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Whats the reason for no fizzy drinks postop?
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lotsabeefy
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It stretches your pouch xxx
Grace
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Sunderland dieticians say we can have fizzy drinks if we absolutely have to, provided they are mixed well with ice and stirred until flat.
If a fizzy drink is completely flat it isn't going to get fizzy again! But personally I don't see the point of drinking them. I've tried the stirring with ice etc and it makes me feel very uncomfortable. If I need to have something diluted, I just dilute it with still water.
Daftmoo, I couldn't say, but everyone's restriction is different in any case. Try not to worry - but I'd be knocking the fizzy's on the head if I were you, just to be on the safe side.
Love Grace xxx
If a fizzy drink is completely flat it isn't going to get fizzy again! But personally I don't see the point of drinking them. I've tried the stirring with ice etc and it makes me feel very uncomfortable. If I need to have something diluted, I just dilute it with still water.
Daftmoo, I couldn't say, but everyone's restriction is different in any case. Try not to worry - but I'd be knocking the fizzy's on the head if I were you, just to be on the safe side.
Love Grace xxx
phatmomma
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Daftmoo i don't drink fizzy but feel i can eat quite a bit compared to others... I'm going to ask how big my pouch is when i go for my next appt, and also how long they bypassed my intestines..... Just to satisfy my curiosity and give me some answers. If i still aint happy when i've increased my exercise then i'm going back to bloody weight watchers or the like... which kinda defeats some of the object of wls.....
Keep away from the fizzy lol xx
Keep away from the fizzy lol xx
tesmaralda
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fizzy pop is also full of gas which can cause pain like trapped wind it also fills the tiny space that should be occupied by food so you may be hungrier and in excess can stretch the pouch. Every now and again I have a sip and sometimes when I forget if we are out shopping I have a swig of the old mans pop and boy does it hurt
Emma Louise
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It must be different for sleevers (or maybe just me) as i have some fizzy every so often and dont feel any pain at all. The only thing that does happen is a wee bit of gurgling but it feels kinda nice 
Also, sometimes if i havent gone to the toilet in a while and i sip a little bit of pepsi max it can help me go. I dont know if it is that but i sure does seem like it.
That's just me though. xxxxxx
Also, sometimes if i havent gone to the toilet in a while and i sip a little bit of pepsi max it can help me go. I dont know if it is that but i sure does seem like it.
That's just me though.
xxxxxx
Fashionably Late
is a skinny size XS & 6!
My surgeon says that it won't stretch your pouch but the gas will cause you to feel gassy which is problematic. Also, it can cause you to eat more.
salski
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Im 20 months post op and I drink fizzy as I have to - ie. lucozade and full sugar lemonade when I have hypo's. This advice is from my surgical team. I have a sneaky feeling Salford say not to have it at all for 6 months, then only very occasionally after.
As for stretching the pouch - I reckon again its abuse of drinking fizzy as opposed to the occasionally bit here and there - but this is just my assumption and not NOT not medically sound! lol
As for stretching the pouch - I reckon again its abuse of drinking fizzy as opposed to the occasionally bit here and there - but this is just my assumption and not NOT not medically sound! lol
Karlos
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Your pouch has two openings so fizzy drinks are unlikely to stretch it, the gas would just escape through one or both. The gas might make you feel uncomfortable for a while but my readings on this point to the main reason being carbonated soft drinks may cause weight gain by reducing the absorption of dietary calcium.
Dietary calcium helps to stimulate fat breakdown and reduce its uptake into fatty tissue. Clinical studies have found a close association between obesity and low dietary calcium intake. Recent studies have also found that maintaining sufficient amounts of dietary calcium helps weight loss, and can help to prevent weight gain following diet.
The high caffeine in carbonated drinks is one way that drinking carbonated drinks may reduce the absorption of calcium into the body. Studies have found that caffeine increases urinary calcium content, meaning that high caffeine may interfere with the uptake of dietary calcium into the body. Keep in mind that one can of Pepsi and Coke (diet or those with sugar) contain 37 mg of caffeine each.
Carbonated drinks taken soon after eating might force food through your Stoma (The opening from your pouch to your intestine) which could lead to dumping or even stretch this opening, meaning that the food will empty out of your pouch sooner leading you to feel hungry sooner which could cause you to regain weight
Add in the other health problems associated with artificial sweeteners and it's easy to see why they should be avoided.
Dietary calcium helps to stimulate fat breakdown and reduce its uptake into fatty tissue. Clinical studies have found a close association between obesity and low dietary calcium intake. Recent studies have also found that maintaining sufficient amounts of dietary calcium helps weight loss, and can help to prevent weight gain following diet.
The high caffeine in carbonated drinks is one way that drinking carbonated drinks may reduce the absorption of calcium into the body. Studies have found that caffeine increases urinary calcium content, meaning that high caffeine may interfere with the uptake of dietary calcium into the body. Keep in mind that one can of Pepsi and Coke (diet or those with sugar) contain 37 mg of caffeine each.
Carbonated drinks taken soon after eating might force food through your Stoma (The opening from your pouch to your intestine) which could lead to dumping or even stretch this opening, meaning that the food will empty out of your pouch sooner leading you to feel hungry sooner which could cause you to regain weight
Add in the other health problems associated with artificial sweeteners and it's easy to see why they should be avoided.
zns
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Karlos's post is about what I was going to say so I wont bother lol.
My hopsital said not to have them but if you had to then to add ice and stir the bubbles out which is what I do as I wasnt drinking enough fluids because I cant stand other drinks. Not ideal but there you go.
If I dont stir the bubbles out I feel rather crap as it feels like when I have something stuck that I need to throw up.
My hopsital said not to have them but if you had to then to add ice and stir the bubbles out which is what I do as I wasnt drinking enough fluids because I cant stand other drinks. Not ideal but there you go.
If I dont stir the bubbles out I feel rather crap as it feels like when I have something stuck that I need to throw up.
Dell
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Thanks everyone, lots of differing views there, I'm more confused! Even the BOSPA site says to.avoid for the first few weeks, not forever.
Karlos ...... I assume by dietary calcium you don't mean the calcium tablets....my calcium.intake is pretty good, I don't take any caffeine at all, coffee and tea are all decaf and I'd not touch coke etc, this was just soda water really or diet lemonade that I.wondered about. I'm missing those more than.any food I'm.avoiding!!
Thanks again guys x
Karlos ...... I assume by dietary calcium you don't mean the calcium tablets....my calcium.intake is pretty good, I don't take any caffeine at all, coffee and tea are all decaf and I'd not touch coke etc, this was just soda water really or diet lemonade that I.wondered about. I'm missing those more than.any food I'm.avoiding!!
Thanks again guys x
angie790
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Fizzy drinks is another one of those issues that people are divided about...the theory behind not drinking fizzy, is that it can cause your pouch to stretch if you are gulping down large volumes of carbonated fluids.
Fluid is fluid though, so I can't see how fizzy is more likely to force food through the stome than normal fluid, although in principal, drinking any fluid for around 30 minutes before after eating can indeed flush food through the pouch more quickly.
I personally know someone who drinks a lot of de-caf coke...but has lost about 14 stone to date & is still losing.
I'm not advocating it one way or the other, but I think it's another one of those personal calls. I don't think an odd small glass of something fizzy, left to go flat for a while will hurt you. Why not partially open a bottle of lemonade/soda water & let it go completely flat, so you have something to hand if you fancy a little tipple?
Fluid is fluid though, so I can't see how fizzy is more likely to force food through the stome than normal fluid, although in principal, drinking any fluid for around 30 minutes before after eating can indeed flush food through the pouch more quickly.
I personally know someone who drinks a lot of de-caf coke...but has lost about 14 stone to date & is still losing.
I'm not advocating it one way or the other, but I think it's another one of those personal calls. I don't think an odd small glass of something fizzy, left to go flat for a while will hurt you. Why not partially open a bottle of lemonade/soda water & let it go completely flat, so you have something to hand if you fancy a little tipple?
