Dangerous Diet Myth #3: Fooling Your Stomach with Fluid.

Remember this old diet trick?

'Drink a BIG glass of water or a diet drink before a meal; you won’t be hungry and you’ll eat less.’

Clearly this isn’t the most delicious diet tip but nevertheless, it’s one that many dieters still follow.

WLS patients should not try this for three reasons:

1. Filling your pouch or sleeve with a large amount of fluid at one time will cause great discomfort.

2. Emptying your stomach quickly after a meal counteracts the satiety benefit of your surgery. Meaning, the faster your stomach empties—the sooner you’ll be hungry again.

3. Using fluids or drinks to replace food could lead to less total weight loss.

Wait, less weight loss?? How’s that possible?

Fluid pushes food through the pouch/sleeve more quickly. Food moving through your ‘stomach’ faster means important vitamin, mineral and nutrient digestion might not happen.

Without these important nutrients and micronutrients, your metabolism will not run efficiently. A sluggish metabolism leads to less weight loss, if any at all—despite reduced caloric intake.

Tomorrow dangerous diet tip #4: Salads: Your Weight Loss Staple.