Craving pickle juice

[Nesh 23]

So I’ve always loved sour/vinegary foods but I am craving pickles bad! I was sleeved 1/25/18 so I’m almost 2 weeks post op. Do you guys think it would be okay to drink Pickle Juice or is that too acidic?

[Engelyn 42]

Based on my own experience I think you'll be fine, but we are all different. One of the vets posted something about how the natural stomach acidity is way more than any drink/food could be, I don't remember the exact quote. I think it was @BigViffer? Anyways I would take a small sip and wait about 5 minutes to see if it feels okay. Or try watering it down a little to start?

[Nesh 23]

Okay sounds good. Thanks so much for responding!

[Nesh 23]

Based on my own experience I think you'll be fine, but we are all different. One of the vets posted something about how the natural stomach acidity is way more than any drink/food could be, I don't remember the exact quote. I think it was [mention=252425]BigViffer[/mention]? Anyways I would take a small sip and wait about 5 minutes to see if it feels okay. Or try watering it down a little to start?

That sounds good. Thanks so much for responding.

[BigViffer 3,544]

43 minutes ago, Engelyn said:

Based on my own experience I think you'll be fine, but we are all different. One of the vets posted something about how the natural stomach acidity is way more than any drink/food could be, I don't remember the exact quote. I think it was @BigViffer? Anyways I would take a small sip and wait about 5 minutes to see if it feels okay. Or try watering it down a little to start?

Yeah that was me, and while that is a pretty close quote, I am sure there is something out there that has a higher acidity level than our stomach acid, but you would have to look for it in a specialty store. Things like capsaicin extract.

In regards to Pickle Juice, if you have low levels of stomach acid causing acid reflux, vinegar is a common household remedy. If drinking pickle juice is out of the ordinary for you, it could be a sign of mild pica (craving weird or inedible substances). It's caused by mineral deficiencies. That can be easily verified with your normal blood work.

[Nesh 23]

Yeah that was me, and while that is a pretty close quote, I am sure there is something out there that has a higher acidity level than our stomach acid, but you would have to look for it in a specialty store. Things like capsaicin extract.
In regards to pickle juice, if you have low levels of stomach acid causing acid reflux, vinegar is a common household remedy. If drinking Pickle Juice is out of the ordinary for you, it could be a sign of mild pica (craving weird or inedible substances). It's caused by mineral deficiencies. That can be easily verified with your normal blood work.

Thank you!!

[kakatlady612 1,053]

I might worry,about the sodium level in Pickle Juice. Salt is a preservative and,it sneaks into a lot of foods.

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[Nesh 23]

I might worry,about the sodium level in pickle juice. Salt is a preservative and,it sneaks into a lot of foods.

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Yea I’m going to Water it down and only drink a little. Hopefully that will fulfill my craving!

[Vmaldonado84 0]

I love Pickle Juice and yes it’s salty but so are Protein drinks! My Nutritionist suggested that I make pickle pops so I froze the pickle juice in pop container I think they were Sesame Street ones because that was all I could find and I ate them the ice forced me to eat them much slower as a precaution but it turns out my body likes them as much as I was craving them and I ate them... eventually I got tired of them and moved on to power-aide sugar free... and then sugar free Jell-o

[aNYCdb 310]

On 2/6/2018 at 9:56 AM, Nesh said:

So I’ve always loved sour/vinegary foods but I am craving pickles bad! I was sleeved 1/25/18 so I’m almost 2 weeks post op. Do you guys think it would be okay to drink pickle juice or is that too acidic?

Just had my first post-op appointment (12 days out of surgery) and I was given permission to have a pickle if I wanted, so I think you are good to go (though based on the age of this post at this point I'm sure you have done it)