How Much Food Can I Eat After Lap Band Surgery � Good Results In Minimum Time

If you have made up your mind to get lap band surgery done, you should be careful about diet plan for the overweight patient after lap band surgery. If you are really serious about get rid of overweight, you should follow the precautions of your physician to get good results in minimum time. Diets will vary somewhat depending on the lap band surgeon.

Quality and quantity of diet for the lap band patient:

The first and foremost concerning point for the lap band patient is his own stomach pouch which should not be stretched which is formed during surgery. For keeping you safe from any kind of problems you are advised to sip a little water or suck on ice cubes. Following day you will be asked to have some more water or other beverage with calories. If you will eat too much you may vomit which is very harmful for lap band patient who has get lap band surgery done recently. Vomit can cause the stomach tissue to slip through the gastric band.

For the following two weeks only thin liquids will be allowed including clear broths or clear soup with no added veggies, pasta or meat, low fat milk, fruit juice and no-sugar type popsicles. If your stomach digest these diets very well, you can come on next phase in which you can take pureed food. You are allowed to take pureed food in the three to four weeks following surgery if every thing goes in your favor.

Lap band diet patients are allowed to take pureed skinless fish or chicken, mashed potatoes, peas, low fat yogurt or low-fat pudding. In the fifth weeks you can take soft foods including fish and ground turkey but you will be careful to chew your food very well otherwise you may vomit and can get some swelling on your stomach.

If you are unable to digest soft food, you will have to return on your previous liquid diet and can come slowly back to pureed food again.

In the last phase of your eating you can come to solid foods in the notice of your physician. You should avoid of taking solid food in the morning as it can cause problem for you. You should avoid of taking much food at a time and should chew food carefully. You are allowed to take three nutrients meals every day. Two ounces of food can be stored in the pouch at a time so you should avoid of taking much food.

There are some foods which can harm your stomach so you should try to avoid of them. These are including dried fruits, asparagus, pineapple, rhubarb, corn, popcorn, grapes, walnuts, peanuts, almonds soda pop and other carbonated beverages, all high calorie drinks and foods.

These are some suggestion to follow good results in minimum time. If you follow the following instructions completely, you are the best candidate for the lap band surgery.