hello,

i'm having my band fitted this saturday coming (15th) and my dietician has asked me to go on a shake diet 7 days before hand to shrink my liver. my dietician is currently off sick and isnt retuning any of my emails. so i need ur advise i'm just wondering can i eat fruit/veg as well as the shakes or is it just the shakes, 3 times a day??? also i was just wondering instead of having a shake for dinner can i have soup instead???

pls can u give me some advise.

jenx

My diet wasn't just shakes so I can't advise....I was on low carb for the same reason. That's no fruit, bread, sugar of any kind. Maybe you can start the shake only until you can call someone.....Dr office, nutritionist...if they are away sick - don't they have someone answering phone? Do you have a number to call monday?

i was put on a 2 week pre op diet where 2 meals were a high protein low sugar shakes - like ensure or carnation and the 3rd meal was under 1200 calories. yea, i so did not follow it and my surgeon never said anything after surgery about my liver being too large (whew!!). i had hoss's for lunch and olive garden for dinner the day before my surgery! i've been reading that some surgeons are not even reccomending the pre op diet because it isn't worth it. i'm not advising that you do what i did, i'm just telling you what happened for me =) getting a lot of protein is the key, i think 40 grams per day. walmart and other stores usually have a section w/ high protein shakes. good luck!!

Hi there, obviously I'm not the doctor or dietician, but I do know that fruits and soups except broth are not in a "liver shrinking" diet. Removing all sugars and carbs shrinks the liver pretty quickly, which is why many people are put on clear liquids or same with the protein shakes for the pre-op diet.