Hi all. Someone who is 2 years post op gave me this tip that I thought was pretty cool, so I thought I'd share it. She said that when you go eat out and get a to go box for a later meal, DO NOT reheat the protein. Protein apparently changes as it is reheated, and it can become too hard to chew or digest. She said it would get stuck for her a bunch and cause a lot of pain. It was something I hadn't thought about...I was actually looking forward to having leftovers. :-)

interesting

I have a cook book for bariatric patients and it says if you reheat the protein to eat it with a dressing or sauce so that it will moisten it up and will go down fine.

That's a good idea.

Thanks for the tip....I thought you were going to say that it loses it's nutrients....I was going to say NOOOOOOOOO lol.

This has certainly been the case for me. Any time I have tried to heat up leftover meat...it has caused me a lot of grief. The latest being yesterday. Was in pain for 2 hours and threw up 3 times. Never again will I try to eat leftovers.

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A quick and foolproof way to reheat meat fish bread or veggies and retain the moistness and texture is to cover plate with a bowl, it's that simple, I've been reheating this way for years alway tender and moist. Please be careful, the bowl will have trapped steam in it ,so always a have dish towel or glove on when lifting the bowl off the plate,hope this helps.