Goal
Gastrectomy patients may experience sweating, general weakness, dizziness, palpitations, abdominal pain, and diarrhea 10-15 minutes after they have a meal. This is due to food moving rapidly through their gastrointestinal tract.
General Principles
- Eat smaller meals 5-6 times a day, chew food really well and slow down eating speed.
 - Avoid sweet foods or foods containing alcohol, such as cake, honey, juice, and liquor.
 - Eat foods containing appropriate amount of fibers, fat and high protein,which are served at a moderate temperature.
 - Seperate liquid and solid food, wait 30 to 60 minutes after a meal before drinking.
 - Take a semi-Fowler's position while eating, and lie down for 30 minutes after meals.
 
Example of soft food recipe (1800 Kcal/day, 90 grams of protein)
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			 Project  | 
			
			 Menu (Ingredients)  | 
		
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			 Breakfast  | 
			
			
  | 
		
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			 Snack following breakfast  | 
			
			 A bowel of papaya  | 
		
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			 Lunch  | 
			
			
  | 
		
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			 Afternoon snack 1  | 
			
			 1 bowl of watermelon  | 
		
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			 Afternoon snack 2  | 
			
			 husked lotus cooked with waist endosarc  | 
		
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			 Dinner  | 
			
			 A bowel of whole wheat seafood noodle fried with 5 clams, some fish, 5 fresh shrimp, 100 grams of luffa, and 1/3 teaspoon of oil.  | 
		
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			 Evening snack 1  | 
			
			 3 pieces of soda cracker  | 
		
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			 Evening snack 2  | 
			
			 A box of low fat cottage cheese  | 
		
Example of semi-liquid food recipe (1800 Kcal/day, 90 grams of protein)
| 
			 Project  | 
			
			 Menu (Ingredients)  | 
		
| 
			 Breakfast  | 
			
			
  | 
		
| 
			 Snack following breakfast  | 
			
			 A bowel of papaya  | 
		
| 
			 Lunch  | 
			
			
  | 
		
| 
			 Afternoon snack 1  | 
			
			 1 bowl of watermelon  | 
		
| 
			 Afternoon snack 2  | 
			
			 husked lotus cooked with waist endosarc  | 
		
| 
			 Dinner  | 
			
			 A bowel of whole wheat seafood noodle fried with 5 clams, some fish, 5 fresh shrimp, 100 grams of luffa, and 1/3 teaspoon of oil.  | 
		
| 
			 Evening snack 1  | 
			
			 Mix either 2 spoonful of sugar-free lotus flower seed powder or wheat flour with water  | 
		
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			 Evening snack 2  | 
			
			 A box of low-fat cottage cheese  | 
		
