Alert the media...I WAS WRONG! (Pre-op diets.)

GeezerSue · June 1, 2005

It seems that the New Zealand doctors DID finally publish the results of a study regarding pre-op diets!!!

I wish to point out that the Optifast diet is a different diet than the one they were pushing at the time we corresponded and that they still think of it as a "test of compliance," to predict how well we will comply with instructions AFTER band placement.

But it seems that--according to this study--if you live on Optifast for a couple of weeks your liver (and everything else?) will be somewhat smaller.

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/fd/os/2004/00000014/00000009/art00005;jsessionid=4nin938vafmfw.victoria

the best me · June 1, 2005

Wow, GeezerSue, great researching! I wasn't all sold on the pre-op diet, especailly if it is simply to test compliance. That, to me, is stupid. But if it REALLY does help shrink the liver, and apparently it does, then folks should comply.

Thanks for the real deal scoop!