Liver shrinking diet/ Ketosis?/ Atkins diet??

muckstack · 07-03-2008, 10:32 PM

Hi there,
I noticed as i research the web. people are on alot of different diets to acheive liver shrinking for surgury. Some are on optifast, some are on medifast( which is real food) my Diet is "no calorie liquids, protien shakes ( attkins was recomended ), Attkins bars, and if i really have to i can have chicken, lean beef, boiled egg, or low carb cheese". so long as i don't exceed 40 - 50 carbs daily. I wasn't given a clear indication of whether ketosis was my goal. Just by the wording of the diet i think it is, because it says " No cough syrups, mints, etc. cause it will knock me out of ketosis" If Ketosis is my goal then 40-50 carbs daily is way to high for me. I can't exceed 20-25 carbs or i'll knock my self out of ketosis. ( old attkins Pro Here! hee hee).
I guess my question is if ketosis is my goal why not just go on attkins for 1o days? Anyone get advice on this from a doctor?
I am following my diet as described to me, i am just curious!

**Jack** · 07-04-2008, 11:10 AM

Ketosis is not the goal....it is indication of being on the right part of the trail that leads to the goal.

Becoming NOT Morbidly Obese is the goal.

There are many paths. Somewhere on the way to my own goal, I would fall off THOSE paths and failed to reach my goal thousands of times.

*Then* there was the ***BAND****......

and I'm still 30# from my goal....but NOT 130!!!!

cheers on your journey....

fousilly · 07-04-2008, 11:15 AM

The main goal is to shrink the liver, the secondary goal is to reach ketosis so you don't feel hunger. If you just do the regular old atkins diet then you'll eat too much fat and not shrink the liver. If you were to do low fat, low carb type atkins then I'm sure it's going to give you similar results. My surgeon does the Optifast diet and most people hit ketosis by Day 3 but they are still consuming very little fat. I'd just do what your surgeon suggest. It's a very small amount of time to prepare yourself for surgery so might as well do what the "experts" we have chosen to perform our surgery suggest.