| After WLS we must concentrate on eating | | | | convenience foods. Indeed, many of these |
| nutrient rich food. Nutritionally void foods cannot | | | | combine all three whites together--white sugar, |
| be part of the regular diet after surgery because | | | | flour, and fat! Furthermore, these foods |
| they can cause dumping, vomiting and/or weight | | | | frequently contain artificial colors, artificial flavors, |
| gain. In addition, the body is taxed by the | | | | preservatives, texturizing and processing agents, |
| bypassed system and to put foods into it which | | | | and other additives that further detract from |
| are difficult to process and digest only taxes the | | | | their nutritional stature and your health. |
| body further keeping us from feeling optimum | | | | "White sugar" includes refined sugar cane or sugar |
| health. | | | | beets having virtually all B vitamins, minerals, |
| In traditional dieting we learn to avoid "unhealthy" | | | | antioxidants and other essential nutrients |
| foods - those that tend to least resemble their | | | | removed. Corn syrup is also a "white sugar," |
| original natural ingredients and have the most | | | | made from processed cornstarch and essentially |
| added refined and artificial additives. After gastric | | | | devoid of other nutrients. |
| bypass we MUST avoid these foods, it's not a | | | | "White flour," analogously, is whole wheat flour |
| suggestion - it is a way of life. | | | | minus its nutrient-packed wheat germ and fibrous |
| Top of the list of foods that must be avoided are | | | | bran. Nutritionally speaking, white flour a ghost-like |
| "white foods" - white sugar, white flour and white | | | | shadow of its original whole grain. |
| fat. There are many foods that include all three | | | | "White fat" can include rendered animal lard, |
| items as primary ingredients including soft drinks, | | | | vegetable oils "hydrogenated" to make them hard |
| most breads, crackers, pasta, pastries and pastry | | | | at room temperature, and refined tropical fats |
| fillings, cakes, frostings, margarine and bread | | | | such as cottonseed oil. Hydrogenation is a |
| spreads, jellies, sweets and candies, frozen | | | | chemical process that transforms natural fats into |
| dinners, hamburger and hotdog buns, snacks, | | | | more saturated "trans"-fatty acids that do not |
| doughnuts, pizzas, pies, candy bars, and | | | | occur naturally and are strongly associated with |
| cookies--all of which are common snacks and | | | | cardiovascular disease. |