Sugar free instant breakfast Q's

[Hihilaryy 2]

Hi everyone,

I just had my gastric bypass done on 5/30/2018 (last Wednesday). I am on stage 2 diet and it's a lot of liquids. I am also vegetarian, so it's hard to get my Protein in. I like GENEPRO and I was wondering if I could add it to No sugar added "light start" instant Breakfast. In my handbook from the hospital it says "sugar free" instant breakfast. I'm just so confused if the "no sugar added" and the "sugar free" are the same. It has 60 calories per packet and 7g sugar. I'd mix it with almond milk. Is it okay to drink? Thanks everyone. I'm new to this site, so i hope I'm doing this correctly!

ps- Any vegetarians on here? What ways do you get protein in?

[Matt Z 4,138]

5 hours ago, Hihilaryy said:

Hi everyone,

I just had my gastric bypass done on 5/30/2018 (last Wednesday). I am on stage 2 diet and it's a lot of liquids. I am also vegetarian, so it's hard to get my Protein in. I like GENEPRO and I was wondering if I could add it to No sugar added "light start" instant Breakfast. In my handbook from the hospital it says "sugar free" instant Breakfast. I'm just so confused if the "no sugar added" and the "sugar free" are the same. It has 60 calories per packet and 7g sugar. I'd mix it with almond milk. Is it okay to drink? Thanks everyone. I'm new to this site, so i hope I'm doing this correctly!

ps- Any vegetarians on here? What ways do you get Protein in?

Soy Protein and Pea Protein are both easily available veggie Proteins you can use.

Be careful of GENEPRO, they were sued because the amounts of protein they claim was in each serving was actually more than 1/2 less.

sugar free means, ZERO Sugar.
No Sugar Added means, there is going to be natural sugars, but nothing has been added.
IE, Strawberries have sugar in them naturally. No strawberry can be listed as "sugar free" but a fresh off the plant strawberry could be listed as "no sugar added".

So, anything that says "no sugar added" only means they didn't specifically add more sugar to the mix, it does not mean there isn't already sugars naturally included.

7g is a little high, but if you can tolerate it, you can tolerate it. We were instructed to watch for anything with sugar in the ingredients that's over 5g.

[Hihilaryy 2]

Thank you for the Info!