‘Complete Guide to Nutrition for Weight Loss Surgery’ – why we provide this resource to our patients

What you get from the book

• A basic understanding of the bariatric surgery procedure, how it works and how it needs to be managed. 
• Recipes to prepare you for surgery and while you are recovering. 
• Food fundamentals to follow after bariatric surgery, exploring eating techniques, habits and food choices to ensure a varied and nutritious diet that promotes weight loss (and maintaining that weight loss).
• Common complaints you might deal with along the way, answering questions you may have. 
• Information on nutritional supplements relevant to your bariatric surgery type. 
• Over 100 tasty recipes, ‘road tested’ first-hand on bariatric surgery volunteers, with their feedback and comments included.  

Recipes for Everyone

The recipes in the book are not only for bariatric surgery patients but are easy to modify for family and friends too. Suggestions to modify serve sizes are included and this works really well for those who are getting family involved in their new healthy diet/lifestyle. 

Bariatric surgery is simply a tool

Bariatric surgery is a tool to help you lose weight by reducing the amount of food you can consume; the best outcomes are from those who apply what they learn along their weight loss journey, with the support of a comprehensive aftercare program.

Following a healthy diet is an essential part of maintaining weight loss, and this book is a helpful way to start out on the right track.