Those who have undergone bariatric surgery, whether it is bariatric sleeve surgery or a gastric bypass, will have to accommodate a new diet as they recover from the surgery in the months and years afterward.
Although the diet will at first be extremely regimented and stringent, over time, the patients will be able to expand into other solid foods that they used to eat before the surgery.However, there are many foods that are not really practical to work into a bariatric diet, and there are some foods that bariatric patients should avoid altogether for the rest of their lives.
For that reason, you may hear terms like bariatric food being used as you do research into what is and is not acceptable.There’s bariatric food as it relates to the different stages of a post-op diet, and then there are foods that will be acceptable (on unacceptable) for you to eat in the years after surgery as you return to a new normal of living.In the first few days and weeks after bariatric surgery, you will be taking mostly liquids such as water and protein shakes, as well as pureed foods and supplements.
Once you pass the first few stages of the diet, you may begin to proliferate into certain soft foods, after which point you will be able to take certain solid foods again.In the soft phase of the post-op diet, you’ll only be able to eat certain soft foods that are easy to chew and digest.
Foods like yogurt and some soft cheese will be on this list, along with fruits and vegetables like bananas, soft canned fruits like peaches, and soft-cooked carrots.
You may also be able to take foods like eggs and ground beef once you reach the soft food portion of the diet.When you successfully navigate the first few portions of this diet, you can make a return to solid foods.