Why is that???

My surgeon said that drinking before a meal could fill your stomach up, so it would be too full for actual eating. Drinking after a meal would wash down the food in your stomach, causing you to not feel full and eat more.

One of the FEW things that every program appears to agree on! Food without liquid makes you feel full longer, and feeling full is important!

30 minutes before and you be too full to eat and thirty minutes after for me (can't remember what they said) but if I try and drink right after I eat it doesn't go down. The water has actually come right back up from a simple push if I do. I do find I feel very thirsty as I'm eating but have learned my lesson. Now if I could just eat slower I'd be in good shape!

I've eaten and/or drank too close together once or twice. It made me nauseous and gaggy.

Ha! Not quite all

One of the FEW things that every program appears to agree on! food without liquid makes you feel full longer, and feeling full is important!

Ha! Not quite all of it. My surgeon and NUT say it's ok to drink up to the time you start eating as Water passes quickly. I have do this often and it's not an issue.

Now after.....THAT is the cardinal rule!

Why is that???

See the "why you shouldn't drink with meals" link in my signature for a video.

Ha! Not quite all

Ha! Not quite all of it. My surgeon and NUT say it's ok to drink up to the time you start eating as Water passes quickly. I have do this often and it's not an issue.

Now after.....THAT is the cardinal rule!

My surgeon and NUT disagree on the before part. NUT said okay to drink up until the last minute before you eat, surgeon wants us to wait 30 minutes. I'm just one week one day postop but I'll see when the time comes.

I have to stop 30 minutes before and can't drink for an hour after.

I can drink right up to the point the food hits my lips. But then have to wait an hour after before any more liquids.