Recipes for Life After Weight-Loss Surgery, Revised and Updated

February 15, 2012
Bariatric surgery creates a bypass or bands the stomach to decrease the amount of food that patients can consume. It has become one of the most often performed surgical procedures of our day. For the morbidly obese, it can be a lifesaving procedure that no mere diet can rival. Nevertheless, even those who avail themselves of this operation find that they can't simply return to eating the same old foods that they've previously enjoyed. Patients report new intolerances for old favorites, and foods high in sugars or fiber can actually make them ill. Many must readjust their daily intake, paying careful attention to more than mere quantities. This cookbook, a revised and expanded edition containing updated information, teaches patients to eat well and healthily, offering dozens of recipes (many of them new to this edition) emphasizing low-fat, low-carbohydrate, high-protein fare and encouraging consumption of fresh vegetables and fruits. Sugar substitutes appear wherever appropriate. Some multiweek regimens help patients adjust gradually to their newly shrunk digestive systems.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)