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This doctor has a lot of interesting to say about supplements and hair loss.

I drink a pretty big smoothie consisting of a small amount of frozen fruit (about a couple tablespoons of frozen banana that I pop in the freezer when they get too ripe. Then I put in 2 scoops of raw/vegan protein powder (mostly pea protein). A scoop of that protein powder (made by Sunwarrion) is 18 grams of protein. I also put some Bariatric chewable vitamins into the blender. I think the chewable vitamin pills have artificial berry flavor, sucrose, and other ingredients the length of my arm. Then around 10 am (I get up at 6) I have a juice that contains cucumbers, celery, spinach, kale, tomato, and a little salt. We use a slow speed masticating juicer. At around noon I eat a couple tablespoons of raw vegetables (usually zucchini, sun dried tomatoes, raw vegan sauerkraut, basil leaves, and some pine nuts just to make it creamy). Sometimes I make a totally different purée with ingredients like avocado. I eat a couple teaspoons of more purée at around 3:00. Then another smoothie around 5:00 or 6:00 pm. That gives me 56 grams of protein plus maybe another few of protein with my purée. That’s it for a typical day because I’m still on the purée phase. I’m sure the soft food phase will continue with much of the same. I’ll probably do a lot of raw/vegan experimenting when I start the regular diet, keep close track of the fat. I don’t think anyone would gain weight on this kind of food so I’m not particularly concerned about counting calories. At night I crush and take my pills (Psych meds for Bipolar Disorder) and then eat two more of the vitamin tablets. I drink a lot of water and herbal tea all day long. Good luck and I hope you become full of energy and have that raw food glow.

I also include juiced cucumber, celery, kale, baby spinach, sunflower sprouts, and parsley a couple times per day. You need a good masticating juicer but I think it’s worth the cost.

My surgery was 12/19/17 not 12/19/18 (of course)

I’ve been fully raw since the day of my surgery (12/19/18). I have 2 shakes a day with a small amount of fruit, a quarter cup hemp seeds (10g protein and good fatty acids) and 2 scoops (38g protein) of Sunwarrior raw/vegan/organic protein powder (https://goo.gl/uJx891). I also have purée of various veggies and nuts (like raw sprouted cashews, hemp seeds or pine nuts, zucchini, sun-dried tomatoes, and basil, sea salt, etc.). I haven’t figured out what I’m going to eat during the soft foods stage but I’ll figure out some good recipes. The final stage will be easy (I think) as long as you play around with various foods to see what your system can handle. I think I will be keeping up the protein smoothies forever.