I have a dumb question - sorry - but what are slider foods?

I have been reading a lot on OH and everyone says they omit slider foods after surgery.  What are slider foods?  I am sorry for such a dumb question - I am thinking it's ice cream and stuff that slides down easily but please veterans, could you please clarify for me?

Thanks in advance.  

It's not a dumb question.  Slider foods are ones that are easy to eat but don't stay in your stomach long.  For a period of time you will need these foods, but once you are on solids, they shouldn't be your sole source of nutrition. The reason being that because they don't stay in your stomach as long, you are hungry earlier than you would with more solid food.  Slider foods would be like cream soups, yogurts, applesauces, etc.

As I said, you will need to use these for a period of time, as your tummy is sensitive and still healing.  You can still eat soup but would try for one with more protein and veggies in it instead of a strained cream soup.

Cathy

Sliders are basically anything that can be chewed down to a fine powder/paste. To add to Cathy's list - crackers, melba toast, potato chips - stuff like that.

Popcorn is my slider food....I can eat a ton of that!!

This is the definition that was given to me 2 days post-op

Understanding Slider Foods

The most commonly consumed slider foods include pretzels, crackers (saltines, graham, Ritz, etc.) filled cracker snacks such as Ritz Bits, popcorn, cheese snacks (Cheetos) or cheese crackers, tortilla chips with salsa, potato chips, sugar-free cookies, cakes, and candy. You will notice these slider foods are often salty and cause dry mouth so they must be ingested with liquid to be palatable. This is how they become slider foods. They are also, most often, void of nutritional value.

For weight loss surgery patients the process of digestion is different than those who have not undergone gastric surgery. When slider foods are consumed they go into the stomach pouch and exit directly into the jejunum where the simple carbohydrate slurry is quickly absorbed and stored by the body. There is little thermic effect in the digestion of simple carbohydrates like there is in the digestion of protein so little metabolic energy is expended. In most cases patients in the phase of weight loss who eat slider foods will experience a weight loss plateau and possibly the setback of weight gain. And sadly, they will begin to believe their surgical stomach pouch is not functioning properly because they never feel fullness or restriction like they experience when eating protein.

Thank you everyone!  This is great information!!  xxoo

and slider foods can lead to a VERY slippery slope (for some)~!! and those foods can come back iinto our lives to easily and in too large of a portion.