I recently had emergency surgery due to an injury that requires a fair amount of time for soft tissue to regenerate. In the post-op follow up, my surgeon, told me to consider a low carb, high protein diet to help with the healing process. I told him that shouldn’t be a problem. 
Now, after about 10 weeks the wound is down to almost nothing but a scar. Even the doc is impressed with the speed of the recovery. He says most of his patients take much longer because they don’t understand how powerful a proper diet is to the process. I wish he was my GP…
Follow up with surgeon
patricklfw
(Patrick L Anderson)
#1
Pjam
(Peter - Don't Fear the Fat )
#2
Is this story a good example of appropriate inflammation in the healing process, verses inappropriate inflammation?
VirginiaEdie
(Edith)
#3
Hum… maybe a combination of that and having enough protein to do the tissue repair?
kib1
(KM)
#4
Yes, I’d agree with @VirginiaEdie. Inflammation is not a bad thing when it’s involved in active healing of damage. It’s when it’s chronic, fighting damage that is also chronic, that it becomes a problem. And I’m morally certain that more protein is paramount in the healing process - that’s basically what dietary protein is FOR, healing / rebuilding. Even muscle building, if I understand it properly, is a matter of creating tiny damage and then healing it again, also with protein.