CandyCrushRNY

deaddemmama . . . your son's girlfriend, in spite of her PhD and MS, is just one opinion. I see a world renown endocrinologist and he conducts nutrition research on diabetics yet when I asked him for nutrition advice, he said very little is actually known about food and its relatinship to health and he could not help me with nutrition. He also gave me advice that did not help me manage my diabetes - his advice made me suffer needlessly.
When I was at my bariatric clinic recently, I talked to the nurse about how every doctor I talk to gives me completely different advice, she said "it is called the practice of medicine for a reason, with an emphasis on practice".
You could line up ten NUT's and each one could easily have entirely different advice about nutrition for any health challenge.
Your PhD son's NUT girlfriend has her opinions. Dr. Mercola is adamantly against whey isolate, as are many other MD's but he is 'famous'. My views on whey isolate have been support by many NUT's.
Your son's girlfriend is certainly entitled to her opinion but I think it is critical that anyone undergoing the major choice of bariatric surgery get it into their heads: no one really knows for sure that what they tell you is right.
People have to take charge of their own health and lives and trust their intuition and trust their bodies and do their own research. A Phd in nutrition reflects the approch at her school -- not the full spectrum of nutrition knowledge.
You and your son's girlfriend are entitled to your opinions on whey isolate. Many, many health care professionals, including MD's, homeopaths and chiropractors that I personally kow are opposed to whey isolate.
There is no one right answer.
The process if creating whey isolate was originally designed for body builders, not weight loss surgery patients. It is done to maximize growing muscle, not weight loss. The process to create whey isolate denuse the whey of vital, healthy fats that the body needs, esp. after surgery. The whey isolate might be easier to digest in the early weeks post bariatric surgery but as a long term choice, whey isolate is not considered superior by many professional health care people.

More like the reason I haven't had as many supportive responses is because no one knows anything about RAW WHOLE food NON GMO Protein shakes not because 'I won't get enough protein'. I can certainly get what I need on a whole food diet free of GMO's which is what most of the food you are probably eating contains. Tizzie is correct, just because it's labeled organic does not make it 100% organic companies still use chemicals and addictive's in their products.
You have been unhelpful on every single one of my posts Pear, so why don't you just try to ignore me instead of hunt me down to post nothing but condescending comments?
You want to keep eating unhealthy, that's your problem not mine. I however am going to make a difference in my diet that matters.

I just ordered my first container of Garden of Life Protein powder. As indicated by some comments here, not everyone realizes you can get all your Protein needs met on a vegan or vegetarian diet -- CandyCrush is talking about a vegan Protein Powder, after all, not just powdered vegies.
I have made the decision to transition off all meat and fish -- the fish is all full of radiation anyway after Fukushima -- and, well, just for me personally, now that India and Russia have declared Dolphins to be non-human persons, I decided I can no longer justify eating animals. But lasting change is, for me, anyway, incremental change so I am not going cold vegie.
I decided to start with one pound of vegan Garden of Life protein powder.
Right now, I use 100% organic whey, unflavored, which allows me to create any flavor I want. I use only organic ingredients. I add cinnamon, ginger, tumeric to all shakes -- good nutrition. I often do chocolate shakes. chocolate is actually highly nutritious when you don't add sugar to it. I use organic stevia to sweeten. I use frozen fruit to give shakes creamy texture -- half a frozen banana does wonders. ANd I often use unsweetened coconut milk which yums up anything. Somd prefer almond milk -- I am a cocomilk gal and I actually make my own cause all commercial coconut milk, even the oragnic ones, have a known carcinogen as an ingredient: carrageenan, a harmless-sounding seaweed that has been known to cause cancer for over 30 years but our FDA allows it added to all kinds of food, including organic. I basically don't eat any processed food anymore cause food processors slip in all kinds of stuff to stretch out the real food and expand their profits at the expense of my health. I do buy protein powder, which is processed, but only 100% certified organic.
To folks using whey, don't use whey isolate. The process to make isolate basically denudes the whey of its nutrients, making the product cheaper for the manufacturer but you think you are buying healthy only you aren't. Make sure if you do whey it is only organic and WHOLE whey -- no isolate. And no chemical Vitamins added. Get your Vitamins on your own, don't pay more for denuded protein powder at GNC just cause they slick package it as a positive feature. Most added vitamins are just bad chemicals for your body.

You look amazing!! Congrats!