Recipes for Life After Weight-loss Surgery: Delicious Dishes for Nourishing the New You (Healthy Living Cookbooks)

A helpful cookbook for individuals recovering from gastric-bypass surgery presents a lifelong weight-control and maintenance program that includes dozens of helpful recipes, specifically tailored to meet the needs of those who have had weight-loss surgery, emphasizing a wide variety of low-fat, high-protein, and nutrient-rich dishes. Original.

Margaret Furtado, MS, RD, LD/N, a registered and licensed dietitian/nutritionist with almost 20 years' clinical experience, is currently part of the multidisciplinary team at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Weight Center, where she counsels patients on both medical and surgical weight loss (including gastric bypass and gastric banding procedures). Prior to working at MGH, Ms. Furtado spent 4 years working at Tufts-New England Medical Center's (NEMC) Obesity Consult Center, providing both individual and group consultations for gastric bypass, gastric banding and BPD surgery patients. It was while at NEMC that she wrote RECIPES FOR LIFE AFTER WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY. Margaret earned her Master's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics at Florida International University in Miami, FL., and her B.S. degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Rhode Island. Ms. Furtado lectures across the country on issues pertaining to weight loss surgery.

Lynette Schultz received her culinary training at various venues around the greater Seattle area. She also holds a degree in health science from Seattle Central Community College. She currently works as a Respiratory Care Practitioner at Whidbey General Hospital, and as a Guest Chef at Hedgebrook, a writer's retreat for women near her home on Whidbey Island, Washington.