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Diets for Gastric Banding Patients |
There are two diets ordered post-operatively for Gastric Banding patients. When you are ready to begin
eating, a clear liquid diet is ordered. You will be on the clear diet for usually one day.
The clear diet is as follows:
Breakfast, lunch and dinner1/3 cup broth
1/3 cup clear jello
1/3 cup clear juice
• You won't be able to eat all of the items sent on your trays. At first you will probably only be able to eat two teaspoons of each item. Eat only until you are full.
• Between meal liquids on the clear diet will consist of clear juice.
If you tolerate clear liquids, you will be advanced to pureed food. You will be on this diet for approximately
two weeks.
A sample of pureed food is as follows:
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Breakfast Soft egg Hot cereal Margarine (optional) Skim milk (for cereal) Salt/pepper/sugar |
Lunch and dinner Pureed meat and blended casseroles Pureed vegetable Pureed fruit or custard Margarine (optional) salt/pepper |
• Between meals, liquids for the pureed diet will be skim or 2% lowfat milk, juice, or low-calorie beverages.
• It is very important that you eat food high in protein at each of your three meals and drink
1-2 cups of milk between meals. Protein is needed for wound healing and to renew body cells.
The recommended daily dietary allowance (RDA) for protein is:
56 Gms/day for men
46 Gms/day for women
You wont be able to eat the amount listed above, but you should try to eat 25-30 Gms of protein each day.
The amount of protein and calories in common foods:
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8 ounces of skim milk 1 medium egg 1 ounce sliced cheese 1/4 cup creamed cottage cheese 1 ounce lean meat or fish 1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt 1/4 cup strained baby food meat 1/4 cup low-calorie custard 1/4 cup vegetables 1/4 cup cereal 1/4 slice toast 1/4 cup potato 1/4 cup fruit |
7.0g 7.0g 7.0g 7.0g 7.0g 6.0g 3.0g 4.0g 1.0g 1.0g 0.5g 1.0g 0.0g |
80 80 120 80 75 72 100 40 13 35 18 35 40 |