Re: Cravings for Vinegar post-RNY?

August 2, 2003

I don't know about the vinegar but when I am having a craving for salty

stuff, pickles and soy sauce are usually somewhere on my list. Maybe she

isn't getting enough sodium? Maybe she's getting to much? Maybe it's a

sign of dehydration and she needs to drink more? This is pure

speculation on my part but might be worth checking into.

Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

SRVG 7/16/01

Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:09:24 -0000 " suzyc1958 "

writes:

> Greetings, Grads!

>

> Has anyone experienced strong cravings for vinegar, pickle juice, or

>

> even soy sauce -- straight up! -- since their WLS? I have a friend

>

> who is several months post-op (not yet a year), who has been having

>

> such cravings ever since the surgery, and at this point, sometimes

>

> drinks 6-8 oz of vinegar almost every day (with soy sauce) --

> ackk!!! She's an RNY patient (not sure if prox. or dist.), and has

>

> been supplementing/vitamin'ing faithfully since the surgery.

> Evidently, her pouch tolerates the vinegar, but she is of course

> concerned about the persistence of this weird craving -- What does

> it

> mean? -- and the potential for harm to the pouch (if any) if she

> keeps ingesting so much vinegar.

>

> Is there some vitamin deficiency that might prompt these cravings?

>

> One helpful person from AMOS advised my friend that these cravings

> could mean she's getting *excess* calcium (based on some info found

>

> on a chiropractor website). (She's behind in getting her labs done,

>

> but will check on that, of course.) Ring a bell with anyone?

>

> Any/all advice or insights appreciated ... thanks!

>

> Suzy C.

> RNY 5/30/02

> 268/128

>

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August 2, 2003

I don't know about the vinegar, either, but the salt cravings...other

than dehydration, isn't it possibly indicative of a potassium

shortage? I can't remember exactly.

BTW, NEVER take potassium supplements except under the care of a

physician...they could cause heart problems if not properly monitored.

in NJ

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> I don't know about the vinegar but when I am having a craving for

salty stuff, pickles and soy sauce are usually somewhere on my list.

Maybe she isn't getting enough sodium? Maybe she's getting to much?

Maybe it's a sign of dehydration and she needs to drink more? This

is pure speculation on my part but might be worth checking into.

> Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

> SRVG 7/16/01

> Dr. Ritter/Dr. Bryce

>

August 2, 2003

> I don't know about the vinegar but when I am having a craving for salty

> stuff, pickles and soy sauce are usually somewhere on my list. Maybe she

> isn't getting enough sodium? Maybe she's getting to much? Maybe it's a

> sign of dehydration and she needs to drink more? This is pure

> speculation on my part but might be worth checking into.

> Lori Owen - Denton, Texas

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You know this thread makes me think of something to ask about.....

Has anyone experienced everything tasting salty? Some days, no matter what I

eat, it taste like someone dumped salt on it. Just curious why.

As for craving vinegar, I have no idea myself.

Dawn

August 3, 2003

Just my experience...I have fought leg cramps since one yr out. I

found that getting in some type of vinegar liquid or food keeps the

leg cramps limited. Not sure if this will answer your question, but

I thought that it was interesting. Also, the closer I get to my B12

shot time, the more I want pickles/vinegar and the more leg cramps I

get. Anyone else have this experience? Or, as usual, am I just the

wierd one, LOL!

Reba in Auburn, AL

> Hi there!

>

> It's great to hear of someone else with this craving - normal or

not! I am

> 1.5 years post-op, have lost 138 lbs. and am 2 lbs. from my

personal goal.

> More and more over the last year I have had an unbelievable

craving for vinegary,

> pickled things; peppers, olives, etc. I've noticed that the less

I like

> surgar, the more I enjoy pickles! I used to enjoy the occasional

Spanish olive

> with pimento pre-op, but now I can go through a jar a week. I

NEVER ate pickles

> pre-op and now I go crazy for garlic dill pickles (mostly the

BaTampte

> brand). I still hate bread n butter pickles or sweet pickles, but

leave me loose

> with a jar of banana peppers and by the end of the evening,

they'll all be gone.

> In the evening, while watching TV or reading e-mail, I take a

little paper

> cup full of banana peppers, a pickle and a couple of Spanish

olives and I'm set

> for the night, snack-wise, and there's hardly any calories in them

either

> (and I will usually drink the pickle juice left in the cup, too).

Anyway, it's

> good to hear I'm not the only one with this crazy craving, but I

do wonder why

> I have it.

> Charlene

> Open RNY

> 2/27/02

> Dr. M. Murr, TGH -Tampa, FL

> 269/131/129 (maybe)

>

> We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

> Mahatma

Gandhi

>

August 3, 2003

You have no idea how happy I was to see this post. About two weeks

ago all I wanted was Kosher Dill Pickles (the garlicky kind.... extra

flavor). One night I ate almost a whole jar.... I have a pickle...

about 20 minutes later.. I'd have another, etc. That was ALL I

wanted. On top of that I didn't feel well, since have discovered

ulcers. I still have to have at least one dill pickle a day. I've

never been a person who was crazy about pickles... now I'm feeling

just crazy, but less so now that we've had this post.

Tigger

> Greetings, Grads!

>

> Has anyone experienced strong cravings for vinegar, pickle juice,

or