Why does sugar cause diarrhea?
I haven't had the DS surgery, I had RNY five years ago and I still struggle with sugar. I am hoping, hoping, hoping that having the DS will control these awful cravings. Does it? Does the DS procedure help with sugar cravings? It levels out the insulin, right? I think that's my problem. I have too many spikes and drops in my blood sugar. Too many bad dumping and reactive hypoglycemia episodes.
Lynda
I think that DS does reduce sugar cravings at least partly because you'll have less grehlin in your system due to having 70% of your stomach removed, but maybe some others will share their experiences with this as well.
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Since they are a dietary supplement rather than a medication, I suspect that I had been deficient before and that's what was causing my sugar cravings--deficiencies can cause odd cravings. For example, people who are very deficient in iron often get intense cravings to eat ice.
I still take them and intend to keep doing so, because if I was deficient before DS, I would certainly be deficient after.
My cravings for sugar were nonexistant for the longest while...then....once I started eating it, the cravings did come back. Fortunately, for me, many sugary foods are tooooo sweet nowadays. I cannot eat milk chocolate or most chocolate bars, but eat dark chocolate a lot. A chocolate chip cookie or a piece of cake with lots of frostings will make me shiver, they're so sweet. Other things though, like pie, aren't too sweet. I have lots of problems with too much sugar - bad gas and diarrhea, so I limit them in my diet for that reason, and also because it will make me gain weight, which it did, over the holidlays! If I had, say, a donut for breakfast, I'd be so bloated and gassy by lunch that I'd embarrass myself big-time with the results!
Duodenal Switch 08/09/06 - Dr. Paul Kemmeter, Grand Rapids, Michigan
HW: 282 - 5'4"
SW: 268
GW: 135
CW: 125