Hey,

My doctor says I need to do the ( 1st two weeks part of the) South Beach Diet not all liquid? Anyone else done, doing or going to do like this?

I sounds a lot better then doing all liquid?

You mean before surgery, instead of Optifast?

There's nothing magic about optifast - its simply a low carb, very low calorie diet. It doesnt matter whether its liquid or solid food, if you eat similar calories, low carb, high Protein, you'll get the same results. It would certainly be a lot more palatable.

However, you'd run the risk of getting too much fat or overdoing it, you'd have to do it perfectly. That's why Optifast works - if you just have the Optifast, you're getting optimum nutrition on the very very low calories that it provides, and you're getting the perfect balance of macronutrients to shrink the liver.