Has anyone been required to drink a shake brand sold by their doctor? Mine does, but it tastes absolutely awful and gives me terrible lower abdominal issues. What brand do you use?

I am very leery of doctors that sell products that you "must" use. My doctor had things available at his office, but also gave me a hand-out of things I could get from the grocery store that would be fine to use. So far the best shake I've had that was on my doctor's list is the SlimFast High Protein/Low Carb vanilla shake.

I use whey protein from walmart, as long as it has enough protein, low carb, low sugar my dr dont care. But he does sell a brand at the office but its expensive and not gonna pay all that money it might be nasty. To me this brand is tolerable.

Im drinking the 123 slimfast and i like the strawberry cream!

I also got the whey shakes from Walmart. My doc gave me samples in a gift bag at the seminar of several Protein drinks and they were all nasty (including the ones he sells). I would be leery also if my doc required me to use only his.

Good luck!

Marci

My doctor recommends Whey Isolate Protein powder. I would get the nutritional info from you doctor's brand bring it to Vitamin Shoppe/GNC and ask for a brand that has similar numbers. In general try to stay below 120 cals for about 24 g of protein and less than 4 g of carbs or fat.

For ready to drink shakes I like Premier Brand available at costco or Sams.

Slimfast has high carbs and not enough protein (even the high protein version).

I started with a doctor who "demanded" that I buy ONLY Bariatric Advantage products . . . had other issues and switched to a different doctor for my lap band surgery. Their office was very flexible about protein products as long as they were NOT high in carbs.

My doctor prefers a certain brand, that is nasty! So I went to gnc and got a different one with similar protien calorie carb and sugars. What he doesn't know won't hurt him

I second the premier protein shakes.

Very good input. Thanks everyone. I will give a few of those a try.

Soccer, Bariatric Advantage is the product my doctor is pushing. I wonder if the kick back he's getting is good, or if he really believes it's the best? He gave me a free sample. Yuck, but it fits the limitations HONK was mentioning above.