Although you might eventually be able to drink coffee or caffeinated beverages after gastric sleeve surgery. There are important details that you need to keep in mind after gastric sleeve surgery. Dr. Choi explains in this video why you should shy away from caffeinated beverages in the first few weeks or months post-surgery.

Dr. Michael P. Choi is a board-certified surgeon, specializing in a variety of bariatric surgery procedures. He is credentialed at Broward Health Imperial, Broward Health Medical, and Broward Health North, currently a member of the American Osteopathic Association and the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons, and licensed to practice medicine in the state of Florida, New York, and California.

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Can You Have Coffee After Gastric Sleeve Surgery?

Another question that's come up a lot is sometimes they're like “Doc, can I have coffee after gastric sleeve?” It's a touchy question why is that, because as you know caffeine and coffee is like a diuretic and so why is that important? Because since you've had 70 to 80 percent of your stomach removed you're not going to be able to get all the fluids that you can. It's going to take a little bit longer and we don't want you to become dehydrated. But eventually you'll be able to have some decaffeinated or caffeine later on as months later in the future. But in the near term within the first two weeks we try to stay away or shy away from having coffee.