2 weeks until you come in for your 2 week post op visit. 60 grams protein daily sip slowly no more than 8 ounces of any fluid per hour avoid fruit juices or sugar sweetened beverages protein supplements. Stage 4 of the gastric bypass diet includes the reintroduction of solid food. Protein liquid diet for about 2 3 weeks progress to soft solid proteins for about 4 6 weeks and then move to soft moist whole foods to.
Full liquid diet is also known as low fat full liquid diet or semi liquid diet. Because your stomach is much smaller you ll still need to dice or. Sample menu for a full liquid diet. The full liquid diet phase is for laparoscopic adjustable gastric band lap band patients only.
Gastric bypass stage two. Gastric bypass diets to follow at home full liquid diet you will begin this liquid diet once you come home from the hospital. 20 25grams protein less than 5grams sugar less than 250calories. In order to reduce the amount of fat around the liver and spleen a preoperative liquid diet must be followed 7 14 days before gastric bypass surgery.
A gastric bypass diet helps people who are recovering from sleeve gastrectomy and from gastric bypass surgery also known as roux en y gastric bypass to heal and to change their eating habits. Continue consuming 48 64 total fluid ounces six to eight 8 ounce cups per day. Make sure you get 48 to 64 ounces of fluid each day 24 to 32 ounces of clear liquid and the remaining 24 to 32 ounces of full liquids. After gastric bypass surgery prepared for patients of the.
If necessary put the food away and finish it later. What to eat during a full liquid diet after laparoscopic adjustable band bariatric surgery. 48 64 ounces of fluids. Your doctor or a registered dietitian will talk with you about the diet you ll need to follow after surgery explaining what types of food and how.
Cooked wheat cereal made with skim milk. Full liquid diet goal. Before moving ahead let me tell you that this stage of diet is practiced only when the patient starts doing good on clear liquid diet. Clear liquid diet is prescribed for first one or two days after gastric bypass surgery.
During the full liquid diet phase following your lap band surgery.