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Parenteral nutrition is known as PN or total parenteral nutrition (TPN). It is an alternative way of providing a patient with nutrition when the gut does not work or is inaccessible

This information is about the vitamin and mineral supplements that you must take for the rest of your life because you have had bariatric surgery (a weight reduction operation).

This information gives you advice about how to follow the diet that you need to be on before your operation (your ‘pre-operative’ or ‘pre-op’ diet).

This information is about your low fibre diet. It explains what dietary fibre is, why you may need to have a low fibre diet and what to do when you are ready to return to your usual diet. It also gives you suggestions for foods from different food groups which you can have while you are on your low-fibre diet and tells you which foods to avoid.