Question about sugar

[flowerofshona]

Ok thinking well ahead here
I have 1 small sugar in my tea and coffee and would like to keep 1/2 a spoon is this possible ??
Im asking now as if not i will try to change to a sweetner now so i have time to change over.

 

[Neeta]

canderel are a very good substitute and I find that only half a sweetener is quite enough. Good luck.

 

[lamornamiss]

Try as i might I cannot drink tea without sugar
I used to have 2 in tea but now have 1 sugar and a sweetner.
But I only have sweetner in my coffee.

 

[Sambucca]

Hi Shona

I really would try to switch to sweetener if you can tolerate it, but if you feel you really cant cut it out (and you are lucky not to be a dumper) then you probably wont do yourself any real harm. Well not unless you are a coffee addict like me who has 10+ cups a day as that will then be 5+ spoons of sugar which might be too much to cope with.

I would say if you can cut out sugar for the pre op diet immediately pre surgery then you should. It could prevent your liver shrinking enough to make the surgery safe. if you decide then that you have to go back to sugar then so be it

 

[lamornamiss]

Hi Shona

I really would try to switch to sweetener if you can tolerate it, but if you feel you really cant cut it out (and you are lucky not to be a dumper) then you probably wont do yourself any real harm. Well not unless you are a coffee addict like me who has 10+ cups a day as that will then be 5+ spoons of sugar which might be too much to cope with.

I would say if you can cut out sugar for the pre op diet immediately pre surgery then you should. It could prevent your liver shrinking enough to make the surgery safe. if you decide then that you have to go back to sugar then so be it

I dump but I haven't with tea with sugar but have dumped with coffee and sweetner

I gave up drinking tea for my pre-op and stuck to coffee with sweetners

 

[flowerofshona]

Thanks all thats what i was wondering as i have read that after a bypass sweet stuff can lead to dumping and i hate being sick
Will try a sweetner but will not have anything sweet on the pre op diet when i finally get there, just wanted to get used to any changes well before hand to make it less of a struggle.

 

[Miss Tickle]

I've found I don't want sugar at all at the moment, not even sweetener. All my NAS is the less sweet stuff (lemon, grafefruit) and I don't even add sweetener to my ready brek or fage 0%. I do wonder if this will change in a few months as I had a sweet tooth before my op. I find my lattes and skimmed milk taste sweet too.