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Hello, I am on day 6 after having gastric sleeve and hiatal hernia repair surgery. I can not tolerate the shakes. I’ve tried multiple kinds, non dairy. As soon as I drink it, I have terrible diarrhea, like I have to make a run for it. Idk what to do! I’m not getting enough Protein so I have no energy. I’m trying the Gatorade protein, but I don’t think that’s enough. Any advice?

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Hummm. Not sure what would do it in the non dairy ones? Have to tried the premiere Protein clear drinks. They have I think it was 30 grams per serving.

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I just thought about it, it could be an artificial sweetener. Malitol is one that seems to cause a lot of issues for some people. I know It’s in sugar free candy but I bet it’s in some of the shakes too.

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My surgeon suggested lactaid pills for those having that issue.

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other sugar alcohols (in addition to malitol, which seems to be the worst offender) can cause those issues, too. Sugar alcohols all have names that end in -itol (for example, xylitol). So maybe it's some other type of sugar alcohol ? (as in not malitol - but one of the other ones??)

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12 hours ago, Mpalm said:

I just checked for malitol and it’s not on the ingredients. But I’m going to try the Premier Protein clear. Thanks!

I just checked it on Amazon And it was 20g in the clear one. Still better than a lot of the Protein waters I tried.

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