Think About Your Diet Plan

Posted by Aree

October 6, 2008

For a healthy living you need to have a healthy heart. It should be
able to pump the blood well and in the right manner at the right time.
For this to happen safely and soundly you must have a very healthy
heart and for a healthy heart, apart from many else things a good and
perfect diet plan is to be followed. The diet plan must be in line with
the need of the heart of an individual.

How restrictive your gastric bypass diet will be, will largely depend
on the type of gastric bypass surgery you are having. The lap-band is a
less invasive surgery with a short recovery period. Because your
stomach and digestive system were not reconstructed, there is less
sensitivity and you will eat normal food sooner. However, the size of
your stomach is still very small following surgery and can only hold
very tiny amounts of liquid in the early weeks of recovery.

The roux-en-y is the reconstructive form of gastric bypass surgery and
will require you to be on high protein liquids for a minimum of 2 weeks
following your surgery. I felt it was easiest to stick with shakes, but
baby food and pureed food are also permitted.

In the first few weeks following your surgery, it takes an all out
effort to eat and drink what the bariatric dietitians expect you to
eat. 32 ounces of liquid and 60 grams of protein is quite a bit and
since you can only eat and drink a few bites at a time, you spend a lot
of time trying to consume the necessary calories.

There has been a great deal of research done on the Mediterranean Diet.
This diet has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, Type 2
diabetes, cholesterol build up in the arteries, high blood pressure,
and glucose intolerance. And of course it has been shown to slow down
the process of aging; after all it is a powerful antioxidant.

The Mediterranean diet is made up of fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts,
beans, whole grains, legumes, and seafood. Meat is used in moderation,
and olive oil is a necessary staple. So let’s have a look what a
Mediterranean meal might look like.

The program’s diabetes diet plan that taste pretty darn decent and
leaves me feeling like myself. Basically I chose five small meals from
the plan’s foods and then I prepare one main meal (which is called
“lean and green” by Medifast. The lean and green meal is essentially
lean protein and vegetables. The program is easy to follow because it’s
easy to get in a grove since you learn pretty quickly what choices are
available.

My typical day on Medifast includes scrambled eggs or oatmeal for
breakfast, a cappuccino or latte for a mid morning snack, chili, soup
or stew for lunch, a bar or shake for an afternoon snack, my lean and
green meal for dinner and a nightcap of a fruit smoothie (which I make
from the fruit drink with ice in a blender).

The goal of the above meal plan is to provide the pregnant woman with a
steady supply of energy. The caloric need vary a lot from person to
person. Still an average woman may require an extra 300 calories during
the second and third trimester. But these calories should be loaded up
with all the required minerals and vitamins. This diet plan should be
accompanied by a plenty of fluid intake evenly distributed throughout
the day. A snack just before bed time is recommended to avoid
hypoglycemia during the night.

By: Saiera Hilton