Table 2: Preoperative carbohydrate loading protocol for patients.
| Preoperative day 1 | Operative day | Postoperative day 1 |
| Lunch: Regular diet | 400 ml of carbohydrate drink until 2 hrs before the induction of anesthesia | Liquid diet 2 hrs after surgery as tolerated |
| Dinner: Regular diet by 7 PM | Soft diet as tolerated | |
| 800 ml of carbohydrate drink thereafter |