
The Bariatric Bible
Return to Slender' advice, recipes and ideas for eating well after weight-loss surgery
- 224 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
The Bariatric Bible
Return to Slender' advice, recipes and ideas for eating well after weight-loss surgery
About this book
After Carol Bowen Ball underwent bariatric surgery she found there was very little practical information for weight-loss surgery patients and as a result she wrote the first (and to date only) UK bariatric advice and cookery book – Return to Slender. At the same time she launched BariatricCookery.com a website to support the same patients. A year later she wrote a sequel Return 2 Slender… Second Helpings. Both books have been widely praised by the professional bariatric community as well as pre-op and post-op patients. The recipes in The Bariatric Bible are designed and developed to help at every stage after weight-loss surgery. They are colour-coded to suit the 3 main stages afterwards. These are: the Red or 1st Fluids Stage, the Amber or 2nd Soft/Puréed Stage, the Green or 3rd Eating for Life Stage. They will have a nutritional analysis breakdown. This includes measured calories, protein, carbohydrate and fat levels. Recipes are also further coded for suitability for freezing and for vegetarian eating. A new bariatric lifestyle however isn't just about food – it is also about exercise, changes in behaviour and relationships, adhering to essential medications; coping with unsettling situations that can de-rail the best of intentions, dealing with social situations like eating out; finding new ideas for a changing body through fashion and beauty advice; and making new healthier habits to replace old destructive ones. As a result the book will be the most comprehensive book of any currently on the market. It also covers the types of surgery on offer and highlights the many diets that are required prior to surgery – sometimes to lose weight as part of the qualification process. However, its main focus on advice and recipes for after surgery to help the post-op patient maximise their best chance of long-term success with weight-loss and better health.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Bariatric Surgery
- Pre-op Dietary Regimes
- Post-op Dietary Stages
- Basics of the Bariatric Diet
- Cautionary and Warning Foods
- Medications after WLS
- Fluids and Hydration for Life
- Vital Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements
- Stocking Up on the Best Ingredients
- Getting Organised in the Kitchen
- Essential Portion Control
- Coping Mechanisms
- Regain and Plateaus
- Coping with Holidays, Eating Out and Meetings
- Exercise
- On and Off the Scales
- Dress, Wardrobeand Beauty Issues
- Before You Begin. How to Use this Cookbook
- Recipes
- Acknowledgements and Links
- Recipes Index