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Stage 1 food guide
Foods that may be difficult to tolerate
• Bread products • Dairy products • Pasta products • Fatty foods and fried foods • Candy, chocolate, any sugary foods and beverages • Carbonated beverages • Bran cereal and other bran products • Dried fruits and skins of fresh fruit • Coconut • Celery • Marshmallow • Alcoholic beverages • Caffeinated beverages
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Food guide for the first week (Stage I) Goals of this diet:
1. To take in 60 grams of protein each day. Add unflavored protein powder to broth, and other fluids to increase the nutritional value. 2. To take in at least 64 oz. of fluid each day. All fluids count toward this goal. 3. Begin a food journal. Log your intake both solid and fluid to help you to stay on the right track.
Please measure and weigh foods and fluids. 4. To consume three Carnation® Breakfast Essentials™ Light Start drink mix shakes daily. During this very early period it is best to limit your intake to liquids. This will give your new stomach pouch time to heal properly. This diet consists of clear, sugar-free fluids, cranberry juice, Carnation® Breakfast Essentials™ Light Start drink mix, and/or milk. You will start on this stage as soon as ordered by your surgeon while in the hospital, and will continue this diet through the first week after your surgery. The liquids should not be carbonated, caffeinated, or contain alcohol. Sip your liquids slowly and carefully, stopping whenever you feel full. It is normal to have a reduced appetite in the days following surgery.
Clear liquids that are well-tolerated:
• Unsweetened, non-carbonated beverages, such as iced herbal tea • Clear beef, chicken or turkey broth • Strained miso soup • Sugar-free popsicles • Sugar-free Jell-O® • Caffeine-free beverages; NOTE: decaffeinated beverages are not allowed in this stage • Limit to 8 oz. daily —apple, grape or cranberry juice (dilute with an equal amount of water) • Herbal teas
NOTE: The first 10 to 14 days you may benefit from diluted fruit juices, however, limit to 8 oz. daily. Limit fluids containing non-sugar sweeteners such as Splenda, Nutrasweet, Acesulfame Potassium, even though they are calorie free. These beverages should also be diluted with water.
