Vegan Diet After Weight Loss Surgery: Can You Do It? | Dr. Garth Davis

It blows your mind that you would go to these obesity conferences and never talk about diet. The more I learn though about that it blows my mind to talk about diet and not talk about lifestyle. Diet is worthless when you feel worthless. Of course when someone has been obese their entire life or at least overweight they are probably have a lot of not all of the detrimental lifestyle behaviors that go with that. It would be so fascinating to completely submerge someone morbidly obese into the perfect lifestyle for 3 months and see what happens, Dr Fuhrman's Eat to Live residential program.

I'd love to know what Garth thinks of Dr. Now from "My 600lb Life" who tells everyone to eat protein protein protein and NO CARBS

There are conditions such as lipedema where people can't actually lose that weight through diet. Certainly the non-lipedema fat (and therefore overall weight) can be reduced this way, but liposuction is one of the few ways to reduce the lipedema-affected fat. Otherwise limiting progression is the best that can be done. For this, I find that plant-based / anti-inflammatory eating seems to help, but it seems most of the lipedema community favours keto / low carb – which I'd have thought would actually make things worse, being very much about animal products. Any comments on this please?

Chuck Carroll,

Thank you so much for this podcast!

My experience after gastric sleeve surgery started out okay, but sadly didn’t last. I had about three months of weight loss success. I exercised daily, I used a food diary to record my meals, water and movement, I met with my doctor regularly, I followed the recommended high protein diet, and I attended support group meetings at the hospital where I had my surgery.

Then, during the fourth month post surgery I experienced a seemingly uncontrollable hunger. The cravings consumed me. I was mentally chasing the next meal all day every day. I felt like I was addicted to food, but every doctor I shared this concern with told me that I was not addicted to food. Instead, they would very casually and courteously imply that I lacked discipline or willpower. I felt so defeated.

So for the next several years I tried to get help in various ways to no avail. I tried all of the well known diet programs. I hired a personal trainer. I met with the dietitian at the hospital where I got my surgery. But nothing seemed to work to help me loss weight. Needless to say, I regained my pre surgery weight plus more. It was really tough for a long time.

During those “dark” years I did a lot of research. Although I’ve never met them in person, in my head I felt like I wascbest friends with Doctors Caldwell, Esselstyn, T. Colin Campbell, Michael Greger, John McDougall, and Neal Barnard, just to name a few. Because I spent so many hours learning from their written resources and watching every movie related to a plant based diet. It was definitely time well spent, but there was still something missing to help me address my specific issue with overcoming the wild cravings I didn’t seem to be able to control no matter what I tried.

Then, after many years of prayer, research and trying, I finally found the weight loss solution that works for me. It came in the form of a local wholistic doctor who helped me to discover many things about my body. He confirmed that I did have an addiction to food, and explained why.

It is because my body was full of parasites and yeast. This was the major contributing factor to me not being able to lose weight no matter how hard I tried. In simplest terms, the parasites and yeast caused my severe cravings for unhealthy foods. So it was recommended that I complete a particular detox program to help both eliminate the parasites and candida/yeast as well as rebuild my gut biome with healthy bacteria.

Between the detox (during which time I ate a raw vegan diet) and a WFPB diet I am now back on track. I no longer have the wild cravings. I’m starting to lose weight again. I have lots of energy. My taste buds have returned. I sleep soundly. And, I absolutely LOVE eating a variety of fruits, vegetables, green juices and smoothies, legumes, nuts and seeds. I like to say, I eat the RAINBOW everyday! I feel the best I’ve felt in many years. So, I support a WFPB diet for anyone who wants to get or stay healthy.

Can we have Dr. Garth David again? We never have enough of him. By the way, his book is an icon. Well written, easy read with his sense of humor.

Oh My Goodness….. this one hit home for me!!! I had RNY surgery December 7, 2009 and went on to lose 170 pounds. I was SO lucky, that here in Park Rapids, Minnesota, we have a FABULOUS program, and the support and classes before and after are fantastic! BUT>>>>> Just because you have the surgery, you HAVE to change your life! I started at 323 pounds, and decided that what got me there, was NOT worth being a part of my life anymore! I used to live on a gallon of Mountain Dew a day, and LOTS of pizza, so….. from that day since, I haven't had even a SIP of pop, and not a single piece of pizza, just NOT worth it! NOTHING tastes as good, as healthy feels!!! I am now 6 months WFPB and feel even better! But I do have to be so careful, even with the surgery, you can gain back!!!

Great interview with a brilliant doctor, even though you don’t need surgery so much great information. Thank you for this video

I loved the weight loss TV show Garth did with his dad years ago!

Maravilloso poder disfrutar del video en español,soy vegana vivo en Uruguay y hace muchos años sigo al Dr Garth Davis, muy claro en todos sus videos

AMAZING episode, thanks! I related fully to the pic of fast food that used to put a smile in my face and how truly disgusting I find it now. I was never overweighted, so independent of it but related to how you feel when you eat WFPB low in oils and with no added sugars- this love indeed for beans, veggies and fruits is the best

Bad eating habits are passed on from generation to generation.

You guys need to post more. We miss you when you don't post ❤❤

If people can go on a plant based diet, they would not need to do surgery in the first place ❤