Contridicting Information?
I have these 2 packets that I need to know by Tuesday (last visit with surgeon pre-op) for a quiz. In these packets I find contradictory information! At one point the packet (and my doctor!) says that you can't have any food with more than 5g fat and 5g sugar. However, in another part of the packet it says that baby food chiquita bananas have 12g of sugar and ARE a good food to eat. Then it says somewhere else in the packet that a "good rule of thumb" is that any food with sugar (in any words) listed as 1 of the 3 first ingredients shouldn't be eaten.
Now I ask, does that make much sense? Sure the baby food doesn't have sugar as one of the top 3 ingredients, but it has 12g of sugar!!
Anyone know anything about this? What is the rule post-op with your doctor? How much fat, sugar, etc, are you allowed to have?
It's not really contradicting at all. You just don't have all the info 
When you look at the sugars, you also have to look at the source of the sugars. THAT is very important.
If there are 2 grams of sugar or less per serving, you should generally be able to tolerate the food well, no matter what the source of sugar is. If it is higher, you need to check the labels.
Simple Sugars to limit include: brown sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, honey, maple syrup, molases, raw sugar, sucrose, sugar, glucose, invert sugar, maltose and sorghum.
Simple sugars that are tolerated generally well:
Fructose (found in fruits and fruit juices) -- This should be where most of your sugar comes from if you read the label.
Lactose (milk, cheese, yogurt, dairy)
Vegetables contain naturally occuring sugars
(Along with aspartame, saccharin, stevia,acesulfame k, sugar alcohols (sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol -- might cause case though), isomalt and sucralose (splenda)
So I bet if you read your label, you'll see that there are no mentioned sugars but that the first ingredient is BANANA or banana puree and that's chock full of fructose.
Hope it helps! I had a mini nutrition course before surgery and they stressed not to get alarmed always about sugar but to definitely READ the ingredients label
Dawn
When you look at the sugars, you also have to look at the source of the sugars. THAT is very important.
If there are 2 grams of sugar or less per serving, you should generally be able to tolerate the food well, no matter what the source of sugar is. If it is higher, you need to check the labels.
Simple Sugars to limit include: brown sugar, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, honey, maple syrup, molases, raw sugar, sucrose, sugar, glucose, invert sugar, maltose and sorghum.
Simple sugars that are tolerated generally well:
Fructose (found in fruits and fruit juices) -- This should be where most of your sugar comes from if you read the label.
Lactose (milk, cheese, yogurt, dairy)
Vegetables contain naturally occuring sugars
(Along with aspartame, saccharin, stevia,acesulfame k, sugar alcohols (sorbitol, mannitol, xylitol, maltitol -- might cause case though), isomalt and sucralose (splenda)
So I bet if you read your label, you'll see that there are no mentioned sugars but that the first ingredient is BANANA or banana puree and that's chock full of fructose.
Hope it helps! I had a mini nutrition course before surgery and they stressed not to get alarmed always about sugar but to definitely READ the ingredients label
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