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That is certainly one of the saner pre-op diets that I have seen (of those programs that use them) and seems to hit all of the high points of what such a diet is supposed to do. Some programs do an all liquid (or even clear liquid) diet for a couple weeks or more, for which I have never seen a rational explanation. Good luck on your upcoming adventure.

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Wow.....that is a diet that you could live with long term.

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My doctor has everyone do two weeks of Robards Meal Replacements (4 per day) with one 'real' meal allowed. The 'real' meal can only be from a very strict list of lean meat and green and/or non-starchy veggies mostly. No sugar, oil, butter, caffeine, carbs, etc. I've been on it for a week and have already dropped 10 lbs. But honestly, it isn't that bad. The chocolate shakes are actually pretty good and I've gotten pretty creative with my veggies!

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The liquid diet is that something that you have to get? (pre-op) Or is it provide by your Dr?

It is something that your Dr. will provide you if he wants you do anything. There will always be some pre-op instructions for the day before and morning of surgery, but some docs impose some kind of diet for a week or two (or more) before surgery. These diets can vary widely depending upon the surgeons' philosophy on such things.

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that is similar to what mine was - i was simply told to stay under a thousand calories while getting 80g Protein and keeping carbs as low as I could. I ask if i had to do all liquid since I had seen that so many times on here and was told there was no reason to go all liquid but that a lot of groups recommend it because it is easy to meet Protein requirement while staying under the calorie goal but that the main thing was to do high protein and low cal/low carb to shrink the liver.

I have a friend in another state whose surgeon had her doing only 3 EAS carbvantage shakes a day and nothing else but Water - so under 400 calories, only 45 grams of protein and she was miserable. So i was quite thankful my surgeon took a different approach. The two weeks pre-op weren't bad at all for me.

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The liquid diet is that something that you have to get? (pre-op) Or is it provide by your Dr?

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My doctor's office emailed it to me when they scheduled my surgery date

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