How Do You Eat On The Gastric Bypass Surgery Pureed Foods Diet?
Immediately after gastric bypass surgery, patients are usually on a liquid diet for a week or two. Then they are advance to a pureed diet. The pureed diet may last anywhere from one week to one month. Talk to your doctor or dietician about when to begin the pureed diet and when to move on to soft foods. Pureed foods are any foods that are the consistency of baby food. Some things you can eat on the pureed diet include no sugar added applesauce, mashed potatoes, cream of wheat, oatmeal (but check with your doctor first, because some docs advise against eating oatmeal so soon because it can be kind of rough in texture), yogurt, low fat ricotta cheese, cottage cheese, refried beans, sugar free pudding, and actual baby food. If you are going to eat baby food, avoid the dessert dishes because those tend to be quite high in sugar. You can also puree just about anything you like. To puree food, cut it into small pieces and put it in the blender or food processor with a little bit of liquid. T
