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Once you’ve started the process and gotten approved for bariatric surgery, it’s important to follow a pre-op diet. James Miller, RDN, CD, and Whitney Stevens, RD, CD are registered dieticians who work with bariatric surgery patients at University of Utah Health. According to them, failure to follow the pre-op diet could compromise the surgery.
“Not following the diet can lead to surgical complications or nutrient deficiencies and result in less weight loss,” Miller says. “Following the pre-op diet will optimize your health and prepare the body for the changes it will go through.”
The diet will help you learn to eat smaller portions but will also reduce the size of your liver, which makes the surgery safer and easier for your surgeon.
“The stomach lies beneath the liver, so by shrinking the liver, it will become more flexible and easier to move during surgery, allowing the surgeon to lift it out of the way and access the stomach,” Stevens says.
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