Nutrition after removal of the stomach

There may be food that makes you feel uncomfortable. Avoid this type of food for some time, and try to re-implement it again after a while step by step.

The result is that the fat is not absorbed sufficiently and leaves with the stools, which may lead to unintended weight loss and a lack of fat-soluble vitamins.

Dumping syndrome is a pain in the stomach, where you feel bloated, maybe you vomit, maybe you have nausea, maybe you will experience having a cold sweat, maybe you have palpitation, you feel the need of lying down and maybe you get diarrhoea.

If you have some of the symptoms above you should be careful with foods and drinks/liquids containing large amounts of sugar, lactose (sugar from milk) and fruit sugars (fructose).

• Injections with vitamin B12 every third month by your doctor
• Multivitamin-mineral tablet every day
• Iron supplements

• Eat small meals and eat many times a day – maybe 6 to 10 meals a day (“a meal” can include both solid foods and/or drinks/liquids rich in calories and proteins)
• Chew the food carefully
• Drink only small amounts of liquid to the meal. Larger amounts of beverage and liquid meals should be taken 15 minutes before or 15 – 30 minutes after the meal
• Be careful with fruits such as oranges, grapes, plums due to the peel and skin (cut into small pieces or remove the skin)
  Be careful with vegetables rich in dietary fibers such as asparagus and leeks (cut them into small pieces)
• Eat and drink plenty of protein. Foods rich in protein are especially found in meat, fish, egg, milk, cheese and leguminous fruit (kidney beans, lentils, chick peas etc.)
• Eat a variety of foods and eat foods with a high content of energy (kJ/kcal)