I cannot stress this strongly enough: address this NOW. I spend 4 days in the hospital in February with aspiration pneumonia brought on by night time reflux. The first thing to question is if your band is too tight. If it is, you need to have some of the fill out. You should also make sure that you stop eating at least 2 or three hours before bedtime, and try elevating your chest and head when you sleep.

Thank you!  I will follow up on the main forum!

Hello I am new to the forum.  I recently called and made and appointment to start my process.  However; they can not get me in until August.  Better late then never. Anyone know of a good diet plan to follow to help jump start my weight lose.  I have read about the VSG diet on one of the spotlight stories...any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

In the olden days we used to use the term "complete protein" to mean that a food or supplement provided all the essential amino acids that your body requires and cannot synthesize from other nutrients.  Today we use a system called the Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) and it digs a little bit deeper into the actual ratio of essential amino acids and how closely it meets human needs.  It rates foods on a scale of 0 to 1.

For example, say you had a serving of fictional food that contained exactly one of each essential amino acid.  It would technically be "complete" but it would have a very low PDCAAS score because we need a lot more than that in an optimal combination.

Normally it's not important for every single food to be perfect.  If you eat a variety of foods - some high in this, some high in that - then your overall diet is perfectly complete.  However, if you're relying on supplements - essentially eating a single food for most of your protein - then it becomes more important for that food to be as optimal as possible.

Soy protein is the only plant protein with a PDCAAS score of 1.0.  It's equivalent to whey, egg whites, and casein.

I am just starting my journey here, and while researching, have noticed many people eating low calorie, but high processed foods.  I have begun to eat clean(er) and try to stay away from things I find on the shelf.   Are the Drs really recommending artificial sweetners and unclean foods?