This is where Megan Rush writes about food for a diet a doctor has set. Most of it is bariatric and diabetic recipes, because those are the readers who write to her most. The diverticulitis diet has its own space too, in both of its phases. She is a cook and the author of a series of cookbooks, not a doctor. Every post starts in her kitchen, not in a textbook.
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Blood Sugar Control · Diabetic Friendly Recipes · Diabetic Air Fryer Recipes · Life After Bariatric Surgery · Gastric Sleeve Diet · Gastric Bypass Diet · Bariatric Meal Prep · Bariatric Air Fryer Recipes · Diverticulitis Diet · Healthy Eating Basics
Halloween Candy for Diabetics: Fun-Size Carb Counts and Smarter Treats
Feeling Cold After Bariatric Surgery: Why It Happens and What Helps
Sheet Pan Dinners After Bariatric Surgery: One Tray, Four Nights
Air Fryer Cottage Cheese: High-Protein Snacks for a Small Stomach
Diabetic Italian Recipes: Pasta Night Without the Spike
Low FODMAP for Diverticulitis: Calming a Gut That Stays Sensitive
Iron Absorption After Gastric Bypass: Preventing Anemia Through Diet
Taste Changes After Bariatric Surgery: Why Food Tastes Different Now
Food Order and Blood Sugar: Why Eating Vegetables First Flattens Your Spike
Lactose Intolerance After Bariatric Surgery: Dairy Swaps That Work
Eating Out With Diverticulitis: Menu Tips to Avoid a Flare-Up
Gastric Bypass Reactive Hypoglycemia: How to Manage Late Dumping Syndrome
Air Fryer Avocado Fries: Crispy Healthy Fats for Bariatric Snacks
Diabetic Air Fryer Tofu: Crispy Plant-Based Protein Recipes
Gastric Sleeve Acid Reflux: Dietary Shifts to Manage Post-Op GERD
Diverticulitis Stage 1 Diet: Safe Liquid to Soft Food Transitions
Bariatric Safe Cold Medicine: How to Treat Flu Symptoms After Weight Loss Surgery
Dawn Phenomenon Solutions: How to Stop High Morning Blood Sugar
Muscle Loss After Bariatric Surgery: How to Protect Your Lean Mass
Weight Gain After Gastric Sleeve: Actionable Steps to Reverse Long-Term Regain
Bariatric and diabetic recipes, one question at a time
Each article takes one question and answers it in full. For example: how much protein fits in a gastric sleeve portion? What does the number on a food label mean for blood sugar? When can you eat seeds again after a flare-up? The answer always comes with quantities, timings and swaps. So you can cook it tonight, without a calculator. Nothing here replaces your medical team; instead, it makes their rules easier to live with.
The rules are the ones in those books, from the Bariatric Cookbook to the Diabetic Air Fryer Cookbook. The blog is where they meet a real week of meals. First comes the shopping list. Then the batch of soups for the freezer, and then the air fryer dinner on a Tuesday night. In short, bariatric and diabetic recipes that still taste like food.
New posts arrive every week, and the older ones get a fresh look when a rule changes. Use the search box to find one dish. Otherwise, start from a topic below. Each one gathers every article on that subject, from the first week after surgery to the long run, so nothing gets lost in the archive.