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Nuvista is a nutrition tool for your team to provide the best in care and positive outcomes for your patients

Although the FDA classifies Nuvista as a Food for Special Medical Purpose, a prescription is not required. However, it is ‘medicine’ your patients need. Referring to it as such may help with pre-surgery compliance.

Pre-Surgery: Two doses daily for four weeks with 1,200 calories of healthy, nutrient-dense food. Clinical testing showed this to be highly effective in reducing the liver (-43% reduction in left lateral quadrant) without inducing starvation as measured by ketone levels.

Post-Surgery: As you know, the first week or two can be challenging, as can the first week after a port-fill adjustment for banding patients. During this period, all patients will benefit from two-doses daily. Patients undergoing malabsorptive procedures (e.g., gastric bypass) will have the most difficulty consuming adequate vitamins, minerals and protein. As such, sustained use of two-doses a day may be required. As patients successfully make the transition to a healthier, nutrient-dense diet, they may reduce to one-dose daily or discontinue use of Nuvista all together. Calcium malnutrition and a sustained deficit in high quality protein consumption are not immediately evident, so it is recommended to encourage use of Nuvista will into the patient’s diet transition.

Before meals or between meals? The answer is it depends… it depends on your patient’s lifestyle and the help they need most in transitioning to a new relationship with food.

• All Day Snackers: Recommend use of Nuvista mid-morning and in the afternoon. Eat an appropriate breakfast, lunch and dinner and use Nuvista to help cut-out between meal snacking. Mix with water or into low-fat yogurt for a more substantial mid-day snack. The three-mechanism satiety triggers will help reduce the desire to snack…
• Big Meal Eaters: Private meals are a compliance challenge, so recommend use of Nuvista 30 minutes before breakfast and dinner. This provides adequate time for the satiety agents to help with portion control. Also, encourage a sensible lunch with colleagues and friends committed to helping with the transition.