Following bariatric surgery, your body will need to heal and recover before you start eating a regular bariatric diet. While your body is recovering you will slowly progress from an all-liquid diet to a solid food diet. This progression can take from 4-14 weeks depending on the type of surgery...
Undergoing bariatric surgery is just the first step in a lifelong journey of massive physical, emotional, and lifestyle changes. While the initial rapid weight loss seems like the hard part, patients soon realize they need help dealing with the aftermath in order to maintain their results...
Basically this is the 5 Day Pouch Test (5DPT)
Start by eating liquid protein, end up eating solid protein. The basic rule is that on any day you can eat the items that were available on previous days; but placing emphasis on the foods that pertain to the rules of that day.
D1: Liquid Protein...
Bariatric surgery leads to significant changes in your body's ability to digest food and absorb nutrients from the gut.
Some key points on why vitamin supplementation is so critical:
Metabolic changes reduce vitamin and mineral absorption - After procedures like gastric bypass or sleeve...