Carol Bowen Ball - The Bariatric Bible: Your Essential Companion to Weight Loss Surgery—with Over 120 Recipes for a Lifetime of Eating Well

PRAISE FOR
The Bariatric Bible

A cookbook filled with incredibly delicious bariatric-friendly goodness and a guide for joyful living through every step of the bariatric process, The Bariatric Bible is a masterpiece! Carol Bowen Ball is herself a bariatric patient and knows what it takes to live fully and eat exquisitely after weight loss surgery. Carol is a food artist! Shes also a down-to-earth, loving woman who wants to share her secrets for living a fabulous life! Connie Stapleton, PhD, bariatric psychologist

Carol writes from the frontline of living life well after bariatric surgery. Her comprehensive reference covers all aspects of a bariatric lifestyle in linear fashion, as only one who has been through it could write. Keep this on your nightstandit will be a much-needed companion in mastering the many changes to unfold!
Cheryl Ann Borne, publisher of mybariatriclife.org

Wow! This is so much more than a bariatric cookbook! The Bariatric Bible is an easy-to-read, comprehensive guide to life before and after surgery that will benefit thousands of patients looking for trustworthy advice. Fans of Carols work will not be disappointed. Lisa Kaouk, MPH, RD, and Monica Bashaw, MScA, RD, cofounders of bariatricsurgerynutrition.com

This book is a must if youre considering weight loss surgery. Carol leaves no stone unturned, and provides step-by-step guidance on how to navigate life after bariatric surgery. From her delicious recipes to her candid advice, youre sure to find valuable information in this well-researched book. Kristin Willard, bariatric dietitian and founder of Bariatric Meal Prep

T HE B ARIATRIC B IBLE : Your Essential Companion to Weight Loss Surgery

Text copyright 2019, 2020 by Carol Bowen Ball

Photographs 2019, 2020 by Regula Ysewijn

Foreword 2020 by Neil Floch, MD, FACS

Originally published in Great Britain by Grub Street in 2019. First published in North America in revised form by The Experiment, LLC, in 2020.

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The journey of weight loss surgery must include the ownership of the quintessential guide for patients to follow. The Bariatric Bible is a remarkable creation that should be studied by every patient seeking to understand the procedures and the instructions involved before, during, and after bariatric surgery. It provides a pathway for the bariatric patient to live a life where eating food can be a healthy and pleasurable experience. The Bariatric Bible is a masterpiece of the most significant information, combining incredible photography that is almost as delicious to look at as the recipes are to eat. The book is highly successful in the United Kingdom and has now crossed the Atlantic to the shores of the US to nourish the American bariatric community.

As a bariatric surgeon who works in both private practice and academia, I can attest to the importance of this precious book, which serves as a guide to use throughout the bariatric surgery process. It explains bariatric information in terms that patients can visualize and understand. It is a bible for life.

Carol Bowen Ball has developed a passion for the bariatric patient, which led her to create the essential diet that is healthy and a joy to experience, enabling the bariatric patient to help achieve long-term weight loss. Her website, bariatriccookery.com, and her newsletter both serve as a guide to seventeen thousand bariatric patients a month. She has lucid insight into the needs of the bariatric patient, which is evident from the outstanding quality of her healthy and delicious recipes.

Carol is a self-taught master who has acquired vast knowledge of food preparation and bariatric nutrition. After undergoing gastric bypass surgery and maintaining a 100-pound weight loss, she has gained the wisdom to succeedand now, she provides that knowledge to her readers for their success.

In this masterful scripture of more than two hundred written pages, Carol provides invaluable advice, inviting illustrations, beautiful photography, and outstanding recipes for her enticingly delicious food.

The first hundred pages of this bible include an extensive explanation of the bariatric surgery journey, with basic explanations of the procedures, the surgical preparation, and the recovery experience. Highlights of the first section include the basics of the bariatric diet and getting organized in the kitchen, and facts about warning foods, portion control, coping mechanisms, regain and plateaus, eating and travel, and coping with holidays.

Carol also includes details that only a bariatric surgery patient could understand and appreciate. Hers is a unique, accurate, and invaluable perspective that sets The Bariatric Bible apart from other books.

The second section of The Bariatric Bible is a treasure chest of two hundred pages, filled with recipes that are a testimony to healthy bariatric eating. The cookbook categorizes recipes into three stages: Liquids, Soft Food, and, as Carol delightfully puts it, Food for Life, which are the components of the classic post-bariatric surgery diet. All the recipes are color-coded for simplicity and organized into breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Extending one step further, there are categories of dressings, desserts, vegetables, snacks, baking, drinks, and food for the holidays.

The recipes are easy to follow and contain post-surgery portions as well as regular portions, with calculations of calories, and carbohydrates, fats, and, most importantly, protein content. The information will help patients create menus that include the recipes they can easily follow, enjoy, and use to achieve weight loss success. It may tempt readers to substitute shakes and protein bars, and indulge instead in high-protein treats, such as Cheesy Jello Potswith only 37 calories and 6.6 grams of protein. Reviewing the nutritional content is a learning experience that will surprise readers into knowing that delicious food can also be healthy.