I'm 2 days post-op. Thankfully doing well! I got pretty hungry today so tried some protein for the first time. I mixed some 2% fairlife chocolate milk with some premier chocolate powder, and it was actually delicious. I think my tastebuds in general are very dulled right now (is that a thing?), but it means the icky protein powder after taste is too subtle for my dead taste buds to detect.

I know lots of people post on here about using Fairlife milk. I was just wondering if it's a problem that it has 12g of sugar in a cup? All protein drinks have some sugar (usually 1-2 grams), but 12g does seem like a lot. Is there any actual downside to this?

My nutritionist is pretty hard to reach and honestly not the most helpful, so while I agree every food question should just be "ask your NUT" I was wondering if other people knew anything about this?

Milk has sugar. That's what lactose is. There's no added sugar. In fact fairlife milk has about half the sugar regular milk does (6g compared to 11g). Where you are running into trouble is the CHOCOLATE fairlife milk. It has 6g of added sugar. So buy the plain and add some unsweetened cocoa powder or sugar free Hershey's syrup.

Or just add the premier chocolate powder. Stay away from the chocolate fairlife.

I'm 2 days post-op. Thankfully doing well! I got pretty hungry today so tried some protein for the first time. I mixed some 2% fairlife chocolate milk with some premier chocolate powder, and it was actually delicious. I think my tastebuds in general are very dulled right now (is that a thing?), but it means the icky protein powder after taste is too subtle for my dead taste buds to detect.
I know lots of people post on here about using Fairlife milk. I was just wondering if it's a problem that it has 12g of sugar in a cup? All protein drinks have some sugar (usually 1-2 grams), but 12g does seem like a lot. Is there any actual downside to this?
My nutritionist is pretty hard to reach and honestly not the most helpful, so while I agree every food question should just be "ask your NUT" I was wondering if other people knew anything about this?

My nut approves failife 2%milk I add it to my caramel premier shake

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I drink the **** out of that chocolate milk. But I'm also a huge voice of "moderation, not abstinence". So long as you're keeping track of the sugar/carbs you're eating and are aware, you can compensate around it. So having a cup of chocolate milk with 12g carbs really isn't that terrible, unless you're also eating a lot of carbs the rest of your day...