I corrected the article by deleting that sentence. It was written 3-4 years ago and I know that Alvarado thinks that it is fine now to use protein supplements. I am very familiar with their program. Their main focus of especially early postop (first 4-6 months) is to pretty much eat exclusively protein and veggies and almost no starch. Since most morbidly obese people are carbohydrate abusers, they want to retrain their patients and get them eating healthier and off sugars, pasta, crackers, rice, potatoes and most processed food. This provides the most rapid weight loss making the most of the honeymoon period and establishes long term healthy habits.
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