Liver shrinking diet/ Ketosis?/ Atkins diet??

muckstack · July 4, 2008

Hi there,

I noticed as i research the web. people are on alot of different diets to acheive liver shrinking for surgury. Some are on Optifast, some are on medifast( which is real food) my Diet is "no calorie liquids, protien shakes ( attkins was recomended ), Attkins bars, and if i really have to i can have chicken, lean beef, boiled egg, or low carb cheese". so long as i don't exceed 40 - 50 carbs daily. I wasn't given a clear indication of whether ketosis was my goal. Just by the wording of the diet i think it is, because it says " No cough syrups, mints, etc. cause it will knock me out of ketosis" If Ketosis is my goal then 40-50 carbs daily is way to high for me. I can't exceed 20-25 carbs or i'll knock my self out of ketosis. ( old attkins Pro Here! hee hee).

I guess my question is if ketosis is my goal why not just go on attkins for 1o days? Anyone get advice on this from a doctor?

I am following my diet as described to me, i am just curious!:thumbup:

so done with it all · July 4, 2008

The main goal is to shrink the liver, the secondary goal is to reach ketosis so you don't feel hunger. If you just do the regular old Atkins diet then you'll eat too much fat and not shrink the liver. If you were to do low fat, low carb type atkins then I'm sure it's going to give you similar results. My surgeon does the Optifast diet and most people hit ketosis by Day 3 but they are still consuming very little fat. I'd just do what your surgeon suggest. It's a very small amount of time to prepare yourself for surgery so might as well do what the "experts" we have chosen to perform our surgery suggest.