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Something as basic as your diet prior to surgery can affect the outcome.

Your doctor and anesthesiologist will provide you with a preoperative food guide, which youll want to follow to avoid complications such as aspirating stomach contents into your lungs.

If you deviate from the prescribed eating plan in the 12 hours prior to surgery, let your doctor and anesthesiologist know.

Focus on getting all your nutritional needs met through food, as your doctor will likely recommend you stop taking vitamins a week prior to surgery to prevent risk of bleeding.

Lean meats, dairy, green vegetables and whole grains provide B vitamins.

For example, have a vegetable omelet, whole grain toast and low-fat milk for breakfast, turkey or tuna sandwich, going light on the mayo, with fruit and low-fat milk for lunch, and fish, whole grain rice and a leafy green salad for dinner.

It advises that you shouldnt eat any solid food or dairy after midnight prior to your surgery.

Approved liquids are water, coffee or tea without milk, fruit juices without pulp, soft drinks and sports drinks.

Discuss any medications youre taking with your doctor to find out how long you should continue to take them.

However, you will likely not have a normal appetite right away.

After the initial recovery period, be sure to drink plenty of fluids.

Include protein in your diet to help your body heal, as well as high-fiber foods to combat constipation, frequently caused by pain medication.

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