Diet and Nutrition After Your Lung Transplant

After your lung transplant, you may need to adjust your diet to stay healthy. Your nutrition specialist (dietitian) and other members of your treatment team will work with you to create a healthy-eating plan that meets your needs, complements your lifestyle and helps maintain your healthy weight.

Your dietitian will also provide you with several healthy food options and ideas to use in your eating plan. Your dietitian's recommendations may include:

Eating at least five servings of fruits and vegetables each day
Eating whole-grain breads, cereals and other products
Drinking low-fat milk or eating other low-fat dairy products, to help maintain enough calcium
Maintaining a low-salt and low-fat diet
Avoiding grapefruit and grapefruit juice due to their effects on a group of immunosuppressive medications (calcineurin inhibitors)
Following food safety guidelines

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