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Hi Everyone! I'm new to the site and looking forward to getting the lap band around Feb/ Mar 2009. I want to start preping my liver, and wanted to know if anyone can recommend a good product to help clean the liver and get it ready for the operation. Any suggestions on Protein Shakes and where to buy them would also be appreciated... Thanks,

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Hey there twinkletoes. The purpose of the preop diet is not so much to "cleanse" the liver as to shrink it to make surgery easier and safer. Here are 3 good research articles posted by my doc on this site yesterday:

SpringerLink - Journal Article

The effect of a low-carbohydrate diet on the nonal...[surg Endosc. 2007] - PubMed Result

Change in liver size and fat content after treatme...[Obes Surg. 2006] - PubMed Result

Thanks, Dr. Hekier!

As for Protein shakes, tastes vary wildly. As long as they're low fat / low cal and high Protein, it'll probably be fine. You may want to ask your doc / nutritionist if they have a preference.

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