I am scheduled to get banded on April 7 and my dietician told me that my surgeon does not like us to use Crystal Light as it has citric acid in it and that can be hard on the stomach.

Anyone else not able to use Crystal Light?

Anyone have stomach problems from using it?

I think it depends on the flavor. No lemonade because of the acid but I like both the fruit punch and raspberry.

I live off crystal light, have for years...lemonade and pink lemonade are our favorites around here (less stain potential...) no problems so far. Good luck!

I love CL and my doc has no problems with it. The lemonade is to acidic for me but I love the others!

They have a white grape that is to die for! Really yummy and I also love the sunshine orange..both are really good.

The clinic I went through actually recommended Crystal Light. I drink the lemonade flavor and have not had any problems.

I found at WalGreens some really cheap flavored sugar free drink mixes from Snapple, Wylers and Hawaiian Punch. The HP flavor was Purple Passion, or something like that. Basically it's grape. Oh it is so good! I got an iced tea from Sonic the other day and when it was gone, I mixed one of the grapes with water and poured it over the left over ice. It tasted just like a grape soda, minus the fizz! The boxes were only $1 or $2, depending on brand, with 8 packets in each box.

They have a white grape that is to die for! Really yummy and I also love the sunshine orange..both are really good.

I too LOVE the grape and orange. Plus the Crystal Light tea is decaf.

While I love the pink lemonade, I have a problem with it if I drink more than 1 glass a day. Too acidic for me. But I drink *lots* of the Fruit Punch and Cherry Pomegranate without any problem.

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I too use Crystal Light and love it. Right now I'm on a pink lemonade kick and I like it very much. It's interesting - before the band I had BAD acid reflux disease, but the band cured it once I got some restriction. So, before the band I really stayed away from things with a lot of citric acid in them. Now I don't pay that much attention. Don't get me wrong, I don't eat/drink a lot of things with citric acid, I just don't completely avoid them anymore.

Same here--sunrise orange and fruit punch are staples, especially with my protein shots.

I have not gt my band yet, not until March 25, but my doc said they were fine. I love sunrise orange and fruit punch mixed together in a big sonic cup with lots of ice. My other two favorite right now are the wild strawberry it has some caffine in it and I have given up pop so this is a staple at work and also their strawberry/banana it has 3 gm of protein/5 gm of fiber in it but has 30 calories per serving. Oh and Wal-mart has their brand and I love their Cranberry/Apple. I drink it every morning.

I was actually given Crystal Light in the hostipal after my surgery by the nurses.

I'm not a big CL fan but I love the diet Snapple fruit punch! I really miss my sweet tea so I've been making my own with Splenda. I've also gotten a little burned out on all the SF Kool-Aids.

I drink the tea with lemon flavor--I do OK unless I drink a LOT of it---over 4 glasses at one time. Then my stomach starts hurting. Have never tried the other flavors, but will soon.

My doctor recommends Crystal Light. I love the iced tea lemon flavor. :sad: I was told that my pre-op dietitian appointment was more for the insurance than anything else. My doctor can't really find a dietitian that he likes. However, he tells me what I need to be eating and how much. He's really good about it.