I was feeling great until I drunk a protein shake, now i am nauseated. I feel good when I get my protein from other things, like pudding, scrambled eggs, and soy milk. Can't wait until regular food stage. Makes you not want to drink any protein. I'll make it, but nausea is not my thing.

I had tried a bunch of protein shakes and did the dry heaves (tmi) with everyone of them. So far the only thing I have been able to tolerate has been Isopure. I just have to make sure I don't smell it. The smell of the whey protein gets me every time. The taste is not so bad. Another thing I do is add powdered fat free milk to my sugar free pudding to up the protein. Hope some of these ideas help.

I had tried a bunch of Protein shakes and did the dry heaves (tmi) with everyone of them. So far the only thing I have been able to tolerate has been Isopure. I just have to make sure I don't smell it. The smell of the whey protein gets me every time. The taste is not so bad. Another thing I do is add powdered fat free milk to my sugar free pudding to up the protein. Hope some of these ideas help.

Thank you for your response. I tried Isopure and it was okay in the beginning, but now the acid irritates my stomach. I like your idea about the powdered fat free milk.

Could be the shake but it could also be what you're mixing it with, too. I had the same issue in the beginning and it gradually worsened from nausea after a shake to nausea all day to intestinal distress and downright pain as I got further out from surgery. Turns out I developed lactose intolerance so not only were my shakes (which weren't lactose free) bothering me, but the milk I was using to make them was making me sick.

Now I use a lactose free shake and I drink them with soymilk, coffee or tea instead of milk. I can't have yogurt or cottage cheese, either, but I am able to consume a small amount of cream cheese and a moderate amount of hard cheeses. Lactaid doesn't work for me, unfortunately, and neither do the lactase pills.

So, I'd start by trying a different brand of shake first, or by simply cutting out the milk for a day and seeing what happens. It might be a dumb suggestion, but also be sure you're taking your morning Vitamins with food as that can cause an issue, too.

Hope you figure it out soon!

~Cheri

Its the fake sugar in the protein drinks. If its going to be low carb it will probably have aspartame or some other kind of synthetic sugar.