What foods make you experience dumping syndrome? And if you can name the type of food, with quanity/amount etc.

And did the reaction to dumping change with more time that you've had the sleeve? For example, eating half a small bowl of ice-cream make you dump 8 months out vs not anymore at 2 or 3 years out?

Hope this makes sense, I would like to know as foods to avoid or some that are prone to cause someone to dump

It's probably different for every one, but if I eat high protein, particularly beef, pork, salmon... Then I can barely get 2 spoonfuls in. Then I want to lay down on the floor and sleep. I get very sweaty, rapid heartbeat, and dizzy. It lasts about 30 minutes. I tend to think of it as a prolonged "ice-cream headache". It is horrible, but it will pass. Burping helps! I do suffer a lot of gas and diarrhoea. That gets miserable.

I was sleeved January 2018. I am 85 pounds down.

Edited August 22, 20196 yr by Saxons

Definitely regular icecream and not much of it on an empty stomach. I stole about 3 or 4 spoons of my hubby's Ben & Jerry's at the movies once and about 20 mains later I got the shakes, feeling faint, nauseous etc. Haven't tried more than one teeny spoon of ice cream since.

I once had a petrol station machine mocha and a small can of Pringles and oh my that made me dump AND throw up with 20 or 30 mins. That was about 4 mths after surgery, haven't done that again.

Those experiences were enough to make me very cautious about sugar.

Nowadays 10 mths out from surgery I have had a few reactive hypoglycaemia attacks when I ate stuff I shouldn't have. A scone with a teeny bit of jam and some nice cream gave me a hypo two hours later. As did a whole packet of cheezles I stupidly ate in one sitting. Also if I eat sweet (white or milk) chocolate I have to be very careful or I'm hypoing two hours later.

Basically if I break the rules, I suffer, which is what I (well, technically the Health Service) paid €7450 for!

Oooh woops I'm not a sleeve, I'm a mini- gastric bypass, my bad.

A glass of prosecco with meringue roulade

Apple pie with a tiny bit of normal icecream

bread and butter croissant pudding

Im sure there are other things too but these are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

I get shaky, palpitations and feel generally yucky.

whey protein, cream-based soup, anything with flour in it, the majority of meat, including ground beef, fish, meatballs, sometimes chicken, sometimes steak. i haven't tried anything on my "no" list or my "you should probably be able to eat this now" list, because my stomach is so sensitive. i get very very hot/flushed and nauseous and a little dizzy and sometimes vomit. melted cheese (like in french onion soup) also gets a "stuck" feeling.

i didn't know sleeve patients get dumping? TIL. my friend with sleeve can eat anything without consequence (except rebound weight gain, of course).

Edited August 22, 20196 yr by mousecat88

I haven't had any dumping.

Currently anything that is too acidic..like tomato soup or roasted red pepper soup. It’s a shame because those are my favorites. My Doctor says it’s just a reaction with my healing stomach but shouldn’t last forever.

Heavy cream based soups

The only thing that has made me dump almost every time is Vietnamese coffee. I get extremely nauseous and my heart races. I assume it is the liquid sugar maybe combined with caffeine

I have these symptoms! I had no idea a sleeve would cause it. It only happens occasionally but I imagine I will have to be more careful so it doesn't happen.

On 08/22/2019 at 07:31, sillykitty said:

The only thing that has made me dump almost every time is Vietnamese coffee. I get extremely nauseous and my heart races. I assume it is the liquid sugar maybe combined with caffeine

To add ... it seems to diminish or potentially go away the further post op I get. The last 2 times I had VC I drank very slowly and didn’t dump

I get it (RH=delayed dumping) with all the same symptoms from:

1. Meals with way too much fat/richness.

2. Cheese/meat boards (too much fat in it and the cheese is an issue)

3. Too many carbs/sugar (real ice cream, desserts, too much sugar free dessert, chips, crackers, pretzels, popcorn, rice, bread, fruit, root veggies: potatoes, sweet potatoes)

4. Hidden sugars in restaurant food

5. Too much alcohol

It's not enough to be a deal-breaker for me. Just gives me extra incentive to eat "on plan" healthy food that is very lean and low. I'm actually very very happy eating this way and don't miss the old ways. I think it's actually developed and gotten worse the further out I am.

Edited August 22, 20196 yr by FluffyChix

Anything High Fat does it to me In some degree BUT the one time I had ground pork was the WORST . I start sweating, get dizzy/nauseated and It’s coming back FAST.