Diet for Gastric Bypass
A diet for gastric bypass surgery is not something to be taken lightly… after you’ve had bariatric surgery your diet will have to become a significant part of your life for many reasons. You have to understand that your diet after gastric bypass is designed to provide you with enough vitamins and minerals to properly nourish your body since your new gastric system has been surgically altered. It’s not just a matter of dieting to maintain your new weight/size… but dieting to ensure your body can survive with the recent changes.
Gastric Bypass Diet Purpose
Beyond the main philosophy i mentioned above there are some other purposes to the diet you must maintain after gastric bypass surgery in order to ensure optimal results.
- Your new diet should consider the staples that are in your stomach and be very sensitive to the healing process that must progress. It’s important to not stretch the area or have the staple line infected.
- To establish a diet and routine of eating smaller portions so that you maintain your newer, healthy weight.
- To avoid surgical side effects as well as mental ’side effects’ that sometime occur after gastric bypass surgery
4 Phases of a Diet For Gastric Bypass Surgery
There are 4 main phases of a gastric bypass diet:
- liquid diet
- pureed ground up food
- soft solid foods
- solid foods
I’ll post specific diets and best practices to help you through the first parts of your diet after weight loss surgery but also please feel free to email me with any questions.
