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Diet And Nutrition in Preparation and Healing After Surgery

Drink at least 64 ounces of water per day. (Our body is 70% water and needs to be aggressively replaced).

Eat more fruits and vegetables and less pasta, breads, grains and cereals.

Eat more frequent meals with fewer calories.

Eat small amounts of low fat protein at every meal and snack.

Determine how much protein you require per day and consume only that amount.

Use the eyeball method to control your ratio of protein to carbohydrates at every meal.

Add some extra monosaturated fat to each meal.

Drink 8 ounces of water thirty minutes before each meal.

Make sure most of your carbohydrates come from fruits and vegetables and use grains, breads, pastas as condiments only.

Never let more than five hours go by without eating a meal or snack

Eat five times a day, three meals and two snacks

Always eat breakfast and within one hour of rising.

Always have a small snack before bedtime.

Always have a small snack a half hour before exercising.

Do not eat any more protein than fits in the palm of your hand.

Eat double the amount of favorable carbohydrates then protein at each meal.