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Will I be able to eat the same amount after sleeve gastrectomy?
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Will I be able to eat the same amount after sleeve gastrectomy?

You will only be allowed to eat very little at first the following surgery and most likely won't even feel hungry. These two elements might both alter over time. Additionally, part of the food you consume won't be absorbed by you, which means you can lose important nutrients from some of the meals you eat. In this video, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about the eating capacity after you have a gastric sleeve.

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Will you be able to eat the same amount after a sleeve gastrectomy? No, your portion size will certainly be reduced, but that's not because you will want to eat as much as you did before surgery, but your actual desire and hunger will itself reduce and you will feel naturally full after eating smaller amounts. The taste of food will still be the same and you still enjoy and get pleasure from eating, but just from a smaller amount. To give you a practical example, instead of having a whole pizza, you might have one slice and you'd feel like you've had a whole pizza. you

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