weigh****chers diet ginger ale

MikesJulie
on 7/3/12 10:45 am - MA

RNY on 02/07/12

someone told me it is ok once in a while to drink weigh****chers diet ginger ale. Is that true??? I love ginger ale but dont want to harm my pouch.

Any advice or comments ??????

Julie

(HW) 246 (Pre op weight loss) 9lbs (Surgery weight) 237 (1mo) 19lbs

garnetgal
on 7/3/12 11:38 am - Redwood City, CA

RNY on 04/02/12

Check with your weight loss team (doctor, physician's assistant, NUT). Every doctor is different. My doctor allows pop if you let it flatten a bit which I don't have a problem doing with A&W Diet Root Beer. I have issues drinking water so I have to have something to drink!

poet_kelly
on 7/3/12 12:27 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Ginger ale will not harm your pouch.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Leanne43
on 7/3/12 12:48 pm - , Canada

RNY on 06/04/12

i was told to give up drinking any kind of pop because of the carbonation it expands your pouch, so i gave it all up any kind of drink with carbonation.

poet_kelly
on 7/3/12 12:57 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

Carbonation cannot expand your pouch. How could it? There is an opening at the top of the pouch and another opening at the bottom of the pouch. Liquid doesn't stay in the pouch, it runs right out into the small intestine. And with two openings, there is no way for gas to build up enough in the pouch to stretch it.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Leanne43
on 7/3/12 1:01 pm - , Canada

RNY on 06/04/12

my surgeon and dietician wouldn't of said it , if it wasn't true. they know if you don't believe them talk to your own surgeon it's been proven.

poet_kelly
on 7/3/12 1:04 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I have talked to my surgeon. The surgeon that did my RNY said it would stretch the pouch. When he closed his practice, the surgeon I switched to said it cannot stretch the pouch.

It hasn't been proven. If you think it has, please point me to your evidence. Can you show me a study or an article in a reputable medical journal that says it will stretch the pouch?

It's not true. I don't believe your surgeon and dietician because basic anatomy and physiology tells me it's not possible for any liquid to stretch your pouch, carbonated or not. You, of course, are free to believe whatever you like and certainly you do not have to drink any carbonated beverages if you prefer not to.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Leanne43
on 7/3/12 1:10 pm - , Canada

RNY on 06/04/12

oh well kelly i'm not here to argue , i 've had more than 3 doctors say the same thing but it's up to you what you want to drink with your pouch i'm not willing to risk destroying the size of my pouch i would rather protect my pouch plus any kind of carbonated drink is not a real food and drinking any kind of pop is something everyone should'nt be drinking and most people know pepsi and every other kind of carbonated pop is garbage. most healthy people don't even touch that stuff.

poet_kelly
on 7/3/12 1:13 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I didn't say soda was healthy.

I'm not here to argue, either. You said it had been proven that carbonated drinks can stretch the pouch and I asked if you could direct me to that proof. If you can't, that's fine.

Kelly

Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 7/3/12 3:14 pm - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Many of us HAVE talked to our surgeons about this issue. Although i understand you wanting to believe that your surgeon wouldn't tell you something that is not true, I would tell you to ask your surgeon to SHOW you the "proof" that carbonation stretches the pouch. He will not because he cannot. That would defy the laws of physics which are immutable.

It is a scare tactic, plain and simple. I am not saying that people SHOULD drink soda, just that the pouch stretching is nonsense.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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