I have read that you are not supposed to eat corn or carrots or drink from a straw with the band! Is this true????? Corn is about the only vegetable that I like!!!

Hey Kyleigh,

Thanks for recommending this site to me. It really has helped. Concerning corn though... My sheet says no celery, asparagus or corn. The nurse said they all contain too much Fiber and are hard to digest. But if it's working for other people... I just don't know.

Celery, corn & asparagus are some of my favorites... I don't have any trouble digesting. Although I peel the string off the celery.

Originally posted by Rueann16

Concerning corn though... My sheet says no celery, asparagus or corn. The nurse said they all contain too much fiber and are hard to digest. But if it's working for other people... I just don't know.

Robin, I don't see why anything should be avoided because it's "hard to digest," since with banding there's nothing changed about the way we digest food. I think you may have been given something written for RNY patients, or at least adapted from such.

Fibrous foods can present problems going down, sure, but if they do go down (such as at a time of little restriction) there's no reason not to eat them.

Trial and error. Green peas were one of my first 'hard stop' foods.

Fresh pineapple wound up stopping me in my tracks too. I've eaten asparagus, but I'd recommend you cut into very small pieces. Things change as you get filled.

Glad to see you here robin.

I am so glad to hear that I can still enjoy popcorn at the movies. It's one of my favorite things. But, I must say, I would rather go hungry than eat carrots or celery. Yuck, yuck, yuck! But you guys go on with your rabbit food .

We got some freshly picked corn at a farm stand. Last night I had half an ear for dinner, then half an ear for a snack later. Today I ate a whole ear and had a tummy ache. Ouch! (That would be my big, lower belly.) Of course, I have a mild allergy to corn, but it seems to affect me more now that I eat less.

I've tried popcorn and the skins feel like they stick in my throat -- nowhere near my band. My throat is fairly sensitive. So I gave it up for fear of getting stuck or irritated.

I'm still gonna eat corn!