Dietary management in post surgical condition after gastric bypass surgery

Dietary management in surgical condition

The following are general dietary management for a
patient after gastric
bypass surgery. This is a type of
surgery that helps the patient to lose weight by changing how thestomach and small intestine handle the food that the patient eats. After the
surgery, your stomach will be smaller
and the patient will feel full with less food.

After surgery

For the first day or so after surgery, the patient
is only allowed to drink clear liquids,only 59 to 89millilitres at a time. Once
the patient is able to handle clear liquids, he or she can start having other
liquids, such as skim or low-fat milk.

Liquids
you can have during stage 1:

Broth
Unsweetened juice
Decaffeinated tea or coffee
Milk (skim or 1 percent)
Strained cream soup
Sugar-free gelatin or
popsicles

Pureed
foods

Once the patient is able to tolerate liquids for a
few days, he or she can begin to eat strained and pureed (mashed up) foods.
During this phase, he or she can only eat foods that have the consistency of a
smooth paste or a thick liquid, without any solid pieces of food in the
mixture.

To puree your foods, choose foods that will blend
well, such as:

·
Lean
ground meats

·
Beans

·
Fish

·
Eggs

·
Soft
fruits and cooked vegetables

Blend solid foods with a liquid, such as:

·
Water

·
Skim milk

·
Juice
with no sugar added

·
Broth

Soft
foods

After a few weeks of pureed foods, the patient you
can add soft foods — in the form of small, tender, easily chewed pieces — to his
or her diet.

During this stage, the diet can include:

·
Ground or
finely diced meats

·
Canned or
soft fresh fruit (without seeds or skin)

·
Cooked
vegetables (without skin)

Solid
foods

After about eight weeks the patient can gradually
return to eating solid foods. But foods must still be chopped. They should
start slowly with regular foods to see what foods you can tolerate.

Foods to avoid:

·
Nuts and
seeds

·
Popcorn

·
Dried
fruits

·
Carbonated
beverages

·
Stringy
or fibrous vegetables, such as celery, broccoli, corn or cabbage

·
Tough
meats

·
Fried
foods

·
Breads

Sample
menu post operation

Wake-up

6 ounces’ warm herbal tea (no
milk/cream) or broth (warm fluids help in relaxing the stomach muscles)