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hub asked me if i read on here if a saltine cracker or two would hurt someone's liquid diet?

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I don't think it would hurt it, but the whole purpose of the pre-op liquid diet is to shrink your liver before surgery. The liver of obese people is usually very fatty and enlarged, and the surgeon must be able to move around the liver during surgery. If it's enlarged and fatty, there is a much greater risk of accidental damage to the liver. Thankfully, when we lose weight, our liver is the first place we lose, hence the pre-op liquid diet.

Hang in there, the liquid diet isn't fun but you'll be so glad you did it later :)

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Hmmm....I'd say possibly if the liquid diet is meant to be Protein only. The Protein only liquid diet will throw most ppl into ketosis by the third or fourth day. Ketosis actually makes hunger pangs quite dull or non existent as the body turns to fat for fuel A cracker is all carbs...so it could impact the ketosis, depending upon how carb sensitive the individual is.

If you're going to cheat...do it with 1oz of protein.

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that makes sense kare, that you and also mis for the feedback.

but i am not sure what ketosis is

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Ketosis is when your body is burning fat for fuel since there are no carbohydrates to burn. A cracker is basically a carbohydrate.

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Agree that the issue is that a cracker is all carbs. If you are in desparate need I would say to have more Protein Shakes.< /p>

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I don't think it would hurt it, but it's a slippery slope. I knew myself that if I cheated on the pre op liquids with something tiny, I would be 100x more tempted to cheat in a big way later.

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Eat the cracker. I stayed true to my liquid diet 90% of the time before surgery than I got a GI bug and I caved and had mashed potatos. The purpose of the no carbs is to shrink liver but one or two crackers will not hurt you. But it you can resist it is a test for how you will do when facing these issues post op.

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I would say if you need to eat something, have a little lean Protein. It will stay with you longer than the cracker.

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