Beer with the lapband

[m1aman 944]

My doctor told me that the carbonation will cause your pouch to stretch out...

If that is the case wouldn't carbonation have been stretching our stomachs all these years. Why would it just stretch the pouch. Seems to me if you burped that would rid the pressure. That is why we burp anyway isn't it? To remove gas from our system...... Just thinking out loud here..........

[B-52 7,113]

If that is the case wouldn't carbonation have been stretching our stomachs all these years. Why would it just stretch the pouch. Seems to me if you burped that would rid the pressure. That is why we burp anyway isn't it? To remove gas from our system...... Just thinking out loud here..........

There was a thread not too long ago, where the consensus was that liquids will pass right through the band into the stomach......just saying....does it or dosn't it?

If liquids do pass right through to the stomach, how can it stretch the pouch?

[lizmo8175 56]

Thats probably right and why we all ate 2 much and had to get the band;)

[bar2373 138]

Here is a link I found that talks a little bit about this. Not sure if it answers the questions any better than ones with experienced band life but here it is any way.

http://www.lapband.us/diet-restrictions.html