meat tenderizer

[Guest guest]

I was thinking about this today - drinking meat tenderizer. I can't even

imagine doing that now to my big untouched stomach, but to a tiny " pouch "

left from RNY? I still think that would be messing with the health in a big

way. Do their Dr.s know they are doing this?

Carole

[Guest guest]

> I was thinking about this today - drinking meat tenderizer. I can't even

> imagine doing that now to my big untouched stomach, but to a tiny " pouch "

> left from RNY? I still think that would be messing with the health in a

big

> way. Do their Dr.s know they are doing this?

> Carole

This is something advised to do when people get minor blockages of their

stomas, esp from meats, which is apparently pretty common. People with a

pouch have a small (sometimes a quarter inch) stoma (opening) into their

intestines. Food not chewed to a pulp can become lodged, esp meats. It can

be incredibly uncomfortable, and in some cases, has to be removed

endoscopically. When someone has such a blockage, drinking a little Adolph's

meat tenderizer in water, which helps break down the proteins in the meat,

can often dislodge it.

Ideally, the pouch lining would protect it from being damaged by the meat

tenderizer. The stuff contains enzymes, which help cleave proteins and which

*themselves* are usually destroyed in the stomach (the enzymes). I dunno how

chronic use of it affects the pouch since the pouch is not too stomach-like

any more, but RNYers seem to do pretty well with it. An alternative might be

a couple bites of paw paw or pineapple or papaya, since they all have papain

in them. I don't know if this can be a contributor to " marginal ulcers " some

people with pouches get.

- SC, still rambling