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I've been scoping out Protein powders and all sorts of stuff for a few weeks now. I was in Whole Foods the other day and found tera's whey (Protein powder.

I bought pomegranate cranberry and blueberry.

The Nutrition Facts for (pomegranate cranberry) are as follows:

Serving Size (30g)

Calories 100

Calories from fat 0

Total Fat 1g

No Saturated or Trans Fats

Cholesterol 15mg

Sodium 90mg

Potassium 160mg

Total Carb 5g

Dietary Fiber 0g

Sugars 2g

Protein 22g

Any thoughts?! I am trying to prepare for my surgery on 8/30 with a variety of goodies :party:

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I am sure it is fine with those numbers but make sure you take a Multivitamin, Another one that is yummy to the max is Whey Gourmet Cookies and Cream. I get mine off the internet and enjoy the heck out of it. For more complete nutrition a Ready to Drink (RTD) from Walmart, etc, is the Atkins line or Myoplex. These RTD's have Vitamins and minerals. And if you like Slimfast, they aren't too bad either.

There are lots of options available for you and if you use the search function you will see many threads about ppl's recommendations.

Best wishes,

Mimi

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i just use Isopure it's really good they have powder and the ready to drink kind you can get them at GNC

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What multi-Vitamin does everyone take? How do you take it post-band?

i was advised to take a chewable vitamin... i just found some gummies at target for adults so i'm gonna start taking them.

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my nutritionist is adamantly against the gummies! they don't contain Iron and that's important!! She says plain old children's chewables are the best. She won't even give the gummies to her kids b/c of the lack of Iron.< /p>

I just found chewable Calcium citrate at GNC and they're not too gross! So I'm taking chewable flintstones (2 a day...) and chewable Calcium along with B12 (because I was low in my bloodwork).

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i was advised to take a chewable vitamin... i just found some gummies at target for adults so i'm gonna start taking them.

Watch those gummies cause with restircition they may stick. For now they are fine, but after you finish that bottle go to a Centrum complete chewable or even flintstones complete. They dissolve fully so you won't have any stuck.

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Watch those gummies cause with restircition they may stick. For now they are fine, but after you finish that bottle go to a Centrum complete chewable or even flintstones complete. They dissolve fully so you won't have any stuck.

WOW thanks for letting me know that I so dont wanna get stuck because of a stupid Vitamin....

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