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This resource should only be used with the guidance of a specialist dietitian. 

Comprehensive information for people following sleeve or bypass bariatric surgery. Simple recipes can be adapted for the stage of recovery and for personal preferences. 

Guidance published in July 2023, advises pregnant women and those with a weakened immune system to avoid eating ready-to-eat cold-smoked or cured fish, due to increased risk of severe illness from listeriosis. Older people should also consider the risks associated with eating these products. Products include smoked salmon, smoked trout and gravlax.

Please consider and advise your patients/seek advice from your dietitian accordingly when using this resource.

If you are a patient purchasing 'Recipes for Life', please provide the name of your referring dietitian (check HCPC register) in the notes field on the checkout page.  We will not be able to supply the book if this information is not supplied.

For orders with over 10 books, please contact info@ndr-uk.org to request reduced price of £8.50/pack.

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To support people following sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass surgery to prepare and cook recipes that are high in protein and low in fat and calories to promote recovery and good health.

 

The target group will know how to prepare soft, nourishing food that can be easily digested following bariatric surgery.

The target group will know why modified consistency foods are important following bariatric surgery.

The target group will understand how to achieve the necessary nutrient balance in their diet to ensure they have enough protein to recover from their surgery.

Based on information originally developed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran.

  • American Nutritional Guidelines for Surgical Weight Loss Patient (ASBMS) (Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, S73-S108 (2008)
  • BOMSS Guidelines on perioperative and postoperative biochemical monitoring Micronutrient replacement for patients undergoing bariatric surgery 2014 http://www.bomss.org.uk/bomss-nutritional-guidance/
NDR-UK Ref No: 9016
Publication Format: A5 leaflet
Classification: DT
Pack size: 1
Publication date: 12/15
Last Review: 2019

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