Question:
What is 5 day pouch test and slider foods

   — weaversf (posted on January 5, 2009)

January 5, 2009
the 5 day pouch test is something you can do to see if your pouch has stretched out, i'm not sure of the exact details. slider foods are foods that "slide" right through your pouch.like yogurt, cold cereals and soups. they don't stick with you anytime. i have trouble with my sugar dropping and thought yogurt was something good to eat to get it up and keep it up, BUT quickly learned it does bring it up but slides right through and don't keep it up.
   — RNlvnCARSON

January 5, 2009
The 5 day pouch test is to see if your pouch is stretching too fast. "Slider foods" are foods like yogurt or soup that shouldn't stay in the pouch long. Hope this was helpful. vinnigirl, retired RN
   — vinnigirl

January 5, 2009
This was a website that was given to me explaining the pouch test http://www.5daypouchtest.com/index.html
   — brattly

January 5, 2009
The 5 Day pouch test is to reset your RNY pouch so you can feel it again! Most people do not stretch their RNY pouch...they stretch their appetite and listen to their head and eat til they are full rather than eat til they are no longer hungry. (I am guilty of this on occassion) The pouch is supposed to stretch a little after surgery so you can eat an adequate amount of food for survival and you are supposed to stop eating BEFORE you get FULL...The 5 Day Pouch test reminds you how to eat and what you are supposed to feel..."restriction"...It helps those who have began eating sugar and simple carbs again in excess (which brings on cravings;head hunger and makes you want to eat more and more each meal thereafter the carbs!)...and reminds you how dense proteins keep you fuller longer, even though they are more difficult to eat...which brings us to the slider foods...These are foods that are usually soft or carby that pass thru the stoma really fast and often you can just keep eating them with barely a full feeling til you've eaten entirely too much....Pretzels, cottage cheese and yogurt, soft cheeses, eggs, cereals, white crackers, protein drinks, soups and liquids etc...and most any food eaten with a drink...You make dense food slide too fast with water...Three meals a day should be dense protein...So many people prefer sliders to denser proteins because they are more pouch friendly and easy and satisfying because they don't make you uncomfortable. They say things like "I can only eat a few bites of meat and it feels stuck or it hurts...That is THE POINT! You are forced to chew it and it takes longer to eat but you "feel" it so much faster and stay quite satisfied and therefore you eat less calories...You need less dense protein than softer protein because of this! This is something I learned on my own and the 5 Day Pouch Test totally confirmed it for me and gave me back confidence in myself and my surgery/tool! I did the 5DPT last year and learned so much about how the RNY pouch truly functions and how great a tool it really is! It's been a great aid in helping me get back on track and STAY on track!
   — .Anita R.