Getting close to surgery. Was curious if the juice Plus Protein shake powder is acceptable post surgery?

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Not standard juice, at least not on my plan. Regular juice is basically liquid sugar. "Diet" juice would have been okay, like Ocean Spray Diet Cran-Cherry (5 calories per cup). However, I am trying to imagine that with protein powder added and I think it would have been awful, disgusting, at least with unflavored protein powder. It might work better using one of the Syntrax Nectar fruit flavored protein powders, like diet cranberry lemonade with the Roadside Lemonade flavor from Syntrax Nectar.

My coworker used to make her Matrix Orange Cream Protein shake with a combination of orange juice and Water or OJ and milk. She had the band done 7 years ago.

I never drink real fruit juice since it is pretty much straight sugar and I just can't deal with that many carbs.

I don't think my program would have allowed me to use real fruit juice for my Protein shakes or just to drink. How my co-worker did it probably would have been okay since she wasn't using 8 oz of OJ instead of 8 oz of milk. She was using more like 3 oz of OJ and the rest milk or water.

Depends on what kind of juice you're talking about. If it's fruit juice, then no...extracting the sugar in fruit from the Fiber is never a good idea. If you're talking fresh vegetable juice (leafy greens, broccoli, celery, etc) then it's going to be low in sugar and packed with vitamins/nutrients, but you should check with your doc first. I juiced pre-op, and immediately post-op, with only vegetables and some lemon or 1/2 green apple to cut the taste of the greens. You could add Protein to that.

If you're talking about the "Juice+" product, I've never used it personally, but what I saw of the product, it was pretty high in sugar per serving for a "protein shake" choice that you'll be using 2-3 times per day. (the one I saw had 11g of sugar per serving).

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The juice Plus product Protein shake

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I would not have been allowed that as the carbs are too high and the protein too low for my plan's requirements.

Thank you!!!

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I would not have been allowed that as the carbs are too high and the protein too low for my plan's requirements.

Same here.

For me, I was always a Water drinker! Since sleeve surgery March, 2016, having to drink room temperature water and the major tastebuds change, I cannot drink strait water! I am down close to 100 lbs! I put a very small amount of V8 into water to change the taste! As far as Protein drink, I have grown to like GNC lean shakes but now I add frozen fruit to it! Very little fruit! Never blend ice because of too thick to get it down! Small sips! Highly suggest frozen fruit (small amount) added to protein drink!

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My coworker used to make her Matrix Orange Cream Protein shake with a combination of orange juice and Water or OJ and milk. She had the band done 7 years ago.

I never drink real fruit juice since it is pretty much straight sugar and I just can't deal with that many carbs.

I don't think my program would have allowed me to use real fruit juice for my protein shakes or just to drink. How my co-worker did it probably would have been okay since she wasn't using 8 oz of OJ instead of 8 oz of milk. She was using more like 3 oz of OJ and the rest milk or water.

GNC Lean Shake 25 in orange cream tastes pretty good (it's one of my favorites) and O just make it with water.

They don't have that flavor at GNC

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They don't have that flavor at GNC

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Have you looked online?

Syntrax nectar fuzzy navel is also good.

Thank you!!

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