Thursday, February 24, 2011

Foods to avoid after surgery

The following foods should be carefully limited or eliminated for the rest of your life:

Cakes        Candy Bars    Candy         Chewing gum        Cookies

Custard    Granola    Honey        Ice Cream        Jam and Jelly

Molasses    Pastries    Pies        Sugar            Sweet Rolls

Sugar coated cereals        Syrup        Sweetened Fruit    

Sweetened Condensed Milk


 

Severely restrict:

Regular soft drinks     regular fruit drinks     sweetened seltzer water     Ensure

Ultra Slim Fast or any sweetened beverages (unless sweetened with saccharin

NutraSweet     acesulfame-K or Splenda (surcalose)        aspartame


 

(Information from WHMC Gastric Bypass Nutritional Guidelines Handbook)