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Post-op weight loss surgery patients often seriously under estimate the importance of sufficient protein in their diets. With all the talk around vitamin, mineral supplements and the reducing simple carbs in diets, the need for increasing protein sometimes gets lost. Yes, we said increase proteins.
Although Roux-n-Y and Sleeve gastric by-pass surgery patients are most at risk for protein deficiency , Band patients also need to be seriously aware of eating enough protein as well. Read the rest of this post
