Alcohol consumption after sleeve gastrectomy?

One of the most widely used operation methods of obesity surgery is sleeve gastrectomy surgery. With this surgery, it is aimed to reduce the size of the stomach and therefore to limit the amount of food that can be consumed. At the same time, hormonal changes occur that will help to lose weight in the small size of the stomach. And thanks to these changes, obesity patients will fall to the ideal weight after the medical surgery and will continue to stay at this weight.

Post-operative nutrition and exercise process are of great importance in order to get the targeted and expected effect with sleeve gastrectomy surgery. In order to lose weight in a healthy and fast way, especially during the nutrition process, you should pay maximum attention to your physician's recommendations and diet lists.

Gastric sleeve surgery will be a very important turning point in the life of the person who has undergone gastric sleeve surgery. And in order to achieve the targeted success with surgery, patients need to make significant changes in their lifestyle and especially in their eating and drinking habits. Therefore, alcohol consumption after sleeve gastrectomy is one of the most researched subjects by patients. Can I drink alcohol after sleeve gastrectomy and under what conditions?

Obesity treatment process and alcohol

Gastric sleeve surgery is one of the most efficient methods used in the treatment of obesity. It is observed that patients lose weight in a healthy and rapid manner when nutrition and exercise programs are considered after sleeve gastrectomy surgery. This kind of improvement means a very serious increase in motivation for each patient. With this increase in motivation, an increase in self-confidence occurs in patients. Especially young obesity patients turn into more active and highly interactive people in their social lives after this physical and mental development. Therefore, it is much more likely that they may become involved with alcohol in this process. However, it is strongly recommended by physicians to avoid alcohol during the obesity treatment process.

Because when we look at the scientific researches, it is stated that the stomach volume decreases after sleeve gastrectomy surgery, and therefore the rate and amount of absorption of alcohol increases. In the obesity treatment process, alcohol taken after surgery is absorbed very quickly into the intestines and mixes with the blood. In other words, the effect of one glass of alcohol you have taken after the operation is equivalent to three glasses. This kind of risk contains very important dangers. For this reason, it is recommended not to drink alcohol during obesity treatment as the most correct and healthy step. However, if you absolutely want to drink alcohol, there are some recommendations for you.

Alcohol intake after gastric sleeve surgery

A certain healing process is determined for sleeve gastrectomy treatment . At each stage of this process, the negative effect of alcohol on your treatment is different. The process recommended by the physicians is to stay away from alcohol use in the first 6 months. It will be inconvenient to drink alcohol for the first 6 months during tube stomach treatment. After 6 months, you are allowed to consume alcohol, provided that it is taken very rarely.

Since the stomach volume is reduced after sleeve gastrectomy and alcohol goes directly to the small intestine, the effect of the alcohol we take will always be much higher. Such an effect will adversely affect your treatment process after the operation. With such an effect, types of alcohol are always included in the class of multi-calorie products. Since there is a certain diet program that you need to follow after the operation, you should stay away from foods and drinks containing high calories . Therefore, alcohol intake after sleeve gastrectomy will have an effect that will make it difficult for you to lose weight.

Not drinking alcohol after sleeve gastrectomy surgery will always be the healthiest choice recommended. Because a few glasses of alcohol consumed during the day will mean meeting the daily calorie needs. Thus, patients will have a major impact on their weight loss process by consuming alcohol. Because the purpose of sleeve gastrectomy surgery is to lose weight. And alcohol consumption after the operation will get in the way of this goal.

Along with all these negative effects, undesirable side effects of alcohol use may occur after sleeve gastrectomy surgery. Namely; There is a rapid weight loss period for patients after surgery. Even a small amount of alcohol consumption during this period will cause a rapid drop in blood sugar. And with the rapid decrease in blood sugar, negative side effects such as loss of balance, speech disorder, loss of consciousness and decreased vision may occur in patients.