Stephanie Lewis

Some people choose to get gastric bypass surgery when they need to lose weight. Others are asked to undergo surgery because the doctor orders them to do it. Like with any kind of surgery, you must follow a certain lifestyle and diet plan after the surgery. Before we look at the lifestyle changes you would need to make, let us understand what the surgery is. 

When you undergo gastric bypass surgery, the size of your stomach shrinks, and you can no longer eat what you used to. During the surgery, the doctor will route your digestive tract or bypass it, so your body cannot absorb as much food as it used to. While gastric bypass surgery can help you lose weight, it also has some risks. If you do not follow the gastric bypass diet, it can lead to a lot of complications. 

While the gastric bypass diet has some rules you must adhere to, you may need to make some changes to the diet depending on what you need. The advantage of this diet is that you can ease into it slowly. You must follow a staged approach that allows you to ease into consuming solid food. You need to complete each stage so you give your body sufficient time to heal and adapt to changes in your eating patterns. If you are careful about your food intake, you can go back to eating normal food a few months after the surgery.

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