Question:
Please remind me why we are not supposed to drink right after eating.

can someone please post the website that sells sf syrups? thanks    — Jannie N. (posted on October 12, 2003)

October 11, 2003

   — Denise W.

October 11, 2003
Because the surgeon said so!! Also because it will wash the food through too quickly and you won't get the full sensation to help you know when to stop eating. Do what they say, because it is for a reason.
   — zoedogcbr

October 12, 2003
Since the others have already covered the "no drinking with/right after eating" question, I will take the other part. I get my SF syrups from www.vitalady.com ... she has a large selection.
   — Lynn T.

October 12, 2003
We JUST talked about this in my support group last Thursday, and I, too, thought it was because we would wash the food away too quickly. What the doctor also told our support group was that liquid can stretch the intestine (NOT the pouch) if consumed with food, which can also affect weight loss. I must admit, I had been pretty careless about drinking/eating (it's the hardest thing for me to remember!), but hearing that made me realize I was compromising this wonderful tool I had been given. I want to find more info on that, and will share it with you as soon as I do. Best of luck! Dawn, LAP RNY 4/11/03, 295.5/210/145
   — momstah

October 12, 2003
Actually, I think that you are also "washing" the nutrients out of your stomach pouch too fast by drinking closely before or after eating.
   — ChristineB

October 12, 2003
Nope, you're not washing nutrients out of your stomach. Most are absorbed in the intestines anyway. And if you could wash nutrients out of your stomach by drinking and eating at the same time, the "normal" population would be having vitamin deficiencies simply from eating and drinking at the same time, and they don't. It's an appetite control mechanism, period. (And an important one!)
   — Suzy C.