Hi all,

As I plan ahead for the purée and soft food stages after DS, it seems many sites and info are general for all WLS. Am I wrong that the DS is substantially different?

Case and point; reading over the purée food suggestions, it says ?low fat? everything... yogurt, soups, etc. It also says to avoid ?full fat? products. The sheet I?m looking at is for all WLS.

Am I wrong in thinking that DS patients don?t process fat, so full fat products should be fine? Just trying to be logical but need to know what I?m missing.... thanks in advance for clarifying for me....

I agree with patty. I eat full fat everything and lots of it.
Carbs are what you want to seriously watch since we absorb the calories from them 100%.

At first you may want to avoid fat because of the poop issues. But long term, if you have a true DS, fat is your friend. I don't use low fat anything. I do nothing to avoid fat at all. After all, if you don't absorb it, it becomes free food!

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Hey all,

does anyone know if Dr L retired? I've tried to reach him with no luck.

I had an endoscopy before, but more to confirm bile reflux GERD.