PROTEIN AFTER A REVERSAL

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PROTEIN AFTER TUBAL REVERSAL SURGERY

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

Protein is necessary for proper wound healing and fighting infections after

surgery.

It also helps your body to repair and strengthen cells, and it helps your

body to build new cells as well.

It helps cut down on scar tissue on the muscles and organs that the surgery

was performed on, as well as minimizing incision scaring.

Having low protein can also be a reason for m/c, or unable to concieve. It

is important to maintain enough protein in your diet. Protein is the most

important nutrient in the human body. (It is very important to help cut

down scaring on the fallopian tubes to minimize the chances of etopic

pregnancies).

How much protein do you need after surgery?

You need about 60 grams of high biological value (good) protein per day

following surgery. Good quality protein foods include all meats, poultry,

fish, and dairy products (eggs, cheeses, milk, and yogurt). Each one-ounce

serving of meat, poultry, fish, cheese, one egg, or eight ounces of skim

milk or nonfat yogurt has about seven grams of good quality protein. If you

take in two ounces of good quality protein at breakfast, lunch, and dinner

with a one ounce for an evening snack you will meet your protein

requirements from your diet every day. This may seem like a lot of food

right after surgery and it may be difficult to reach this goal of seven

ounces of good quality protein per day at first.

Food High In Protein

Chicken

Turkey

Lean meats and beef

Fish (just about every fish is high in protein, anything from tuna fish, to

salmon, to shrimp)

Egg whites

Protein (g)

Baked beans 12.2

Black beans 15.2

Chickpeas 11.9

Kidneys beans 15.4

Lentils 17.9

Peas 8.6

Soybeans 28.6

Soymilk 10

Soya granules 22.0

Tofu 39.8

All Beans

? Milk, buttermilk, all cheeses and yogurt (8 grams per 1 cup serving)

? Meat, poultry, fish and alternatives (tofu, peanut butter, nuts and seeds)

(7 grams per oz.)

? Breads, cereals and other grains (3 grams per serving)

? Vegetables (2 grams per 1/2 cup cooked or 1 cup raw servings)

? Grains (Barley, Bulgur, Oats, Pasta, Rice, and Whole-grain breads)

? Legumes (Dried beans-pintos, kidney, navy, etc.; dried peas, dried

lentils, peanuts, soy products)

? Seeds and Nuts (almonds, cashews, nut butters, sesame seeds, sunflower

seeds, and walnuts)

? Vegetables (Broccoli, cabbage, peppers, spinach and squash)

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