Drinking with Meals (Don’t do it.) From my Nutritionist

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  • hope516
    hope516 Posts: 1,133 Member
    I got some Ocean front property in Arizona, from my front porch you can see the Sea. If you'll buy that I'll throw the Golden Gates in for free :wink:

    -George Strait
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    It's true! I had bypass surgery 3yrs ago and I am not suppouse to drink anything 30min before, during or after I eat. Because it does make your food go through at a faster rate. Therefore making you hungery sooner that later

    My understanding is that gastric bypass surgery alters your GI tract pretty radically--so how your body works after surgery is not necessarily how other people's unaltered bodies work. (I'm not trying to be mean here, I'm just being realistic.) Also, gastric bypass surgeries typically RADICALLY reduce stomach size, so filling that tiny (although often re-stretched) pocket with water could inhibit your ability to eat enough nutrients. Bottom line, you can't always generalize from special cases (e.g. gastric bypass patients) to the population.
  • Mel2626
    Mel2626 Posts: 342 Member
    Interesting. Here I thought it was my poor choice of foods and lifestyle making me fat when all along it's been the water I drink with my meals. So my water is making me fat?? Is nothing sacred anymore?! :noway: :noway:
  • katiejneely
    katiejneely Posts: 52
    Ummm, I get really thirsty when I eat, and my body tells me to drink something, so I do.
  • DixiedoesMFP
    DixiedoesMFP Posts: 935 Member
    Also, patients who have had gastric bypass surgery have to be careful drinking while eating because a lot of foods (beans, grains) get bigger in water.....and those who have had their stomach size surgically reduced don't have room for the expansion.

    I think the nutritionist didn't give the OP the full story....but that isn't her fault.
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    Yeah I don't exactly buy that. I have been told not to drink a LOT of water during a meal, as it can deplete the nutrients in your food before your body has time to absorb them, but even then we're talking like a really large quantity of water.

    I'm not a nutritionist, but I have seen a registered dietician who has worked in hospitals and she has never tried to tell me anything like that. She actually put in my meal plan to have a glass of water during each meal.

    It still can't be true. If water were capable of washing nutrients away, the water flushing them out still has to go through the digestive tract where the intestines pull anything useful out and puts in into the bloodstream. From there, the blood filters through the liver and kidneys, removing impurities - so by the time the 'water' gets to that point, the body has already pulled everything useful from the intestines and into the bloodstream where they are delivered where they are needed. There is no 'washing away'.
  • JNick77
    JNick77 Posts: 3,783 Member
    might I ask your nutritionists background and qualifications?

    ^
    This. LMAO

    I actually thought I heard something like this somewhere but the amount of water you'd have to drink is so excessive that's it's highly unlikely anybody would ever run into this.
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
    what's the date today? is it april already?
  • Helenatrandom
    Helenatrandom Posts: 1,166 Member
    My (former) chiropractor told me the same thing that the OP's nutritionist did. It didn't bother me, as I'm the only person I know who prefers not to drink with her meals. (It makes me nauseous.) It did bother my husband (saw same chiropractor), though. (He felt like he was choking.)
    I don't worry about whether my chiropractor was right or not, though. If he had told me to drink water with every meal, I would have found it difficult to do and would have eventually given up. My husband gave up NOT drinking during meals. I think sometimes we have to determine for ourselves what is best for us. Researchers can't tell us everything about ourselves. No, I don't have any research to back up that last statement.
  • jenniebean1680
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 350 Member
    Um. I think my nutritionist would beat up your nutritionist.
  • csparon
    csparon Posts: 200 Member
    The only time I heard of this was with a gastric bypass patient. I never heard it for someone who has not had this surgery.
  • holiday99
    holiday99 Posts: 9
    i've heard this before.. it helps with digestion (at least for me)!
  • hpsnickers1
    hpsnickers1 Posts: 2,783 Member
    Yes. We have all heard fill up on water, but how and when you do it is just as important.
    "Drinking a cup of cool water 15 to 20 minutes before your meal can make you feel full sooner."

    BUT...Do not drink during meals or an hour afterwards… EVER.
    It will wash your small meals right through your stomach and leave you feeling hungry.
    However, drinking a cup of cool water 15 to 20 minutes before your meal can be a good thing. It can make you feel full sooner after you start to eat.

    washes meals through the stomach????!!!! That's just funny!!

    My view: your stomach acid has a specific pH for breaking down food in the stomach. Downing a big old glass of water (or liquid at a meal) can dilute that stomach acid and cause some digestive issues (I can't drink water on an empty stomach).

    I drink nothing before, during, or after other than maybe sipping some red wine. What makes you full is a "signal" from your adipose tissue (fat tissue) to your brain. I belive it is called Leptin. You know what makes that signal happen. EATING FAT!! Carbohydrates do not create that signal so your brain never receives it - this is why carbs keep you hungry. And sugar travels the same brain pathways as opiate drugs and grains contain exorphins which are a morphine-like compound that also create "addiction". This is why you have to eat carbs every couple of hours - to get your "fix".
  • Sister_Someone
    Sister_Someone Posts: 567 Member
    I cured a chronic constipation issue by adopting a habit of drinking water with my meals. So, I'll have to politely disagree with this one.
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    Also, patients who have had gastric bypass surgery have to be careful drinking while eating because a lot of foods (beans, grains) get bigger in water.....and those who have had their stomach size surgically reduced don't have room for the expansion.

    I think the nutritionist didn't give the OP the full story....but that isn't her fault.

    Or the OP has had a gastric bypass, and nutritionist was giving her appropriate advice for her body after surgery (although with an odd explanation), and OP over-generalized.
  • spectralmoon
    spectralmoon Posts: 1,179 Member
    Details on food/nutrition aside, your stomach and intestines don't work that way.
  • chicago_dad
    chicago_dad Posts: 357
    Hooray Internet!
    From the Mayo Clinic:

    Water after meals: Does it disturb digestion?

    Does drinking water during or after a meal disturb digestion?

    Answer

    from Michael F. Picco, M.D.

    There's no concern that water will dilute the digestive juices or interfere with digestion. In fact, drinking water during or after a meal can actually improve digestion. Water and other liquids help break down the food in your stomach and keep your digestive system on track. Looking for other ways to promote good digestion? Focus on a healthy lifestyle. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Maintain a healthy weight. Include physical activity in your daily routine.
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/digestion/AN01776
  • frugalmomsrock
    frugalmomsrock Posts: 1,123
    This is why I only drink beer or wine with meals.

    Or coffee with the first meal.

    shoot. coffee is only for the first meal?
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    Yes. We have all heard fill up on water, but how and when you do it is just as important.
    "Drinking a cup of cool water 15 to 20 minutes before your meal can make you feel full sooner."

    BUT...Do not drink during meals or an hour afterwards… EVER.
    It will wash your small meals right through your stomach and leave you feeling hungry.
    However, drinking a cup of cool water 15 to 20 minutes before your meal can be a good thing. It can make you feel full sooner after you start to eat.

    Maybe I'm off base too, but I have heard not to drink a lot of water *during* your meal because the stomach acids used for digestion are diluted. Anyone know if this is true or not?

    edit: oops, while i was writing this, it was also asked above.. never mind!:ohwell:
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member

    washes meals through the stomach????!!!! That's just funny!!

    As funny as statements like fructose turns right to fat and is used for nothing else? Or that sat fats are only bad in the presence of cho?
    What makes you full is a "signal" from your adipose tissue (fat tissue) to your brain. I belive it is called Leptin. You know what makes that signal happen. EATING FAT!! Carbohydrates do not create that signal so your brain never receives it - this is why carbs keep you hungry.

    Please stop making things up

    Effects of short-term carbohydrate or fat overfeeding on energy expenditure and plasma leptin concentrations in healthy female subjects. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2000 Nov;24(11):1413-8.
    CHO OF increased plasma leptin concentrations by 28%, and 24 h EE by 7%. Basal metabolic rate and the energy expended during physical activity were not affected. FAT OF did not significantly change plasma leptin concentrations or energy expenditure
  • raiderrodney
    raiderrodney Posts: 617 Member
    This is why I only drink beer or wine with meals.

    agreed ;)
  • chattipatty2
    chattipatty2 Posts: 376 Member
    All I have to say to the OP is

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    This made me LMAO
  • EricNCSU
    EricNCSU Posts: 699 Member
    If you believe that I have some primo real estate to sell you..

    Oceanfront in Arizona right? I'm your neighbor, the one with the brooklyn bridge for sale. LOL
  • jenniebean1680
    jenniebean1680 Posts: 350 Member
    People seriously need to learn to recognize bunk when they hear it. I love my nutritionist, and tend to trust her judgement, but I also know there are studies out there that can seem to prove anyone's theory, no matter what it is, about nutrition.

    Use your own brains. If something sounds this purely asinine, I ignore it, no matter who it's coming from.
  • cnsmith2
    cnsmith2 Posts: 539 Member
    Ummm.....I'm pretty sure the info your nutritionist gave you was for people who have had gastric surgery. They can't drink during meals because they'll get too full to eat .

    I'm thinking this.

    Several years ago I was trying to have gastric bypass surgery and I was told that I should stop drinking anything 30 minutes prior to and 30 minutes after eating. This was a very specialized way of eating though, and wasn't something recommended to people not doing this surgery.
  • kittenmitton
    kittenmitton Posts: 231 Member
    What do you do if you drink your meals!? :O

    Trolololol
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    It is also IMPERATIVE that you NEVER eat red colored foods mixed with blue colored foods. They'll mix and spawn a virus that will kill all cute kittens on the planet. Please, think of the kitties.

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  • swaymyway
    swaymyway Posts: 428 Member
    I have a cup of tea with everything I eat, all meals and snacks, it hasn't done me any harm.
  • meggonkgonk
    meggonkgonk Posts: 2,066 Member
    If it works for you, awesome! But I think many of us would rather have the food/water balance with our meals :-)
  • Lesa_Sass
    Lesa_Sass Posts: 2,213 Member
    Well crap, you mean all I had to do last night was drink water and it would have washed away the ice cream I had? Wish I had known this sooner. To think I have been abstaining from all my favorite snacks when all I had to do is simply drink water while eating them.
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