Processed Carbs and Starchy Vegetables 

All bariatric surgeons need to be “Dr Weiner” certified. Most of us are told in general what we can eat, but it seems most of us think we can just eat smaller amounts of what we used to eat only lower in carbs and sugar. The nutritional changes you recommend have the potential of not only adding years to our lives, but improving the quality of those years. I’m definitely not where I need to be, but I feel like I know where I am going and working my way there. Thanks so much. I am 9 months out from gastric sleeve surgery. So far I have lost 51 lbs and plan to lose 30 to 35 more. I’m 56 and my weight loss is slow, but steady.

Thabk you Dr Weiner for all you do.I am 6 years postnop Vsg.. i am still in a great place weight wise.. i am age 63..5"2 tall

You can substitute roasted garlic cloves for butter in baked potatoes. Simply roast a whole garlic bulb until soft. Mash with a folk with a little salt then add to baked potatoe. Sprinkle with paprika and a little dill or green onions.

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I try to do both: low carb, but healthy carb (lettuce, asparagus, green beans, cucumbers, cauliflower, berries, avacado, etc).

What an excellent informative presentation about carbs. I had no idea that gluten contains appetite stimulants 😳 which explains why we want more bread more more pasta etc

Respectively-there is no commercially available GMO wheat grown in the US. You are talking about hybridization. The chart of wheat crosses, in your presentation is illustrating hybridization. GMO crops are typically developed to resist glyphosate (round up).

What about kamut, farro, spelt or other forms of wheat which are older, do the changes you describe apply to these?

Beets are a starchy veg?

Yeah, zucchini noodles are VERY GOOD! Better than wheat pasta.

How do you eat beans?

You still have some misplaced carbophobia, imo. White rice, pasta, white potatoes, and breads made with no added fat are not normally obesogenic. The misunderstanding that "carbs are fattening" comes from the fact that if you eat added fats _with_ the white rice (pasta, bread, popcorn, et cetera) as nearly everyone does, then the carbohydrate will facilitate the storage of the added fats. However, if the "bad/ugly" carbs are eaten free of added fats, then the body would have to convert it to fat via de novo lipogenesis, which is not something that's likely to happen, unless the person is consuming a massive amount of calories. In my experience as a dietitian, high carb from whole sources (including whole grain flour products, free of added fats, (~80% carb calories) and low fat (