How to shrink your liver (and increase ST weight loss) – the low-carb, pre-op diet

[Melissa3 0]

Great post...and thank you armywife for linking me :wink2:

[Babs44 0]

Thanks for the LSD info. I have to start mine immediately due to a earlier surgery date. Of course its right before Thanksgiving; however totally worth it. I'm still trying to figure how to drink at least 64 ounces of Fluid.< /p>

[mrwall 0]

Thanks seattle sweetie, i am assuming you are from seattle area... i live up north in marysville, i am just getting ready to start the process next month to get the lap band... and i have a fatty liver, and was wondering what to do to get it down, i heard that can be a detorent to getting the surgery...

anyway, i am a type 2 diabetic, and have found over the years some great alternatives for low carb foods

1. Hood low carb milk, it has only 3 carbs i believe in it, i have found it at Walmart and fredmeyer (krogers)

2. dannon low carb yogurt approx 6 carbs

3. Franz whole grain bread.. about 12 to 13 net carbs (after Fiber reduction)

4. Smuckers sugar free jelly 5 carbs

5. No sugar added peaches 6 carbs,

6. Jello sugar free Jello 0 carbs

7. Jello sugar free pudding 13 carbs

8. Atkins endulge caramel chew bar about 7 net carbs

also dreamfields Pasta the carbs digest different than other carbs... so they say, but it has worked for me to not spike my blood sugars

also substitue sweet potatos for reg potatos

mike

[daddystarbucks 0]

Very interesting. I had no idea cutting carbs would help shrink my liver.:cursing:

[lunarosa 0]

:thumbup:Thank you, this was great information. I have my first appointment with the surgeons office on May 26th and they have already told me I will be doing a 2 week liver shrinking diet prior to surgery so this is very helpful.

[RobinAnn 2]

Thanks for bumping this great post. My local (non-band) dietician was explaining glycogen stores to me and I got lost trying to tell my husband about it. Nice to see it explained so succinctly so I can share it with my dh.

[LindaD 3]

I am a believer in low-carb in general.

This amount of low carb - 20 to 30 grams a day - is VERY low, very restrictive. Great for quick weight loss and has the advantage of appetite suppression too (no carbs means no insulin released and it's proven that insulin is part of what drives appetite).

I recently said that my version of low carb was about 90g a day and someone scoffed and said that's not low carb. But it really is. the USDA recommends 300+ grams a day. Many people eat WAY more than that without realizing it.

I think most people aren't aware of how many carbs they are eating.

I highly recommend a book called Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. It's not a diet book, it's written by a science journalist who researched the science around obesity and heart disease and such. It talks about what we know as fact and how much of what we think of as fact is just theory. It explores alternate theories (low carb being key) and shares information from many, many studies. It's fascinating.

Low carb - SUPER low to quickly see results - can be easily achieved by staying BASIC: eggs and meat. Of course, there are other low-carb foods but if you're doing a short term thing trying to keep ultra-low, just have eggs and meat. Those are effectively no-carb or very low. Once you go beyond that, even in healthy fruits and veggies and add cheeses and dressings, you have to start counting. If you JUST eat meat and eggs, you don't even have anything to count, really. (By the way, when I say meat, I don't mean processed meat.)

Thanks for the info in this thread on the liver-shrinking, though. That was a part I didn't know and needed to know. I appreciate it!

[120inside 0]

Wow, what amazing information. I was wanting to know if anyone new if a liver detox along with low carb would help shrink the liver any quicker?

[GraciesMom 0]

Fabulous source of information, clear and easy to understand.

This is one of oft asked questins I see her at LBT, and I think think this is the best post I`ve read with the answer.

Thank you very much!

[SwanGal 0]

I am having my band done next week. I am supposed to start my liquid diet today. So far nothing but liquids but I would rather do lowcarb since I am so familiar with it. I've had great results with it losing lots of weight in the past.

Does it shrink as good or better than the liquid diet though?

[MISS.SUSAN 0]

I'm confused lol. it seems to me it would be better to eat a can of tuna then drinking a Protein Drink. why the liquid then? for these pre-op diets anyway, I understand it for after surgery.

[emsbugbug 7]

This is great information...BUMP!