Lap Band Surgery Diet: Dieting Before and After Surgery

Lap Band Diet Before Surgery

Lap-Band Diet

The Pre-Operative diet helps patients improve recovery, increase the rate of weight loss and helps to reduce risks during the procedure. The pre-surgery diet should be started weeks and sometimes even months before the actual surgery.

Dieting before surgery helps to reduces risks during the procedure. The goal is to reduce fat around the liver, which helps to preserve and protect muscle tissue.

Diets set by each physician’s guidelines and typically includes a diet of less than 1200 calories per day. Protein is important in both pre and post surgery diets, and expect to consume 70-120 grams of protein each day. Just before the  lap band operation expect to be put on a strict liquid diet.

Lap Band Diet After Surgery

After the procedure your physician will surely put you on an intensive diet plan. It will likely include at first, an entire liquid diet. Then it will progress to include solid foods including low-fat proteins, breads and cereals, dairy products, fruits, vegetables and good fats.