Does anyone know why we cannot drink soda? I was told to stop drinking soda months before my lap band...??:think

it is the carbination in the soda, some doctors( including mine) believe it is hard on the band. Also is has lots of calories.

But not alot of calories if you drink diet soda. But the band is around the outside of the stomach, so how can soda effect the band?? Maybe the carbination bloats the stomach- keeping the pouch stretched??