Nutrition in Diet Plan

Fats contain 9 calories per gram, so this nutrition should be limited in a weight-losing diet plan. Saturated and trans fats may increase LDL ("bad") cholesterol level and hence your risk of heart disease, so limit your intake to 20 grams of saturated fat and close to 0 grams of trans fat each day. However, "good" fats, such as polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats found in fish, nuts, and low- or nonfat dairy products can be beneficial to your overall health.

Monounsaturated fatty acid is the most important nutrition in a diet plan called Mediterranean diet, and is rich in nuts, legumes and especially olive oil. According to a study at the University of Athens Medical School, consuming large quantities of these, fruits and vegetables, keeping alcohol intake moderate and avoiding too much meat are the main components of the diet that showed to improve health and help people live longer.

Fruits and vegetables are included in many diet plans because they are low in calories, high in fiber, and contain unique nutrition, phytochemicals, or antioxidants, that boost your health. Different colored fruits and vegetables contain different sets of phytochemicals that provide different health benefits, as follow:

· Lycopene in pink grapefruit, red bell peppers, tomatoes, and watermelon helps fight lung and prostate cancers.

· Anthocyanins in concord grapes, blueberries and prunes may prevent clot formation and so heart disease and lower risk of cancer.

· Lutein in spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collard greens and bok choy may reduce risk of heart disease and stroke and prevent age-related macular degeneration, folate, in dark green leafy vegetables may prevent heart diseases and sulforaphane in cruciferous vegetables can detoxify cancer-causing chemicals in the body.

· Beta carotenes in carrots, mangos, pumpkin and oranges may prevent cancer, particularly of the lung, esophagus and stomach, reduce risk of heart disease and improve immune function.

· Anthoxanthins and allicin in cauliflower, mushrooms, banana and onions can help lower blood pressure and protect against stomach cancer.

After a gastric bypass surgery the nutrition in your diet plan should help you lose weight, while maintain your losses and still get adequate nutrition with limited food intake. Start the first few days with liquid diets – water, broth, juice, milk and cooked cereal, then pureed foods for about a month while your stomach heals, afterward easy-to-chew foods – cooked vegetables, soft fruits, and ground or canned meats like chicken, ham, fish and some shellfish. Temporarily avoid difficult to digest red meat (at least a year, or 10 months if lean and ground), spicy foods (four to six weeks), fruit and vegetable skins (six months), carbonated beverages (six months), and bread (one year).

You'll need protein-rich foods (lean meat, yogurt, liquid meal replacements, smoothies, eggs) to help your body recover, multivitamin plus additional calcium and vitamin D3 to help your body absorb certain nutrients, also extra iron, folate and vitamin B12. While not eating fish, you are recommended to take fish oil supplements starting two weeks after surgery.