Hi everyone.

So I'm still in the pre-op stage hoping to have surgery in October so I'm looking at different Protein drinks.

My health conscientious bf is highly recommending these Boathouse drinks that have veg/fruits and provide great nutrients. The protein is a good number but the all natural sugar is between 25 & 30gr.

I'm going to contact my NUT but wanted to get y'alls opinions on this.

To be considered a true protein drink, the first ingredient has to be whey protein isolate or soy protein isolate. I have a juicer and I was told not to use it anymore because of the sugars. Such a wonderful investment and now I can't use it! Hope this helps and good luck!

On my program the Protein shake or supplement needs to have beeen 20 - 40 grams of whey protein and less than 3 grams of sugars. Pure Protein ( I find at Target) and powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury ( you get at Unjury.com) both fit the bill. My preference are the Pure Protein shakes in vanilla, but they can get a bet pricing for 4 at 5.99. That is why I order some of the canisters of the Unjury brand, I got a sample kit to try them oun to find my favorites.

It's great in theory to have that high count of "natural sugar" if we weren't fat, and needed to burn fat. Getting into ketosis by low carb/low sugar is the quickest way to do this, and that is why so many programs suggest low sugar/low carb.

I wouldn't touch a Protein drink/shake (before I developed an intolerance to them) if the protein count wasn't 4-5 times the carb count.

I had my surgery at UC Irvine, their directions are: whey Protein isolate at least 20 grams per shake; 100 to 200 calories per shake; fewer than 12 grams sugar per shake.

So that's basically, hi pprotein, low sugar, low cal.

Sugar...BAD!

My surgeon and his partner and both very pro-low carb. The thing with sugar is that it does not matter where it comes from. Whether it is from fruit or ice cream our body processes it the same. All of those extra carbs get converted into fat. I would stay away from anything that has that high of a carb count! You will get the nutrition you need from the foods you will be allowed to eat. In the meantime you will take a multivitamin just to make sure all of your bases are covered.