Post-Op Diet Guide: Soft Foods and Liquid Diet After Surgery

Specific nutritional protocols, including liquid and soft diets, are essential following lap band, bowel, or gallbladder surgeries. Protein intake is a key focus.

Liquid Diet After Jaw Surgery

Published Aug,14 2017 | By Julie Hampton

After oral surgery, a liquid diet is often the focus of your diet. Blended and pureed foods often need to be thin enough to pass through a straw or your teeth and easily swallowed.

Julie Hampton has worked as a professional freelance writer since 1999 for various newspapers and websites including "The Florida Sun" and "Pensacola News Journal." She served in the U.S. Army as a combat medic and nurse for over six years and recently worked as the Community Relations Director for a health center. Hampton studied journalism and communications at the University of West Florida.