Question:
I have heard that orange is kind of a no-no

during your first few weeks post-op, what about pineapple juice?    — JillmHanson (posted on March 27, 2006)

March 27, 2006
you need to speak to your dietican. they will tell you what u should have. As for my experiences you could have orange juice if it is cut in half with water. Pineapple juice could hurt you, but i would still cut it in half with water
   — Steve Cohen

March 27, 2006
we wwere told that citrus is acidy, with the new pouch its better to wait awhile
   — bob-haller

March 27, 2006
Jill, It really depends on which surgery you're talking about. For me, with DS - dang, I lived on fresh squeezed orange juice and other fruit juices. However, if you read over on the Grad list ( http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG) you will find that those who are really in the know strongly discourage fruit juices because of the sugars. Best of luck to you! Blessings, dina
   — Dina McBride

March 27, 2006
Jill- again like most have said your dietitian is the best source for information on this- each has his/her own views based on the doc's they work with- the Kaiser Col. program says no to any calorie containing fluid- non fat milk is ok through the 3d-4th week post op but after that no liquids with calories and juice has a sugnificant amount of calories. They would rather you eat your protein than fill your pouch with useless calories. Try the Nestle's flavored waters.
   — dabby

March 28, 2006
You wouldn't consider drinking regular (not diet) soda, would you? Yet most juice has more sugar than soda. My old naturopathic physician used to say that he'd rather see people drink a Coke for breakfast, and wash down a vitamin C. Same nutrition & result, and no one is fooling themselves.
   — rayehawk

March 28, 2006
The reason to not eat oranges is simply this: The fiber holding the orange flesh together gets stuck too easily and you will wind up with a wad of fiber lodged in your gullet until you...A- throw it up...B-throw up the saliva backing up above it into your esophogus or C-take an enzyme to try and dissolve it. When you lose most of your stomach, you lose the acid and the capability to completely digets most fibrous foods. This includes, but is not limited too; unground beef, stringy chicken, tortillas, asparagus, artichokes, celery. Any food that is not chewed/broken down enough will get stuck. My surgery was over 11 years ago and I have a ring to keep my esophogus open to my stapled off section of stomach. Oranges act like a little parachute and land nicely over that ring and act like Saran wrap over Grandma's dish of fruit salad at a picnic! (Yes- I have had ALL of the above caught at one time or another!) As far as the acid theory, I drink all citrus and have never had a problem. It's just the bulk.
   — sugarqueen

March 28, 2006
Even before my surgery, 6 years ago, I was very suspicious of juices. Think of how many oranges go into making say, 1 cup of juice. The same for vegetable juices....you are consuming major amounts of these foods in an easy to consume fashion. The sugars in all of this are really too much for us, as I doubt we were meant to have juice. If we were, there would be juice trees. This, of course is my own pet personal opinion, but my sense tells me that if a piece of fruit is a serving..why would we juice it and use 6 pieces of fruit. Besides, the fruit or veggie itself is loaded with fiber that you'd lose with the juice. I just avoid them altogether. Regards~
   — Statuesque