public service announcement re: soda
Kelly -so why do you think we are told NOT to drink diet sodas or carbonated water so often? There must be some reason?
My nutritionist says she believes that many people who go back to diet soda also go back to other bad habits. So if that has been her experience with other patients I don't want to be one of them who have gained weight back.
Not to argue with you at all but this is my personal thinking: to me if there is a CHANCE that diet soda could stretch my new stomach it's just not worth it to me personally. Plus there is really no nutritional reason to drink diet soda is there? I'm just saying I would rather be safe than sorry... this surgery costs too much monetarily, physically & mentally to even risk it. I would rather stick to water or other liquids that are allowed by my dr. At least not this early in.
I've just recently had RNY so in a few years my opinion may change on this...LOL...and my husband who had open RNY about 8 yrs ago DOES drink a lot of diet coke daily. He has kept almost all of his weight off too...so he is proof of your PSA!
My nutritionist says she believes that many people who go back to diet soda also go back to other bad habits. So if that has been her experience with other patients I don't want to be one of them who have gained weight back.
Not to argue with you at all but this is my personal thinking: to me if there is a CHANCE that diet soda could stretch my new stomach it's just not worth it to me personally. Plus there is really no nutritional reason to drink diet soda is there? I'm just saying I would rather be safe than sorry... this surgery costs too much monetarily, physically & mentally to even risk it. I would rather stick to water or other liquids that are allowed by my dr. At least not this early in.
I've just recently had RNY so in a few years my opinion may change on this...LOL...and my husband who had open RNY about 8 yrs ago DOES drink a lot of diet coke daily. He has kept almost all of his weight off too...so he is proof of your PSA!
Kelly L 
5'ft 1in RNY 9/12/11
301 HW / 287.7 SW / 216 CW / 150 GW
5'ft 1in RNY 9/12/11
301 HW / 287.7 SW / 216 CW / 150 GW
My guess would be that we are told not to drink soda because it's not good for us, for many many reasons. However, when we are told that soda will stretch our pouches, I think we are told that for two main reaons:
1. It's a common myth and people that don't understand anatomy may believe it's true and think they are helping us by warning us of the risk.
2. Sometimes doctors and other health care professionals decide to try to scare us into doing what they think we should do by giving us inaccurate information. I have a huge problem with that. It's highly unethical and it's very paternalistic and it's treating me like I'm stupid which I am not and I find it very offensive.
Your nutritionist may well be right that many people that go back to diet soda also go back to other unhealthy habits. I see how soda could be a trigger food for some people. There have also been studies showing that the artificial sweetener in diet soda increases the appetite (in rats, anyway).
No, there is no nutritional reason to drink soda. There are actually many nutritional reasons to avoid it - caffeine isn't all that good for you, the phosphorus leaches calcium out of your bones, soda has been linked to kidney problems in some people, who knows what all those chemicals do.
If you prefer not to drink soda for whatever reason, then by all means don't drink it. I very very rarely drink it myself. I'm certainly not trying to convince anyone that they should drink it. I just want people to have the information so they can decide for themselves.
1. It's a common myth and people that don't understand anatomy may believe it's true and think they are helping us by warning us of the risk.
2. Sometimes doctors and other health care professionals decide to try to scare us into doing what they think we should do by giving us inaccurate information. I have a huge problem with that. It's highly unethical and it's very paternalistic and it's treating me like I'm stupid which I am not and I find it very offensive.
Your nutritionist may well be right that many people that go back to diet soda also go back to other unhealthy habits. I see how soda could be a trigger food for some people. There have also been studies showing that the artificial sweetener in diet soda increases the appetite (in rats, anyway).
No, there is no nutritional reason to drink soda. There are actually many nutritional reasons to avoid it - caffeine isn't all that good for you, the phosphorus leaches calcium out of your bones, soda has been linked to kidney problems in some people, who knows what all those chemicals do.
If you prefer not to drink soda for whatever reason, then by all means don't drink it. I very very rarely drink it myself. I'm certainly not trying to convince anyone that they should drink it. I just want people to have the information so they can decide for themselves.
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.
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Which is a very good reason not to drink 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.
My surgeon didn't say it would hurt me...HE just said it wasn't good to keep drinking diet soda's all the time. I drink one maybe a week but no more than that! It's about nutrition! I also occassionally chew gum which they don't reccommend! and also ea****ermelon which they don't reccommend because no nutritional benefit! hope all is well ...Patty
You KNOW this is one of my biggest RNY-related pet peeves! It is one thing if a nutritionist/dietician tells people this nonsense (although they should know enoiugh about anatomy to understand that what they are saying IS nonsense), but ti really makes me angry that there are surgeons who use this as a scare tactic to get patients to comply (rather than just giving them to REAL, LEGITIMATE reasons that they should consider avoiding carbonated beverages). If they will lie about this, what else will they lie about?!?
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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