Drinking Protein

[Granny22 0]

I am on day 7 of the 14 day liquid diet, I started out good, but am now having trouble getting the Protein down, I am drinking Isopure, any suggestion to get thru the next 7 days.

[Felicia 28]

How are you have trouble? Is it making you sick, gag, or what?

I would say try and switch what you are drinking. Or split it up throughout the day so you are drinking less amounts more times a day.

Whatever the reason anyone is usually going to get sick of the same thing day in and day out it's a good idea to have a variety of options so you don't get tired of one. Good Luck.

[Liliana Arleen 173]

I bought unflavored Protein Powder at GNC ( whey Protein ) and I am making my own drinks like 6 oz of Water ,4 ice cubes and sugar free crystal light or SF Kool aid and I put it in the blender and is tastes really good is easy to drink because you can keep constantly changing the sugar free crystal light etc flavors

[BenisaMartim4 369]

Liliana, I like the idea of the non flavored mixed with your own drink mixes. I believe I may try that. I kind of makes it like an icee doesn't it?

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I used GNC unflavored and put it in anything sf I could find. Crystal lite. Gatoraide, Poweraide, Hawaiian Punch, etc, all come in SF.

[Liliana Arleen 173]

Liliana, I like the idea of the non flavored mixed with your own drink mixes. I believe I may try that. I kind of makes it like an icee doesn't it?

YES very cold and yummy kind of like foamy ,is delicious

[mullet head 18]

I use the carnation instant Breakfast (no sugar) and add a scoop of chocolate why Protein isolate...never had a problem getting this stuff down.

Also had the EAS/slim fast (carb control) for "snacks"...i personally did not care for the Isopure drinks!!

surgery date: Oct 12, 2011

[fluffylibra30 323]

i bought Unjury unflavored, it is actually pretty good, i put it in yougart, smoothies, anything. A little pricery but worth it.

[Shea 13]

I just bought these Protein Shots from Walmart over the weekend. They had 42 grams of Protein, 180 calories, 2 gram carbs, no sugar, no gluten, no caffein, fat free. They were $2.50 for a 3.8 oz bottle. They come in strawberry, grape, fruit punch flavor. I have not tried them yet since I have not had surgery but I'm guessing you could put them in some crystal light if they dont taste good. Two of those suckers and you'd be good on your protein for the day.

[fluffylibra30 323]

be careful of those though, i had one brand of them, and they had a couple Protein "fillers" and not just isolate whey protein. i tried the punch kind, put them in the freezer and eat them like a popcicle they taste a little off but not completely gross......

[Paul_Y 3]

I've done lots of reading on the two main types of whey Protein (Concentrate vs Isolate). My RD recommends Isolate because it gets metabolized in the body very quickly and that is what your healing wounds need. However, your body also needs other amino acids to be present in the body to actually repair the cells. That is where the Whey Concentrate comes in. Since I am one of the lucky ones who became lactose intolerant after surgery, I chose to go with a less expensive (Body Fortress) Whey Protein which is a mix of the two. I would have preferred the Isolate to be listed first, but I guess second isn’t horrible. If I was able to get 16-24oz of milk down, I would have gone pure Isolate.

Here is a quick lesson of the difference for those who are not familiar with Whey Protein. In a nutshell, raw milk gets dehydrated and then filtered to produce Whey Protein Concentrate. It can then be further refined/filtered to remove other amino acids to produce Protein Isolate.