My surgery is on May 19 (woo!) and I'm starting my pre-op diet tomorrow. I wanted to know if anyone knows if homemade blended smoothies were included in the liquid diet?

My surgery is on May 19 (woo!) and I'm starting my pre-op diet tomorrow. I wanted to know if anyone knows if homemade blended smoothies were included in the liquid diet?

I was told smoothies contain a lot of sugar. The pre op diet I was on was a high protein diet with no sugars and low carbs.

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5 minutes ago, Ylm87 said:

I was told smoothies contain a lot of sugar. The pre op diet I was on was a high Protein diet with no sugars and low carbs.

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Sort of like this, except sugars are carbs, and should be as minimal as possible.

The problem with smoothies is all the carbs (sugars) what the liver treats virtually the same. It first stores it, and when the storage within the liver cells is filled, it then converts sugars to fatty acids, sends it back to the bloodstream (generally toward adipose tissue), the pancreas detect that high amount of sugar in the blood, release insulin, send the sugar (along with fatty acids) through the bloodstream back to the liver, and it becomes far more likely the liver becomes overwhelmed and absorbs it within itself, promoting fat within the liver (leading to expansion of the liver and death of liver cells) and fat on the outside of the liver. As the liver becomes wounded due to fat infiltration the body's wound-healing mechanism only makes it worse by directing more fatty acids toward the liver.

tl;dr -> Since the goal of the pre-operative diet is to shrink the liver, having food rife with carbs is counterproductive to this.

What kind of smoothie? Nutritional value? Ingredients?

On my pre- op we were allowed smoothies made with up to a quarter cup of fruit, almond or soy milk and protein powder.

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