{"id":8973,"date":"2024-06-01T23:09:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T23:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/?page_id=8973"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:45:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:45:24","slug":"how-to-enrich-the-diet-to-regain-weight-or-rectify-insufficient-intake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oncoalicia.com\/en\/types-of-cancer\/gastric\/what-to-eat-in-the-weeks-before-surgery\/how-to-enrich-the-diet-to-regain-weight-or-rectify-insufficient-intake\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enrich the Diet Before a Gastrectomy?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is essential to ensure that the body receives the calories and protein it needs to maintain a good nutrition and reach the surgery in good shape. When intake is reduced and\/or weight loss occurs, it is recommended to follow a balanced diet and enrich the dishes eaten. <\/br>The following are ideas for enriching dishes with both calories and protein.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WHAT DO WE RECOMMEND?<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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Strategies for enriching dishes. <\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n
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It is important to take advantage of the times of the day when appetite is greatest (usually in the morning) to try to eat more nutritious or enriched foods. For example, if you are in the mood for yoghurt, you can make it more nutritious by adding different ingredients without increasing its volume too much: a spoonful of powdered milk, a spoonful of chopped or ground nuts or 100% nut butter, honey, jam, cream, pieces of fresh or dried fruit or cereal. You can also eat a Greek yoghurt or a yoghurt commercially enriched with protein (about 15 g per unit).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dish<\/b><\/td>\nIdeas to enrich a dish<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soups<\/td>\n\n
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  • Add a tablespoon of virgin olive oil.<\/li>\n
  • Add an egg while cooking and blend as a consomm\u00e9.<\/li>\n
  • Add chopped or grated hard-boiled egg on top.<\/li>\n
  • Add shaved ham or chicken or croutons.<\/li>\n
  • Add grated mozzarella cheese.<\/li>\n
  • Add mini-meatballs to the broth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creamy and pur\u00e9ed soup<\/td>\n\n
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  • Make sure that they always include potato or legumes in addition to the vegetables.<\/li>\n
  • Add a tablespoon of virgin olive oil, cream, dextrinated cereals or legume flour. <\/li>\n
  • Add cheese (semi-aged, aged or individually-wrapped cheese) to the creamy soup either crushed, diced or grated on top.<\/li>\n
  • Add a grated hard-boiled egg on top or blended into the dish.<\/li>\n
  • Add a tablespoon of tahini (sesame paste) or other 100% nut butters (almond, hazelnut or peanut).<\/li>\n
  • Add tofu cubes on top or blended into the creamy soup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salads <\/td>\n\n
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  • Add nuts and dried fruit (raisins, dates, dried apricots).<\/li>\n
  • Add avocado or olives. <\/li>\n
  • Add tofu cubes.<\/li>\n
  • Include protein-rich foods such as eggs, tinned tuna or shredded chicken. <\/li>\n
  • Add bits of fresh cheese or mozzarella. <\/li>\n
  • Dress with plenty of virgin olive oil or with dressings and vinaigrettes based on virgin olive oil, honey, mayonnaise or yoghurt (Greek or protein-rich yoghurt can be used). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pasta and rice <\/td>\n\n
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  • Prepare them with other ingredients, such as saut\u00e9ed minced meat, minced chicken, fish, tofu, seitan or texturised soybeans.<\/li>\n
  • Dress with sauces that include virgin olive oil, ground nuts or 100% nut butter, milk cream or cream, vegetable cream, b\u00e9chamel sauce, etc.<\/li>\n
  • If sauces are made with milk or cream, add a tablespoon of skim milk powder.<\/li>\n
  • Add grated cheese on top. <\/li>\n
  • Add hard-boiled egg, tinned tuna, chicken, tofu, seitan or avocado to pasta or rice salads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vegetables <\/td>\n\n
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  • Dress with virgin olive oil, vinaigrettes with honey or sauces like b\u00e9chamel or mayonnaise. <\/li>\n
  • Coat them with bread crumbs and egg or legume flour. Serve with hard-boiled egg or tinned tuna, or saut\u00e9 with ham cubes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meat and fish<\/td>\n\n
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  • Serve with sauce or coat with bread crumbs, flour and egg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milk <\/td>\n\n
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  • Add a tablespoon of powdered milk.<\/li>\n
  • Mix with crumbled Maria-style biscuits, breakfast cereals, granola or dextrinised cereals.<\/li>\n
  • Add small amounts of cocoa powder, condensed milk or honey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yoghurt <\/td>\n\n