Pre-op Liquid Diet Issues

[CHELLB33 93]

I'm on day 5 drinking Optifast as well, they taste pretty good to me. I have the vanilla and chocolate I actually look forward to drinking them. Hope you find one you like.

[Natalieg1962 2]

I've now found that if I mix the Bariatric Advantage with skim milk tastes much better, but still have an issue with the foam created from shaking it. Any ideas?

[WillieBradley 70]

I'm on Optifast 800 shakes also. Not bad but the liquid diet is what's rough for me. Surgery is October 15th

[Halfagain 68]

Thank you all for your suggestions.

[goblue9280 481]

I would use skim or almond milk. I tried using my blendtec blender, but it was awful... way too foamy. So I used the shaker for the remainder of my pre-op diet. Every now and then it'd come out pretty smooth... but other times too foamy. I never got the hang of it. One thing that seemed to help was to get it as cold as possible, seemed to go down easier. So maybe try shaking it up and then putting it back in the fridge or freezer for a few minutes.

I haven't used the BA powder since surgery. I've been drinking the premier Protein ready to drink shakes which have a much better taste with no aftertaste. One note though, the BA Protein uses 100% whey isolate while the Premier Protein uses a protein blend with whey concentrate as the third ingredient. You can research the differences between protein's, but generally, whey isolate is considered a higher quality protein and may be better absorbed. In the end, I decided I'd be miserable using the BA, so better to drink the Premier Protein than nothing at all.

I've now found that if I mix the Bariatric Advantage with skim milk tastes much better, but still have an issue with the foam created from shaking it. Any ideas?