Question:
If you have RNY distal I thought you couldn't eat fat.

I see some eat peanut butter, mayo, butter, etc. Is it you can eat a little, like a little sugar or is it just some can and some can't?    — [Anonymous] (posted on September 12, 1999)

September 13, 1999
Are you sure those people had distals? I was revised to a distal three weeks ago, and so far am on a very low fat (only what is incidental to the food itself) no fat cottage cheese, no fat sliced cheese, the leanest ham, turkey, chicken I can get, and no sugar, no added fat. I have had NONE of the gas many distals discuss, I have had NONE of the diarrhea or any of the "nasty" side effects I'd heard mentioned pre-op. I'm thrilled so far! So if staying away from peanut butter, glasses of milk, and other fats and sugars is what it takes ... I'm game!! :)
   — Sherrie G.

September 13, 1999
You thought we couldn't eat fat because...? It'll make us fat again, like milk & sugar? Or because we don't tolerate them well? Or because they make us "run"? I'm VERY distal and can eat fats. I don't run naked through 'em, but I use mayo & butter, and eat fried things. Some of us do get a more active bathroom life as a result, but not me. I've met a few who have some discomfort, but they often end up with gall bladder problems, so that may have been the issue. For me, I only absorb about 5% of the fats I eat, so use water soluble vitamins and am pretty casual about condiments. Eating "greasy food" doesn't appeal to my tongue any more, though!
   — vitalady

September 13, 1999
Some can and some can't as is the case with all food tolerances. Fat can make you dump just like sugar does.
   — dboat

September 13, 1999
I had an open RNY distal with a 1cc micro pouch 17 mo ago. I have found it very hard to toleratte some fats. I could have about 9 gms of fat/day . I could tolerate olive or cannola oils in sm. quantities, real butter, I can't Believe It's not butter Light or regular. and that was it. It seemed like everything else made me throw up. I just got used to not eating very much fats at all. I use alot of Pam. As time has gone by I can now eat very little p'nut butter, WOW potato chips, and a pkg of low fat cheese crackers with p'nut butter on it. I still keep a watch on my quantity of fats. I can only tolerate 2 gms of sugar so I don't usually even try it- there's too much out there made with nutrasweet, and I know that's okay for me. Hope I answered your question.
   — Jan T.

January 5, 2000
I thought at first i was Lactose intollerant,Wrong I am FAT intollerant. The 4 times I have thrown up since the LAP RNY 7weeks ago have all been due to fatty things like; 2%milk, cream cheese(as a spread for crackers),and fish from Long John Silvers. I no longer eat these things and skim milk is it for me.
   — Tammy P.

May 1, 2000
As stated before, some people have different tollerance levels to fat. Let's remember though, fat is NEEDED by your body to perform well on a cellular level. (This is true for sugar too), but you can survive in great health if you limit both. This idea of no fat isn't healthy.
   — lisadiehl